Bloop
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Here's a (relatively) quick 3D model I printed recently. I didn't create the models, I mixed the work of two people that made their work freely available online.
I found the Spider-Man model on pinshape, by Creator milostutu:
Here's an image from that page:

It looked great, but I wanted something more dynamic instead of the simple base. So I found a model of a partially damaged brick pillar on Thingiverse:
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I altered the pillar by cutting off part of the back, to make it smaller, and cut it into 3 section for printing.
I decided to print Spider-Man in pieces (arms, legs, torso, and head) so I could control the direction of the print for better quality, and to eliminate the need for a lot of suppprts.
I didn't take any progress pics of it after printing, but here it is after gluing it together. Sorry it's hard to see, I had a lot of clear PLA so that's why I used it).

I cut up a small nail to make two pins for Spider-Man's foot to mount to the wall, so I could remove it for painting. I sprayed the body with black Krylon primer/paint, and gray for the pillar.

I had puttied around the joints, and lightly sanded. The model had some nice detailed texture, so I didn't want to sand that away.
I only used three colors on the body - red, black (acrylic paint) and silver (Sharpie). The red was actually a mix of two different shades of red. I also originally intended to paint it more traditionally with blue, but I liked the look with the black primer, so I brush painted over those areas with black acrylics.

The web lines and spider logos are raised on the model, so it was easier to paint those. But the Share wasn't fine tipped enough, do I ended up touching up a lot of the red and silver areas.
After the last photo, I touched up the lines, particularly on the face and neck, and painted the red brick and gray stone of the pillar, and it was done!




The pillar was also acrylic paints mostly red, with some umber, black, and white.
(EDIT: forgot to mention that I also roughed up the pillar after printing with a dremmel, xacto knife and files, to make it look a little more varied, as the original 3D model looked like the bricks had been copy-and-pasted).
The whole model is 9" tall.
Thanks for looking!
I found the Spider-Man model on pinshape, by Creator milostutu:
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It looked great, but I wanted something more dynamic instead of the simple base. So I found a model of a partially damaged brick pillar on Thingiverse:

Stone wall pillar damaged by Festera521
Wall pillar with top knocked off.//Old Quarters Project


I altered the pillar by cutting off part of the back, to make it smaller, and cut it into 3 section for printing.
I decided to print Spider-Man in pieces (arms, legs, torso, and head) so I could control the direction of the print for better quality, and to eliminate the need for a lot of suppprts.
I didn't take any progress pics of it after printing, but here it is after gluing it together. Sorry it's hard to see, I had a lot of clear PLA so that's why I used it).

I cut up a small nail to make two pins for Spider-Man's foot to mount to the wall, so I could remove it for painting. I sprayed the body with black Krylon primer/paint, and gray for the pillar.


I had puttied around the joints, and lightly sanded. The model had some nice detailed texture, so I didn't want to sand that away.
I only used three colors on the body - red, black (acrylic paint) and silver (Sharpie). The red was actually a mix of two different shades of red. I also originally intended to paint it more traditionally with blue, but I liked the look with the black primer, so I brush painted over those areas with black acrylics.

The web lines and spider logos are raised on the model, so it was easier to paint those. But the Share wasn't fine tipped enough, do I ended up touching up a lot of the red and silver areas.
After the last photo, I touched up the lines, particularly on the face and neck, and painted the red brick and gray stone of the pillar, and it was done!







The pillar was also acrylic paints mostly red, with some umber, black, and white.
(EDIT: forgot to mention that I also roughed up the pillar after printing with a dremmel, xacto knife and files, to make it look a little more varied, as the original 3D model looked like the bricks had been copy-and-pasted).
The whole model is 9" tall.
Thanks for looking!
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