Really happy with how it turned out! Decided to show it off to strangers for now as I haven’t given it to him yet and i know he isn’t on here. 😆. And it lights up!

          • PiJiNWiNgOPEnglish
            6·
            2 months ago

            Printed plastic, but I’m glad my paint job made you question! I do wish the gears turned, but the model designer was trying to emulate what he saw in the game, which didn’t seem to care about real functional parts, haha

        • jballsEnglish
          4·
          2 months ago

          How’d you pull that off? The question mark looks like filament, not like a neon tube.

          • PiJiNWiNgOPEnglish
            7·
            2 months ago

            Its translucent green filament with green EL wire run through it, with the battery pack stored in the base.

    • PiJiNWiNgOPEnglish
      8·
      2 months ago

      Apologies, the issue has been rectified 🙂

        • PiJiNWiNgOPEnglish
          3·
          2 months ago

          Thanks! I do wish the EL wire was a bit brighter, but when the lights are all off it looks great!

    • PiJiNWiNgOPEnglish
      5·
      2 months ago

      Haha, thanks! He’s a fellow gamer, so i get to work on cool 3D printing projects without clogging up my living space with knick knacks. 😆

      I printed/painted this for him a couple years ago (sorry for potato quality photo):

    • PiJiNWiNgOPEnglish
      4·
      2 months ago

      Thanks!!!

      Here’s a quick rundown:

      • printed all parts in PETG
      • Sprayed all parts with multiple liberal coats of sand and fill primer
      • sanded things down with disposable nail files (wasnt too finicky, mostly wanted to smooth the box part and get rid of some bad layer lines on the posts)
      • wiped everything down to get rid of the dust (i sanded only a few hours after spraying, so there was hardly any dust anyway, but just to be sure
      • based coated all parts in metallic gunmetal (sans “neon”)
      • heavy metallic silver dry brush over most everything
      • assembled it
      • dry brush stippled dark rust around most the rivets/edges, and anywhere grime would settle (way easier to tell where that would be when its full assembled)
      • Dry brush stippled bright orange rust color over top of the brown areas where corrosion would be worst
      • came back through with light silver dry brush in non corroded area (i got a little overzealous with the dark rust color)
      • used a homemade oil wash (black and burnt ochre oil paints mixed with some mineral spirits) over top of all the gears, and ran a heavily loaded brush along the top edges and over rivet, letting the wash drip dpwn the sides.
      • after it dried for 5-10 minutes, i used an old frayed brush to lightly drag the wash down to make the big drips look for natural
      • After i was done, I realized i overdid it a bit again, and went back through with some mineral spirits and cotton swabs to re-expose some of the “bare metal” in the centers of the panels. I love oil washes! You have a ridiculous amount of time to manipulate the paint before it dries up, and looks terrific after it’s dry.

      And there you have it!

  • Gork@lemm.eeEnglish
    4·
    2 months ago

    Are you going to hide it behind a cage with an elaborate hidden way to get to it?

    • PiJiNWiNgOPEnglish
      3·
      2 months ago

      It crossed my mind, and i want to SO BAD, but unfortunately i don’t have enough time to print out something large enough to house it. But maybe for Christmas! Lol

  • PiJiNWiNgOPEnglish
    3·
    2 months ago

    Gave it to him today and he was stoked! Also figured id post a detail shot of the base:

    • Glamborghini@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      2 months ago

      Whoa! Aging is in point -solid job with the paint! What processes did you use to achieve the weathering and rusted-industrial look? Super cool!

      • PiJiNWiNgOPEnglish
        1·
        2 months ago

        Thank yoy so much! I actually lay out the method step-by-step in one of the comments. 🙂

  • Zahille7@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2·
    2 months ago

    Got a picture of it lit up? Looks great! Just saw your comment

    I messed around with my brother’s new resin printer (Phrozen Mega 4K) this past spring and I made myself an Arkham batarang that could fold.

    • PiJiNWiNgOPEnglish
      2·
      2 months ago

      Awesome! I resin printed some batarangs myself! I did four different styles from different movies, then picked up a shadowbox frame and some red velvet and mounted them vertically with some wire. I ended up giving that to my younger brother as well, lol.

  • Sasnak @lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
    2·
    2 months ago

    This is the sickest shit! What an amazing sibling. I can’t wait until we can get back to 3D printing. Do you have a brand of primer you prefer?

    • PiJiNWiNgOPEnglish
      2·
      2 months ago

      Not sure id say “prefer” as i don’t have experience with many others, but i used rustoleum sand and fill primer from amazon

      • Sasnak @lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
        1·
        2 months ago

        Thank you so much! Idk if you’ve said somewhere, but are these filament prints or resin? Sorry if I seem ignorant. My partner deals with the technology side of things. I just play with the paints