NubcakeMoo
New Member
Hey guys, I've been a lurker here for a while with not much to contribute but early this year I bought myself a 3d printer. I've been having heaps of fun printing out my favourite Star Wars props and recently I've been teaching myself how to model.
Thought I would start a thread and show off some of my projects!
One of the first things I ever printed was Obi-Wans lightsaber, I found a model on thingiverse and had a really easy time printing it because of the great engineering behind it. I'm struggling to find the link right now but I'll hopefully update it when it turns up. Funnily enough this project is unfinished even though it's been nearly 5 months since I printed it


These pictures show the first couple of layers of paint, and some of the print lines that I didn't know how to remove at the time
My next project was the EE-3, this one has also taken longer than it should but only because I decided to make a stock out of real wood and stain it. The model was from Aprilstorm on thingiverse.



So far just the primer is on the body, which needs more sanding and filling, the first go of filling is on the barrel, and the stock is cut, shaped, and stained once. So far so good I think. Although I still need to work out what I'm doing with the scope. The models floating around are a bit funky so I'll either buy a real one or model my own.
Next up is my fav so far. The DL-44 which was from Portedtoreality, really nice model and easy to print as well.




I don't have many good WIP pics because I rushed it to get it ready for Solo but I'd say its 95% done. It needs the trigger mechanism inserted (issues with printing), it needs the windage knob painted and attached, it needs the grill cleaned up a little more and then painted, and it probably needs another go of weathering but I'm liking how it looks so far.
Next up is my first scratch model. I'm kind of torn on the Last Jedi and I didn't really enjoy Rose's character but I loved her electro prod so I decided to model one. I just got it finished this week and I printed and primed it over the weekend. I'm very happy with how it turned out and I'm quite a perfectionist so I'd say its quite accurate.






I've included pictures of the seams along the side, one seam disappeared very easily and one didn't but I've since sanded and primed again so it should be ok. In one picture you can see where I loaded in a different filament mid-print and it came out with a cool effect. Link to the model is here: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2934166
Thanks for looking and thanks for inspiring me to jump in!
Thought I would start a thread and show off some of my projects!
One of the first things I ever printed was Obi-Wans lightsaber, I found a model on thingiverse and had a really easy time printing it because of the great engineering behind it. I'm struggling to find the link right now but I'll hopefully update it when it turns up. Funnily enough this project is unfinished even though it's been nearly 5 months since I printed it



These pictures show the first couple of layers of paint, and some of the print lines that I didn't know how to remove at the time
My next project was the EE-3, this one has also taken longer than it should but only because I decided to make a stock out of real wood and stain it. The model was from Aprilstorm on thingiverse.




So far just the primer is on the body, which needs more sanding and filling, the first go of filling is on the barrel, and the stock is cut, shaped, and stained once. So far so good I think. Although I still need to work out what I'm doing with the scope. The models floating around are a bit funky so I'll either buy a real one or model my own.
Next up is my fav so far. The DL-44 which was from Portedtoreality, really nice model and easy to print as well.




I don't have many good WIP pics because I rushed it to get it ready for Solo but I'd say its 95% done. It needs the trigger mechanism inserted (issues with printing), it needs the windage knob painted and attached, it needs the grill cleaned up a little more and then painted, and it probably needs another go of weathering but I'm liking how it looks so far.
Next up is my first scratch model. I'm kind of torn on the Last Jedi and I didn't really enjoy Rose's character but I loved her electro prod so I decided to model one. I just got it finished this week and I printed and primed it over the weekend. I'm very happy with how it turned out and I'm quite a perfectionist so I'd say its quite accurate.






I've included pictures of the seams along the side, one seam disappeared very easily and one didn't but I've since sanded and primed again so it should be ok. In one picture you can see where I loaded in a different filament mid-print and it came out with a cool effect. Link to the model is here: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2934166
Thanks for looking and thanks for inspiring me to jump in!