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You're welcome.What I like about you is you keep us updated. Some of these sellers go months without an update. And many just peter out and never finish what they start. So I appreciate you keepin' us in the loop as to what's going on.![]()
Are you referring to Dragon Resin by chance?You're welcome.
I've made a number of changes, including making the overall design smaller than the original. Changing the overall size affects other things, sometimes not till you print it and see what has changed. My original design was that size because I was printing it at Shapeways online store, and they had minimum wall thicknesses and minimum detail size. My design at that time had to be a little larger than 1:1.
The V3.1 will be 1:1 and I've even ordered a special resin from overseas. I had leaned toward my FDM printer because you could buy a metallic bronze/gold filament. But now I've found a brass/bronze resin that might give the metallic look I want without painting. That would be very cool if that resin performs like I hope it will. Fingers crossed.![]()
Are you referring to Dragon Resin by chance?
That sounds fairly difficult to work with, I'll be intrigued to see how it turns out. My gut says normal resin and a reasonable finishing process might be a better way to go, but metallic finishes are always tricky to get right.
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Don't know if these pics help for the paint, they're supposedly of an original key
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Book of the Dead Key to Hamunaptra from The Mummy.
Book of the Dead Key to Hamunaptra from The Mummy. - Profiles in Historywww.icollector.com
Oh okay, I hadn't noticed the lack of hinges but I had seen it didn't have any flap with the rounded end like you see in the movie, I just thought they would try to keep the colors the same between the different models, but I guess like you say the colorization could be different. (the site says the one in the pictures is "cold cast metalized resin expertly studio painted to resemble ancient cast bronze", so maybe not the hero one you're thinking of)That (if real) is the STUNT key, notice that there are no hinges. It was used in some scenes where the key needed to be open to fit and open the book. It was not intended for close ups, as being able to tell that it has no hinges would be a dead giveaway that it's not the same key as previous scenes. So, there could be colorization difference with the openable HERO key. (could be, and likely are) The stunt key was a single piece of cold cast bronze, and the Hero key, so far as I know, was not cold cast bronze.
Oh okay, I hadn't noticed the lack of hinges but I had seen it didn't have any flap with the rounded end like you see in the movie, I just thought they would try to keep the colors the same between the different models, but I guess like you say the colorization could be different. (the site says the one in the pictures is "cold cast metalized resin expertly studio painted to resemble ancient cast bronze", so maybe not the hero one you're thinking of)
So you can see from the pics., it depends on the light and the angle as to the metal look that you get w/ Dragon Resin. These are just snapped in my shop with me moving around the organizer box the parts are stored in. You can see some distortion in the larger Model 47 side pieces, from the support not being sturdy enough and the weight of the resin actually "bowing" out the thinner sections as it flows out during the raining/lowering of the build plate. The smaller plate and slide top were printed flat and had pretty thick walls so no distortion and a pretty nice metal finish.
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