When I was a kid I like He-Man as much as anybody, but wasn't really a huge fan. In more recent years, I've chuckled at all of the Skeletor memes, but didn't give it much more thought. Then Sideshow went and released this statue:
Wow.
It's what you'd expect Skeletor to look like if Peter Jackson and Weta Workshop decided to make Masters of the Universe instead of Lord of the Rings. I love the look and I haven't been able to talk myself out of building it lifesize.
So I went ahead and purchased the statue and started noodling over how I would go about building a wearable version of it. Knowing that I may not actually get around to completing the full build, I decided to start with something that would still look cool as a standalone piece; the Havoc staff. I started by scanning the top of the staff using my Revopoint mini 3D scanner. I'm still early in the learning stages of making this device work, but my early attempts show a lot of promise. Here's the scan of the staff head:
After filtering out the noise and smoothing the model a bit, then scaling the digital model up to lifesize, it looked like so:
Here's the first two pieces printed lifesize:
I don't have any pics of the raw prints. I got a little excited and started sanding and smoothing as soon as they were off the printers.
Here's the horns in place with a glowing ball placeholder:
The whole thing seems to be just about right, size-wise:
Of course, a lot of the finer details didn't really translate through the scan-smooth-enlarge-print process. Mostly I lost this scrollwork on the backside:
I basically have no 3D modelling skill, so I've been going through the process of adding these details by hand:
The raised portions are built up with "Magic Sculpt" a 2-part epoxy putty I pick up at my local TAP Plastics:
Once the putty cures, it's rock hard and can be sanded and carved to fine tune the shape. The epoxy putty will be strong enough to work as the final part in case I make it a one-off.
In addition to tuning up the printed staff head parts, I'm also nearly done with the digital cleanup for the bottom of the staff. Then it's a matter of turning the middle handle section on a lathe and I can start final assembly and paint, or prepping the set of parts for molding.
I'm still in the early stages of the rest of the costume. Most of the planning is done and I've started lining up materials. Since I'm not quite as muscular as the statue itself, I went ahead and purchased this very hot, heavy muscle suit:
I'll be working out a way to make it a little more bearable as I continue to make progress on the rest of the build.
Stay tuned...
Wow.
It's what you'd expect Skeletor to look like if Peter Jackson and Weta Workshop decided to make Masters of the Universe instead of Lord of the Rings. I love the look and I haven't been able to talk myself out of building it lifesize.
So I went ahead and purchased the statue and started noodling over how I would go about building a wearable version of it. Knowing that I may not actually get around to completing the full build, I decided to start with something that would still look cool as a standalone piece; the Havoc staff. I started by scanning the top of the staff using my Revopoint mini 3D scanner. I'm still early in the learning stages of making this device work, but my early attempts show a lot of promise. Here's the scan of the staff head:
After filtering out the noise and smoothing the model a bit, then scaling the digital model up to lifesize, it looked like so:
Here's the first two pieces printed lifesize:
I don't have any pics of the raw prints. I got a little excited and started sanding and smoothing as soon as they were off the printers.
Here's the horns in place with a glowing ball placeholder:
The whole thing seems to be just about right, size-wise:
Of course, a lot of the finer details didn't really translate through the scan-smooth-enlarge-print process. Mostly I lost this scrollwork on the backside:
I basically have no 3D modelling skill, so I've been going through the process of adding these details by hand:
The raised portions are built up with "Magic Sculpt" a 2-part epoxy putty I pick up at my local TAP Plastics:
Once the putty cures, it's rock hard and can be sanded and carved to fine tune the shape. The epoxy putty will be strong enough to work as the final part in case I make it a one-off.
In addition to tuning up the printed staff head parts, I'm also nearly done with the digital cleanup for the bottom of the staff. Then it's a matter of turning the middle handle section on a lathe and I can start final assembly and paint, or prepping the set of parts for molding.
I'm still in the early stages of the rest of the costume. Most of the planning is done and I've started lining up materials. Since I'm not quite as muscular as the statue itself, I went ahead and purchased this very hot, heavy muscle suit:
I'll be working out a way to make it a little more bearable as I continue to make progress on the rest of the build.
Stay tuned...
