Borjaider
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As a longtime Blade Runner fan, I was enamored by Dan Goldberg's design. Taking up this hobby again thanks to the lockup, I decided to make myself one modelling it in NX from scratch, then 3d printing it, and probably trying a resin mold for the first time. Shame that there are no .stl of Dan's original one available, or even the instructions manual, but hey, the thrill of hunting pics and guessing measures would be gone!
I have just started and will update this thread in case someone is interested. Once finished I will put the .stl files on Thingiverse for your pleasure.
Behold about 10 hours of work:
Left cylinder that I finally got right although not exactly the way I wanted. It turns out it's closer to the original blaster this way:
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One relevant update: I have definitely misjudged the amount of free time that I would have under a partial lockdown, so modelling it from scratch is unfortunately not an option as I would like to finish this project before I die.
On the good side, I have discovered Blender! Why did it take me so long? I can edit .stl files and scale them down for the gun, finally. I believe Dan Goldberg did something similar. Once I get some Blender basics in my brain, I will keep going on that path.
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I also plan on making a derringer style travel case for it:
Whatever happens, I'm having a lot of fun already.
I have just started and will update this thread in case someone is interested. Once finished I will put the .stl files on Thingiverse for your pleasure.
Behold about 10 hours of work:
Left cylinder that I finally got right although not exactly the way I wanted. It turns out it's closer to the original blaster this way:
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One relevant update: I have definitely misjudged the amount of free time that I would have under a partial lockdown, so modelling it from scratch is unfortunately not an option as I would like to finish this project before I die.
On the good side, I have discovered Blender! Why did it take me so long? I can edit .stl files and scale them down for the gun, finally. I believe Dan Goldberg did something similar. Once I get some Blender basics in my brain, I will keep going on that path.
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I also plan on making a derringer style travel case for it:
Whatever happens, I'm having a lot of fun already.
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