No ... not that "The Martian"... This guy!
I recently got my first 3D Printer, a Prusa i3 MK3. And, I've been teaching myself 3D modeling with Fusion 360. I wanted to give myself a good first project to model in 3D, print on the Prusa (or Pru, and I call her), and finish into a painted and weathered prop.
I've seen a few replica Marvin Martian ray guns. The ones he uses in the vintage cartoons are pretty varied. I was able to model up the basics of the gun in Fusion over a day or two. I gotta say, I'm really enjoying working in 3D on this. I've struggled for years to find a 3D program that felt "right" for the kind of things I want to make. Fusion is definitely it. And it's FREE if you are a "Hobbyist".
One detail I was especially proud of is I modeled up a simple trigger spring so the gun has a bit of action when done. Building this sort of internal structures is definitely easier in 3D than the scratch building I tend to do.
Once I have the model chopped up and saved as gcode files, I sent them all to Pru and printed them in PLA. The parts came out very clean, but of course there's sanding and filling to be done to reduce the 3D texture. I will say that I am in LOVE with Duplicator's Filler Primer. Saves a ton of time and very little odor.
For paint I found a great avocado green paint and did some weathering to make it look like these were recovered from the Martian landscape.
Oh! And I couldn't resist building Marvin's most famous weapon: The "Immudium Pew-36 Explosive Space Modulator" ... Capable of an Earth shattering Kaboom!
I recently got my first 3D Printer, a Prusa i3 MK3. And, I've been teaching myself 3D modeling with Fusion 360. I wanted to give myself a good first project to model in 3D, print on the Prusa (or Pru, and I call her), and finish into a painted and weathered prop.
I've seen a few replica Marvin Martian ray guns. The ones he uses in the vintage cartoons are pretty varied. I was able to model up the basics of the gun in Fusion over a day or two. I gotta say, I'm really enjoying working in 3D on this. I've struggled for years to find a 3D program that felt "right" for the kind of things I want to make. Fusion is definitely it. And it's FREE if you are a "Hobbyist".
One detail I was especially proud of is I modeled up a simple trigger spring so the gun has a bit of action when done. Building this sort of internal structures is definitely easier in 3D than the scratch building I tend to do.
Once I have the model chopped up and saved as gcode files, I sent them all to Pru and printed them in PLA. The parts came out very clean, but of course there's sanding and filling to be done to reduce the 3D texture. I will say that I am in LOVE with Duplicator's Filler Primer. Saves a ton of time and very little odor.
For paint I found a great avocado green paint and did some weathering to make it look like these were recovered from the Martian landscape.
Oh! And I couldn't resist building Marvin's most famous weapon: The "Immudium Pew-36 Explosive Space Modulator" ... Capable of an Earth shattering Kaboom!
