Death Trooper E-11D Blaster

JUSTINIAN

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For my next project, I will be working on the Death Trooper E-11D blaster from Rogue One. I had some amazing help from DDay in getting the ball rolling and printing it out. All of the parts have been sent to me to be cleaned up, assembled and molded. This is an SLA print, and it is very clean and super detailed. But as with any print, it is never 100% perfect.

Here are all of the printed parts layed out. Several parts needed duplicates, so I will have to make some quick temporary molds for those.
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And here is a rough assembly of most of the parts.
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There are several places that need to be filled in and tweaked before this can be molded. Trying to figure out where each part went was quite a bit of work. Many of the smaller parts will be combined together, to make molding fewer parts, and to make final assembly much easier. I'm hoping this project will come together fairly quick.
 
It looks great. Very clean prints.

TazMan2000
Thanks. These prints were beautiful. Only a little bit of cleanup was needed.

Update time. I was able to get several parts cleaned up perfectly and a gloss clear coat applied. Once these dry I can start making molds for them.

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Absolutely crazy how much work you put into this! Love every little detail. The molds look amazing! Keep up the great work!


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Bit of an update. I could only find the screw for the grip in a bare metal look, so I had to powder coat them in a matte black finish.

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Next was to cut all of the steel rods for the butt stock. This should get me through a few kits.
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I also did some brainstorming on the best method to get them black. Paint would work, but would scratch off over time, and powder coating these would be a pain. Then I had the idea to gun blue them. I opted to go with the heat and oil method.

So I fired up my flamethrower propane torch, and heated the rod up until it was almost red hot. It was very bright outside, so it was hard to see the flame, but it was hot. Looking back, I probably should have been wearing gloves.
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Once it was hot enough, I dunked it in some old motor oil from my car. The smell was fantastic. lol
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When it came out it was all black.
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It seems to be quite durable, and it should protect the surface from rust. And if it does ever start to wear off, it will have a very natural worn out gun part look.

More updates very soon with my finished blaster....
 
Love everything about it!! The oil truck works great doesn't it!? ;)


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