Jumping back in! Feet first!

[shenphong]

Hey guys, been a lurker here for a long time (my 2010 join date) and thought I'd finally push forward on my build. I've always wanted to build up an entire ODST set and got a bit of help with my 3d printers. First part of the build...the silenced SMG. I am printing the SMG from the files uploaded by WMHunterTLS, found here. I've done a few test prints but due to some manual adjustments, they weren't up to par with what I wanted.

 

[Mesh]

I think they look great! Looking forward to see what you do c:

 

[shenphong]

I think they look great! Looking forward to see what you do c:

Thanks! Its going to be a mix of 3d printing, Sean Bradley's great armor and anything else I can mix up.

 

[Mesh]

Would be awesome to see a fully 3d Printed set! Would take a while though :b

 

[Lazarus215]

Welcome to the 3D printing club. Weapons are a blast to print, assemble, and finish for sure. Armor is a bit more tedious, but will pay off for sure. Be sure to spend a lot of time making a nice clean finish before paint to hide any print imperfections (striations, low spots, etc.) I recommend using a high-build primer or some XTC-3D from SmoothOn to assist in that. That and a mouse sander, and some 60, 220, and 320 grit sandpaper (or as high as you'd like). All these in combination with some good old fashioned elbow grease makes some really awesome prints.

 

[kaween]

While looking at the printed part, it suddenly occured to me how cool it would be to modify a Umarex Steel Storm or EBOS with a matching stock ect.
Anybody done that before that you guys know of ?

 

[shenphong]

Here's a good shot of the sizing after some work through simplify3d

 

[shenphong]

Welcome to the 3D printing club. Weapons are a blast to print, assemble, and finish for sure. Armor is a bit more tedious, but will pay off for sure. Be sure to spend a lot of time making a nice clean finish before paint to hide any print imperfections (striations, low spots, etc.) I recommend using a high-build primer or some XTC-3D from SmoothOn to assist in that. That and a mouse sander, and some 60, 220, and 320 grit sandpaper (or as high as you'd like). All these in combination with some good old fashioned elbow grease makes some really awesome prints.

Thanks! I use a mix of bondo glazing putty and filler primer. I've actually done a lot of 3d printing work for prosthetic limbs but props are just a bit newer for me on it but I've built props and costumes for the past 6-7 years so I figure this was just about time.

 

[shenphong]

Some frag grenades 3d printed, also redoing the SMG...printed out 2 grenades, felt they were too big for my purposes so the other 2 on the left were shrunk down a bit. Finally happy with the size. Will probably just sell the 2 large ones as I got no use for them.

 

[shenphong]

got my glove kit in from Jimmy Da Moose,



Ordering the gloves soon

 

[Chiefwannabe]

this is cool ...like really cool... like AWESOME cool
Keep going!!