MandoBarrett I'm in a place called Maple Ridge, it's the hottest place in Canada almost, it was 47 during last year's fun and we hit 41 yesterday.
Added a new file to the release, posted here: Dredd 2012 Lawgiver- Action, Light and Sound | Holster and Stand | V3 V2 by Props3DPro
There was one more thing I wanted to add: The transparent windows on the magazine so you can see the rounds. It's sort of silly leaving the sides open, but I was a bit stumped as to the best way to make it easily so I left it to the end. I have sort of a manifesto I wrote when I started this that I have yet to put on the props3d site, but I stick to: 'Whatever I release has to be repeatable by any shmuck with a 3D printer living in an apartment'.
That means while I personally can use my CNC on my own builds, I can't require custom PCBs, individual parts costing more than 70 dollars, or any specialized fabrication methods (like casting), to build the core model. There has to be a 3D printable or easily fabricable equivalent to all parts without using anything more than a saw and a drill. I want to make YouTube videos for all these that can be followed by anyone and not be like 'Ok, now let's use our half million dollar 5 axis CNC and make the titanium joiner it won't work without'. There's already enough people making those kind of fun to watch, impossible to replicate, videos. So while BeakZ is making the amazing metal barrels and triggers, which will totally show up in the videos. There's easily 3D printable versions of all parts parts in of the release, and the build portion of the video will be filmed using 3D printed parts. This also meant I can't use my CNC to cut Lexan windows, boo.
So I came up with this little 3D printable plate you can use as a guide to cut transparency film or any thin plastic, just cut around it and drop in, the bullets will retain it:
Added a new file to the release, posted here: Dredd 2012 Lawgiver- Action, Light and Sound | Holster and Stand | V3 V2 by Props3DPro
There was one more thing I wanted to add: The transparent windows on the magazine so you can see the rounds. It's sort of silly leaving the sides open, but I was a bit stumped as to the best way to make it easily so I left it to the end. I have sort of a manifesto I wrote when I started this that I have yet to put on the props3d site, but I stick to: 'Whatever I release has to be repeatable by any shmuck with a 3D printer living in an apartment'.
That means while I personally can use my CNC on my own builds, I can't require custom PCBs, individual parts costing more than 70 dollars, or any specialized fabrication methods (like casting), to build the core model. There has to be a 3D printable or easily fabricable equivalent to all parts without using anything more than a saw and a drill. I want to make YouTube videos for all these that can be followed by anyone and not be like 'Ok, now let's use our half million dollar 5 axis CNC and make the titanium joiner it won't work without'. There's already enough people making those kind of fun to watch, impossible to replicate, videos. So while BeakZ is making the amazing metal barrels and triggers, which will totally show up in the videos. There's easily 3D printable versions of all parts parts in of the release, and the build portion of the video will be filmed using 3D printed parts. This also meant I can't use my CNC to cut Lexan windows, boo.
So I came up with this little 3D printable plate you can use as a guide to cut transparency film or any thin plastic, just cut around it and drop in, the bullets will retain it:
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