ok, so its been a long time, and for a moment there, i forgot i had a thread, but i have made progress, and so ill sharing my work. its gonna be pic heavy, sorry in advance.
ok, now to the meat and potatoes.
i printed the mirror of the jaw piece and stuck them together.
i then sanded them, but interestingly enough, i used pla on the right, and eco pla on the left, and the eco pla got much smoother and sanded much nicer then the normal pla, plus it was almost 10$ cheaper as well when i bought it.
i then began printing the back piece, on the lower par of the helmet. then again, and again, and again, and again. for whatever reason, this part had a huge problem printing, and i ended up having to splice two pieces together.
upon looking at it, i didnt take any pictures of the upper half of the printing process, but i had many failed prints there as well, to the point where i had to go in and actually reconstruct several areas of the model in blender to get it to work, but in the end, i ended up being able to print the rest of it. not, however before the last part of the dome caused my hot end to have a.... well meltdown? thats the only way to describe it. the whole thing managed to get melted plastic in every single crack, crevasse, and hole in my hot end, causing me to have to replace the whole thing. it ended up working in the end however, and i now have a whole new bucket.
after assembly, i moved onto final assembly, then to sanding.
after that, i aplied the base coat of filler primer, then the silver paint.
after the silver, i applied toothpaste and then added that lovely blue color that is S-229. lol
after that, it was onto the small details. ignore the creepy head, his name is Phillip don't hate.
its still very very much a work in progress, but it is progress none the less.
