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Limited Run The Mandalorian Blaster, screen accurate (TWO LEFT before)
- Thread starter JOATRASH FX
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Your work on this is so incredible! I’m dying for this blaster, but I really want to print/make it myself, having accepted printing as legit hahah! I’d try to talk you into selling me the models, but I don’t expect that would work. 
Your prints are wonderful! Any chance we could see a pic of some of the parts as they come off the bed? Interested in the orientation/supports. I don’t find a lot of folks printing larger stuff like this on resin printers to learn from.
Again, wow!! This looks beautiful.
Your prints are wonderful! Any chance we could see a pic of some of the parts as they come off the bed? Interested in the orientation/supports. I don’t find a lot of folks printing larger stuff like this on resin printers to learn from.
Again, wow!! This looks beautiful.
Update in the build thread (last of 2019, probably) of me obsessing over some details and inconsistencies.
Mando Blaster, Super Detailed in Multiple Parts, Real Metal Beskar Ingot and Whatever Else I End Up Doing...
As for printing in resin... I've found that printing at an angle, with "long end" of the part lining up with whatever type of "peel process" your printer has, tends to work fairly well. Printing diagonally also lets you max the size of a part. The downside is that it takes much longer, and wears out the materials faster.
Mando Blaster, Super Detailed in Multiple Parts, Real Metal Beskar Ingot and Whatever Else I End Up Doing...
Haha, thanks... but yeah... there's no amount of talking that would get me to part with the files. I decided years ago that unless I actually know and trust someone, I will not give out or sell files no matter how many promises of "not sharing" are made. It just opens up too many cans of worms.Your work on this is so incredible! I’m dying for this blaster, but I really want to print/make it myself, having accepted printing as legit hahah! I’d try to talk you into selling me the models, but I don’t expect that would work.
Your prints are wonderful! Any chance we could see a pic of some of the parts as they come off the bed? Interested in the orientation/supports. I don’t find a lot of folks printing larger stuff like this on resin printers to learn from.
Again, wow!! This looks beautiful.
As for printing in resin... I've found that printing at an angle, with "long end" of the part lining up with whatever type of "peel process" your printer has, tends to work fairly well. Printing diagonally also lets you max the size of a part. The downside is that it takes much longer, and wears out the materials faster.
In all honesty... it kinda IS ready. I just keep fiddling with details!
Bwahahahaha
danomite40
New Member
The same! (To everyone!)
OK, folks. Slide has been remodeled again. Other stuff too. And at the last minute I saw a detail in one reference screen that I hadn't noticed before... it's small, and I can't be 100% sure how it looks since it only seems to have been visible in one fricking shot, so most likely no one would ever have thought of it, but darn it I couldn't just leave it off. Also added a couple "quality of life" things I'll talk about in the build thread soon... call 'em "going the extra mile" for those of y'all that are thinking of sticking electronics (light and/or sound) in there.
But as of now, I think I'm calling the model DONE.
(Good thing too, because the last parts I just ran pretty much emptied my last resin cartridge!)
I'll be uploading final photos of all the parts soon, just need to clean the workspace and take them, this is the last chance to commit to getting one before the final reveal. (I've got one or two "bonuses" in mind for those of you that have committed to the run. If this all works out as intended, I'm hoping it'll make future small-number runs less stressful!)
Stay tuned.
Mum's the word!
OK, gang... before I do the reveal... I need y'all to give an opinion on something, a detail that I've been going back and forth over. Check the build thread! (The link will take you directly to the right post.)
Mando Blaster, Super Detailed in Multiple Parts, Real Metal Beskar Ingot and Whatever Else I End Up Doing...
I held the blaster. Its not as nice as yours is going to be.
danomite40
New Member
Generally curious - what kind of printer and resin do you produce your parts in? I got an Anycubic Photon recently and just dipping my toes into resin printing. Hadn't really been exposed to much resin printed parts before.
Updated the list. Went on a trip buying tooling, brass rod, nuts, screws (surprisingly hard to find here) and the aluminum tube for the barrels. The diameter is almost impossible to find- the only place that has it is specialty boat shops (and they're not well-stocked here this time of year!
I've been busy with working on the Beskar Ingot project, but finally managed to take some photos of the final kit parts. Will be uploading them here ASAP. Also leaning towards having the cleaning rod bracket and recess rounded, not angled. I did some... err... creative digging on Google and found an image that kinda seals the deal for me. (Now I'm inclined to think that the "angled" look might just be a less-than-perfect finish on one copy of the prop.
I've been busy with working on the Beskar Ingot project, but finally managed to take some photos of the final kit parts. Will be uploading them here ASAP. Also leaning towards having the cleaning rod bracket and recess rounded, not angled. I did some... err... creative digging on Google and found an image that kinda seals the deal for me. (Now I'm inclined to think that the "angled" look might just be a less-than-perfect finish on one copy of the prop.
I currently use a Form 2, but will be switching to 3 after they do some more firmware updates. (I had to get it with financing and am still paying it off, they are not inexpensive, lol.) My usual go-to resin for props is "Grey Pro" engineering resin, but I also use regular grey and clear depending on the part. The engineering resin is as expensive as liquid gold (something like 4-6X the cost of resin for other printers), and it's murder on the hardware, but I need things to just "work" without having to tinker and test a lot- it takes me long enough to finish projects as it is0. I have a friend who has the Photon though... it does fantastic models for the price, if you don't need the extra build volume and can live with the "manual" management. (There's also that HUGE LCD resin printer just being released, but it looks like it needs a lot of fiddling.) If I had the space, I'd get one and use it for certain things, like colored-clear parts!
Been thinking a lot about that. I could have a variant of the main receiver shell cast, but I'm afraid that it would have to be drastically altered. The pins/keys would have to be removed (they wouldn't survive sand casting) and I don't know if the moving trigger could be retained. I might have to remove those things and see if they could be added later somehow, just cast the actual "shell". I also don't know how much a metal casting would shrink... so I would probably have to redo all the resin parts that would be glued on. Just guessing by what the Beskar ingots cost to cast, since the foundry hasn't seen the blaster parts yet, I would think that JUST the metal receiver shell and grip frame would cost $300-500 doing "small numbers". Then there's a lot of dremel work, sanding and cleaning to be done, since it'd be sand-cast. I'll try to bring a set of shells with me to the foundry when I go there next time just to get an opinion, but I've kinda put the metal idea on the back-burner. The real hero prop is resin with metal details, so even if a metal receiver would be awesome, I'm not focusing on it right now.
OK. The pre-run "committed" signup list is now CLOSED and LOCKED. Thanks to everyone so far! It's time to get this kit printing. Those on the list are getting PMs with more info . For others that may want the kit, but were unwilling or unable to commit to the run before the model was done, the first post will be updated soon with final specs.
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