Mara Jade's Father
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Here is the new drone.
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My Builds: The growing of an eclectic collection
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Besides the biker scout blaster mod, I have a other things waiting in the wings.
I bought this Dameron blaster on Etsy. Very clean print. Not much of any clean up required.
I found a file for the Princess Bride goblets online. I thought it looked pretty good. I changed the scaling upwards to match the sizing of the real found item. These will be a gift for my daughter.
This is not a project, I bought this comlink finished from Etsy. I have been want to add one to my collection for a while now.
I bought this Dameron blaster on Etsy. Very clean print. Not much of any clean up required.
I found a file for the Princess Bride goblets online. I thought it looked pretty good. I changed the scaling upwards to match the sizing of the real found item. These will be a gift for my daughter.
This is not a project, I bought this comlink finished from Etsy. I have been want to add one to my collection for a while now.
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Finally had time an a good day to put the GLIE-44 blaster together. Prettty nice for a 3D kit. Probably could have dealt with the print lines better with a few more coats and sanding off filler primer but I really wanted to get this done. The weathering hides most. Really happy with my paint color choices. I was able to fine some good images where the main body is darker. So I used an aged bronze which looks pretty good. It might be similar to the real prop as I saw in some of the photos I took of my replica that in the right light appears more toward a silver tone.
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A few years ago I bought a 3D printed case for my fan made Sabacc deck. It was just black plastic. At the time I just used an old brown paper lunch sack to cover the surface and did a brownish rust weathered paint job and put the deck inside.
You can see it here:
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A few days ago, I was messing with my Sabacc display and realized the deck was very tight inside and it took some time for me to safely remove the deck. I determined that I would not to use the box anymore and even considered throwing it away. But I had an idea…
The first thing I did was to finish the case. I never got around to adding the gold inlay, so I painted the inlay and weathered it. Next, I had the idea of making a faux deck of card since the box was only for display anyhow. I decided to 3D print the deck as a single block at really low resolution so that It would have very visible print lines. For once, print lines would be my friend. Once printed, it was just a matter of a quick rubbing of black paint on one edge, and I was done with my display deck.
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My Builds: The growing of an eclectic collection
Re: Yavin Medal added - Builds: Many Blasters and More Here is a project I wanted to do for a while. It a Yavin Medal that came with the Museum Replica Luke Ceremonial Jacket. I sold the jacket but kept the medal. Not a major project but I wanted to swap out the ugly nylon strap and replace...
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A few days ago, I was messing with my Sabacc display and realized the deck was very tight inside and it took some time for me to safely remove the deck. I determined that I would not to use the box anymore and even considered throwing it away. But I had an idea…
The first thing I did was to finish the case. I never got around to adding the gold inlay, so I painted the inlay and weathered it. Next, I had the idea of making a faux deck of card since the box was only for display anyhow. I decided to 3D print the deck as a single block at really low resolution so that It would have very visible print lines. For once, print lines would be my friend. Once printed, it was just a matter of a quick rubbing of black paint on one edge, and I was done with my display deck.
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Genius!
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Thank you!
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All right, where is the poison? The battle of wits has begun. It ends when you decide and we both drink, and find out who is right and who is dead.
Finally finished the goblets. This was the first time I used the brush on two part smoothing resin. I tried mixing it with a silver powder coloring but you could still see the white plastic. The smoother worked pretty well but I still decided to do a layer of fill primer, steel wool the, silver/aluminum rattle can, and black acrylic for weathering. Very happy with the final results.
I would like to 3D print an iocane powder tube using my wood filament but I would have to do it with Tinkercad as it is the only thing I use and it’s pretty simple. But the tube is pretty simple but not sure if I can figure out the right sizes.
Finally finished the goblets. This was the first time I used the brush on two part smoothing resin. I tried mixing it with a silver powder coloring but you could still see the white plastic. The smoother worked pretty well but I still decided to do a layer of fill primer, steel wool the, silver/aluminum rattle can, and black acrylic for weathering. Very happy with the final results.
I would like to 3D print an iocane powder tube using my wood filament but I would have to do it with Tinkercad as it is the only thing I use and it’s pretty simple. But the tube is pretty simple but not sure if I can figure out the right sizes.
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Designed, printed, and finished my Iocane Powder container for my daughter’s Battle of Wits goblet set.
