3D printed UNSC weapons

[Kaiser]

MA5C: 100% Completed, 3 Months
BR85: 85% Completed, 4 weeks
Frag grenade: 90% Completed, 4 months
M6C: 0% Completed
DMR: 0% Completed

Print times
MA5C: 4 DAYS
BR85: 4.5 DAYS
GRENADE: 17 HOURS
20% infill
PLA, PLA+ filament

next step is spot putty and wet sanding

 

[Hein B287]

This one looks nice and smooth. Gonna be fun to paint i guess

 

[Kaiser]

Still have some spot putty to do (few printing lines to cover) then wet sanding it

 

[Lojak]

looks good! Which file is it?

 

[Kaiser]

looks good! Which file is it?

sadly i do not remember, i got it on the forum but I dont remember who. sorry

 

[Kaiser]

Wet sanding done
Metalic silver painting done

Next step: black and grey painting
Weathering

 

[3MIL3R34CH]

se ve bien!!! algunas líneas se pueden eliminar con acetona

 

[Kaiser]

The MA5C is finished, its far from perfection but i am satisfied with this first ever completed prop

 

[Kaiser]

BR55 is coming along nicely
Had a small mistake in the print, top part printed about 1/2CM longer than the main body

 

[Kaiser]

Undate on the BR85

glued and seems have been filled in with plastic putty

 

[Jev]

You’re making very fast progress on these! One suggestion I would have is to sand just a bit more to get that real smooth finish on your pieces.
At this rate though you’ll have an armoury at your disposal by the end of next month!

 

[Kaiser]

You’re making very fast progress on these! One suggestion I would have is to sand just a bit more to get that real smooth finish on your pieces.
At this rate though you’ll have an armoury at your disposal by the end of next month!

Thanks for the advice, the MA5C is my first 100% completed project and halfway thru sanding i said F^& it, its good enough
The paint scheme on the MA5C im a bit disappointed with how it turned out for the metallic black, I should have gone with a more gun metal grey for the top part of the rifle.

The BR85 is going to be more work on the sanding, priming and painting. lessons learned from the MA5C

 

[Jev]

Thanks for the advice, the MA5C is my first 100% completed project and halfway thru sanding i said F^& it, its good enough
The paint scheme on the MA5C im a bit disappointed with how it turned out for the metallic black, I should have gone with a more gun metal grey for the top part of the rifle.

The BR85 is going to be more work on the sanding, priming and painting. lessons learned from the MA5C

Sure learning from the past is all we can do man! I’ll be very interested to see how the BR comes out. Best of luck

 

[Hein B287]

At this stage a nice coat of auto body filler primer will fill those lines right up. Did one coat with mine and sanded that smooth. No more work needed

 

[Kaiser]

At this stage a nice coat of auto body filler primer will fill those lines right up. Did one coat with mine and sanded that smooth. No more work needed

nice thick coat of primer filler, spot putty where needed and a good sanding with 180, 200, 300 grit then wet sand with 400 then 600 grit before painting

 

[Kaiser]

Primary sanding with 60Grit is done
Next, sanding with 120Grit, spot putty, filler primer, sanding 120Grit, Sanding 300Grit, wet sanding 400,600Grit, painting

 

[PlanetAlexander]

Thanks for the advice, the MA5C is my first 100% completed project and halfway thru sanding i said F^& it, its good enough
The paint scheme on the MA5C im a bit disappointed with how it turned out for the metallic black, I should have gone with a more gun metal grey for the top part of the rifle.

The BR85 is going to be more work on the sanding, priming and painting. lessons learned from the MA5C

Is a palm sander something you'd be able to use?

It's almost magic how much faster they can take down the layer lines. It's a worthy investment in time alone

 

[Kaiser]

Is a palm sander something you'd be able to use?

It's almost magic how much faster they can take down the layer lines. It's a worthy investment in time alone

I've ordered 2 sanders, a black and decker mouse and a Dewalt cordless (bigger projects)

 

[Kaiser]

First coat of bondo done and sanded
Seconde coat of bondo applied

 

[Kaiser]

3 rounds of Primer filler and Bondo
Sanded from 100grit to 600grit

First coat of charcoal grey

its real smooth with some imperfections showing, actually adds to the "mass production" look im going for