Hello everyone, I am a huge Dark Saber fan. once i saw it on the clone wars i wanted one dearly! a long with Darth Maul being one of my favorite characters and seeing him use it in the comics...unfortunately i was too late for a pervious run (by many many years late) so i sat back and luckily enough one day. Studio49 announced he was doing a Dark Saber run!! overly joyed i signed up and he delivered a amazing piece of art work!!
and now with the previews in Rebels, it looks like we will see this saber again!! so it has sparked my attention to start working on it and get this project done.
This will be my first time working with 3D printed ABS material so it is a learning curve for me and why i have hesitated to do this project. heres some pictures of what I've done so far today
Here is his 3D prints
Now i did some research because i remember reading ABS can be welded together with Acetone. i was quite nervous because i didnt want to ruin this piece. and not working with ABS before i was very concerned. i watched some youtube videos and felt i had enough knowledge to now judge just how much acetone to use. i applied acetone on the ends with a Q-tip
these sat locked in the clamps for a hour. i know a few youtube videos said "only a few minutes". they weren't very clear on how long exactly and i really didnt want to take the risk. so i figured a hour was good enough, and it sure was!!! its held together like iron!
i also rubbed the inside seams of the emitter with acetone, thats why its upside down and propped up.
sanding commences... and there is a lot of it with this stuff... i brought out all my mini files, my sand papers, i knocked this layer down with 150. after the primer i think i will sand with 220
this is before i blasted it with compressed air, but it feels pretty smooth
out to the yard for some painting
those rods i bent up for my display case, Mr. Fusion sits too tall, had to extend the rails so he can fit
its amazing, after a hour and half of sanding and the feel of the figures it feels so smooth... until you see the primer..
I was going to go eFX with this saber but then decided not to. i had a pretty good idea lined up but would have taken forever. it may still be possible in the future with my design, but we shall see
with the clamp not long enough i had to hold this in place for 15 minutes before having the guts to let it go. it looks like a lot more sanding is required. i also have to figure out what kind of filler i am going to use. a lot of the R2 builders like "rage gold" auto body filler.
anyone on here have any advice towards fillers for 3D printed parts?
and now with the previews in Rebels, it looks like we will see this saber again!! so it has sparked my attention to start working on it and get this project done.
This will be my first time working with 3D printed ABS material so it is a learning curve for me and why i have hesitated to do this project. heres some pictures of what I've done so far today
Here is his 3D prints
Now i did some research because i remember reading ABS can be welded together with Acetone. i was quite nervous because i didnt want to ruin this piece. and not working with ABS before i was very concerned. i watched some youtube videos and felt i had enough knowledge to now judge just how much acetone to use. i applied acetone on the ends with a Q-tip
these sat locked in the clamps for a hour. i know a few youtube videos said "only a few minutes". they weren't very clear on how long exactly and i really didnt want to take the risk. so i figured a hour was good enough, and it sure was!!! its held together like iron!
i also rubbed the inside seams of the emitter with acetone, thats why its upside down and propped up.
sanding commences... and there is a lot of it with this stuff... i brought out all my mini files, my sand papers, i knocked this layer down with 150. after the primer i think i will sand with 220
this is before i blasted it with compressed air, but it feels pretty smooth
out to the yard for some painting
those rods i bent up for my display case, Mr. Fusion sits too tall, had to extend the rails so he can fit
its amazing, after a hour and half of sanding and the feel of the figures it feels so smooth... until you see the primer..
I was going to go eFX with this saber but then decided not to. i had a pretty good idea lined up but would have taken forever. it may still be possible in the future with my design, but we shall see
with the clamp not long enough i had to hold this in place for 15 minutes before having the guts to let it go. it looks like a lot more sanding is required. i also have to figure out what kind of filler i am going to use. a lot of the R2 builders like "rage gold" auto body filler.
anyone on here have any advice towards fillers for 3D printed parts?
