Halloween contest entry 2015: kid TFA Stormtrooper armour (free stuff)
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daz
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Re: Halloween contest entry 2015: kid TFA Stormtrooper armour
Thanks Sinned, was unexpected. Was indeed Shapeways yeah. I really like the infrastructure they have in terms of the actual uploading process, and customer service is great too.
That said I haven't tried anyone else so no comparisons to make!
Btw, I'm happy to upload the models somewhere for download If they're of interest to anyone. I also had a couple of people ping me about providing the patterns. But since they're just a pile of paper and card, I'm not sure how I might go about doing that?
Thanks Sinned, was unexpected. Was indeed Shapeways yeah. I really like the infrastructure they have in terms of the actual uploading process, and customer service is great too.
That said I haven't tried anyone else so no comparisons to make!
Btw, I'm happy to upload the models somewhere for download If they're of interest to anyone. I also had a couple of people ping me about providing the patterns. But since they're just a pile of paper and card, I'm not sure how I might go about doing that?
JJ Griffin
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Re: Halloween contest entry 2015: kid TFA Stormtrooper armour
Ah cool. I was thinking Shapeways, but your pieces look WAY better than what I had them print for me once. Perhaps a better question would have been, "Which material did you choose?"
The stuff I had them make for me turned out good, but was very powdery, and rough. Took a LOT of cleanup.
Ah cool. I was thinking Shapeways, but your pieces look WAY better than what I had them print for me once. Perhaps a better question would have been, "Which material did you choose?"
The stuff I had them make for me turned out good, but was very powdery, and rough. Took a LOT of cleanup.
daz
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Re: Halloween contest entry 2015: kid TFA Stormtrooper armour
They were printed in 'White, Strong & Flexible' material Sinned.
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Cool thanks, that makes sense. And here was me wondering how Id photograph them whilst keeping the relative scale accurate, doh.
They were printed in 'White, Strong & Flexible' material Sinned.
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Cool thanks, that makes sense. And here was me wondering how Id photograph them whilst keeping the relative scale accurate, doh.
daz
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Re: Halloween contest entry 2015: kid TFA Stormtrooper armour
Closeup Sinned. You can see the layering obviously. The top piece had a coat or two of Krylon white whereas iirc the bottom one fell into the 'crap, Im running out of time' category and got no paint at all, so the layering is a bit more apparent? Still, this shot is taken in sunlight up super close and generally the layering and surface 'noise' is usually much less apparent than this, I tried to show it in its worst light, as it were:
If Id have had time I'd have done some sanding or other finishing pre-paint I think.
Closeup Sinned. You can see the layering obviously. The top piece had a coat or two of Krylon white whereas iirc the bottom one fell into the 'crap, Im running out of time' category and got no paint at all, so the layering is a bit more apparent? Still, this shot is taken in sunlight up super close and generally the layering and surface 'noise' is usually much less apparent than this, I tried to show it in its worst light, as it were:
If Id have had time I'd have done some sanding or other finishing pre-paint I think.
JJ Griffin
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daz
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A few folks asked me for this and it took me waaaaay too long sorry. Too many projects, work, kids, yada yada. Here are my patterns. If they look Photoshoppy they are. I corrected any photographic distortion, scaled everything perfectly relative to each other and made the pieces that were meant to be symmetrical perfectly symmetrical.
This isn't EVERYTHING you'd need of course. Notably missing are shoulders (see thread above. 5 dollar toy green army helmets), hand plates (just bought gloves with them stitched in) and the thermal detonator I just winged it using EVA and didn't really make a pattern for. The bucket of course is the (modified) fifty dollar (waaaay too much, perhaps its come down now?) Target one.
I hope this stuff is of use to someone cos it took me bloody ages Remember that I made it for an 8-10 yr old kid and I have not tried an adult version ;-)
In the next day or two though I will also upload the 3D model files somewhere that I created for other random bits and pieces. Feel free to ping me If I forget and you need
This isn't EVERYTHING you'd need of course. Notably missing are shoulders (see thread above. 5 dollar toy green army helmets), hand plates (just bought gloves with them stitched in) and the thermal detonator I just winged it using EVA and didn't really make a pattern for. The bucket of course is the (modified) fifty dollar (waaaay too much, perhaps its come down now?) Target one.
I hope this stuff is of use to someone cos it took me bloody ages
Remember that I made it for an 8-10 yr old kid and I have not tried an adult version ;-)In the next day or two though I will also upload the 3D model files somewhere that I created for other random bits and pieces. Feel free to ping me If I forget and you need
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