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Nothing major, just a five minute paint project:
Got the Black Series Rey Lightsaber today and I love it…. Especially at 40% off.
The biggest issue I had with the BS Rey was the plastic looking emitter doors. I took care of it with some black and brown acrylics.
Before
After
Got the Black Series Rey Lightsaber today and I love it…. Especially at 40% off.
The biggest issue I had with the BS Rey was the plastic looking emitter doors. I took care of it with some black and brown acrylics.
Before
After
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On last paint modification. I pulled back on some of the dark paint to reveal the brassy/gold color of the part as I am told that color is accurate but still enough to let the details pop and reapplying dark burnt look at the emitter door tips. I think I’m happy.
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I had a broken penlight that I thought looked something like a Imperial code cylinder so I took it apart, made a couple of simple 3D files and assembled. It’s not meant to be accurate, just something idealized that I can stick in my bag I carry around Galaxy’s Edge as an accessory.
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I usually try to keep my prop collecting contained to mostly Star Wars but when Haslab offered the Spengler Afterlife Proton Pack, I had to jump on it. Here is what it looked like out of the box with wand (not included) attached.
Of course like any prop replica offered from a retail production run, there is a community doing mods. Some very extreme. However, I am very happy with what I have so my mods are very minimal.
The wand grip has a faux rubber to look like gaffers tape wrapping. If you cut it off, there is a gap. Some have filled the gap with a #D print insert and used real tap to wrap it. Some have used a 3D print cover to mimic the 84 style grip. I chose to keep the grip as is but give it a a black and brown paint wash to reduced the faux look. I like this a lot better as I have seen some tape wrappings that look awful and I have also heard that the gaffers tape will get nasty over time.
I did a black wash on the copper wires to help the wire look separate instead of a solid mold. I also added the silver detailing with a sharpie.
The most recent wands offered by Hasbro now have an orange tip. I painted and weathered mine.
I also removed the thick long yellow cable cover and replaced it with the correct cover. I still want to add some weathering.
Additionally I have added the military Alice frame. The Haslab has the straps directly attached but they provided metal clamps and screws so that adding an Alice frame was super simple.
There are still some tiny details I would like to paint but nothing major.
And to get my post back on the Star Wars track, my wife got me this great Andor Bryar Blaster for Christmas. I hope to star my build soon.
Of course like any prop replica offered from a retail production run, there is a community doing mods. Some very extreme. However, I am very happy with what I have so my mods are very minimal.
The wand grip has a faux rubber to look like gaffers tape wrapping. If you cut it off, there is a gap. Some have filled the gap with a #D print insert and used real tap to wrap it. Some have used a 3D print cover to mimic the 84 style grip. I chose to keep the grip as is but give it a a black and brown paint wash to reduced the faux look. I like this a lot better as I have seen some tape wrappings that look awful and I have also heard that the gaffers tape will get nasty over time.
I did a black wash on the copper wires to help the wire look separate instead of a solid mold. I also added the silver detailing with a sharpie.
The most recent wands offered by Hasbro now have an orange tip. I painted and weathered mine.
I also removed the thick long yellow cable cover and replaced it with the correct cover. I still want to add some weathering.
Additionally I have added the military Alice frame. The Haslab has the straps directly attached but they provided metal clamps and screws so that adding an Alice frame was super simple.
There are still some tiny details I would like to paint but nothing major.
And to get my post back on the Star Wars track, my wife got me this great Andor Bryar Blaster for Christmas. I hope to star my build soon.
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Mara Jade's Father
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Picked up a Galaxy’s Edge Imperial medallion.
Removed the hardware with pliers.
Made a parallel stitch to the existing stitch, trimmed and sealed the edges with a lighter.
I cut a strip of nylon strapping and sealed the edges with a lighter.
I fashioned the strip to a loop that fit my new hardware.
I stitched the loop to the rear of the ribbon.
I added a little dark weathering paint to the new hardware and assembled.
Here it is….
Removed the hardware with pliers.
Made a parallel stitch to the existing stitch, trimmed and sealed the edges with a lighter.
I cut a strip of nylon strapping and sealed the edges with a lighter.
I fashioned the strip to a loop that fit my new hardware.
I stitched the loop to the rear of the ribbon.
I added a little dark weathering paint to the new hardware and assembled.
Here it is….
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