Mighty Morphin Power Rangers Power Daggers Build

[Monkey540]

I thought I might share some pics over here for people to see as well. Sorry if the pics are disjointed, they are from various stages of the project.


I modeled up a power dagger recently designed for 3D print, here's a render.

And the explosion view to many pieces:

And I had the parts printed out over the weekend, and it looked like this:

So far, I've done a dry fit assembly, here's how it looks:

Here it is in my hand, keep in mind, I have very big hands:

And here's a comparison alongside a legacy blade blaster and legacy dragon dagger:

The arms have a key and slot to guide them from the flat position to 90 degrees up and that's it.


Here are all the parts, face up:

And this is how the key and slot system works to keep the arms at straight or up 90 degrees only.

After adding some contour putty:

And I started painting at this point.

Dagger Coins are painted and then Rub n' Buffed:

I added some pewter rub n' buff to a few pieces:


Blade:

Pommel:

Blade Tops:

Mockup:

Here is a look at the completed dagger:

Details on the blade:

Detail of the coin:

Comparison with legacy weapons:

Comparison with Dragon Dagger - Legacy:

Comparison with Blade Blaster - Legacy:

Comparison with Saba - Legacy:

And here's a short video of the comparison with other legacy items and function of the dagger:
http://vid1361.photobucket.com/albu...eapons/Power Daggers/MVI_0371_zps2ncjl6sd.mp4


Time to make another.

 

[Kitty Butler]

Nice to see you're sharing yout work on RPF. It really is a great build. It turned out amazing!

 

[Monkey540]

Nice to see you're sharing yout work on RPF. It really is a great build. It turned out amazing!

Of course, I post my stuff here often, but the PR stuff I usually limit to related boards. But I just had to share this one.

 

[edwinfabian]

Very nice!

 

[Monkey540]

Very nice!

Thank you very much

 

[Monkey540]

Ok, time to wrap up the project.


So I started to think of how to display the daggers, and came up with a stand that crossed the two, I had some pieces laser cut and mocked it up with one finished dagger and one complete dagger.

It worked out really well.


Then after a long time of painting, I finally finished the second dagger:

Then I finished up the stand with a design by Cinci, which turned out awesome.




So, here they are in all their glory:

So, what does everyone think?

 

[Malphas]

I think someone needs to give you a lot of money for doing the design work for them. Great work on the daggers and the stand is simple but classy.

 

[Monkey540]

I think someone needs to give you a lot of money for doing the design work for them. Great work on the daggers and the stand is simple but classy.

Well thank you, but even I didn't do all the work, I have my references. But I did all the building and finishing. painting a plastic round handle is a pain to get the right consistency of colour on there.

 

[kialna]

These are amazing!

 

[ultraman]

dang monkey these came out good!
i really like the display...you probably could have added a whole section on just making that.....although i know the focus of the thread is of the daggers.
nice work!

 

[Monkey540]

These are amazing!

Thank you very much

dang monkey these came out good!
i really like the display...you probably could have added a whole section on just making that.....although i know the focus of the thread is of the daggers.
nice work!

Thanks Ultraman, with so many different projects in the air from HP, to Indy, to Power Rangers, to Firefly I have too much to make and document, lol.

I could add some stand info. It was orginally 3D modeled to try to make sure it would work with my 3D printed daggers, I'll work on getting some info together.

 

[justanuthercap]

Hey Monkey, really nice work and still interested on seeing the info on the stand as well.

 

[YellowRanger]

Awesome work! Those have more detail than the actual props used on the show! Any chance of sharing the model files? I've been looking to make a set of daggers for my MMPR Yellow cosplay.

 

[Halliwax]

thats some amazing 3d printing skills!

 

[kristadison]

Are you willing to sell the 3D files for this? I've been working on a pepakura version, but it isn't coming out how I want it too. Thanks!

 

[Monkey540]

Are you willing to sell the 3D files for this? I've been working on a pepakura version, but it isn't coming out how I want it too. Thanks!

Sorry, but I made this for a friend, and I'm keeping it as a one-off so I won't be sharing or selling the files for this.

 

[AlexStark]

Hey awesome job!
What software do you use for make your 3d models ?

 

[Monkey540]

dang monkey these came out good!
i really like the display...you probably could have added a whole section on just making that.....although i know the focus of the thread is of the daggers.
nice work!

Hey Monkey, really nice work and still interested on seeing the info on the stand as well.

Alright guys,

I know you asked a long time ago, but I didn't forget entirely, so here we go.

I'll just say thought that having a 3D model of the prop is super handy to make sure everything will fit properly.

Anyways, first step was to make an assembly with 2 of my completed models of the daggers in the orientation that I wanted. As you can see, I angled them and positioned them the right distance apart, and lined them up with a bottom plane:

Then I started making the upright to go in the middle, so I sketched what I wanted for the shape with dimensional reference to the actual props.

Next thing to add was a peg for assembly:

Next I wanted to add a piece to keep the props in from the top but didn't stop them from being removed altogether.

Some smoothing features, and a support piece added:

and this piece was finished, on to the base.

This piece took some planning:

I came up with a design to minimize material (the diagonal across the back) and space for a front plaque and straps to hold the handles in place.

Then I put the holes in for the front plaque, lined up with the edge of the support from the upright:

And then I was ready for the next part:

I did the straps in one sketch as everything was ready to go:

Inserted 2 of these into the assembly, and it's ready for the front plaque.

This was my initial design I it went through a couple of design changes.

Lastly added the pegs for assembly:

Then I had the designs laser cut, full cuts on the edges, and a lower intensity pass for the engraving effect. To get the black, I painted the cut side with black acrylic paint and wiped the surface off with a papertowel and the paint stayed down in the recessed.

And the final result was this:

Hey awesome job!
What software do you use for make your 3d models ?

I use Solidworks