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Author: | Too Much Garlic [ Sun Oct 04, 2020 11:04 am ] |
Post subject: | Re: 1:6 Darth Vader 3D Laser Scan & Print Project |
Interest list has started. We currently have full 3 ANH sets ready and more to come. Working on getting ESB done as well, and will make RotJ kits pr order. interest-16-laser-scanned-darth-vader-armor-kits-run-vt5379.html , on Flickr (click the picture to go to the larger version. Will post more pictures in the WIP thread.) Not clickable pictures: , on Flickr , on Flickr , on Flickr , on Flickr |
Author: | dcarty [ Fri Nov 06, 2020 5:07 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: 1:6 Darth Vader 3D Laser Scan & Print Project |
Excellent photos! I was wondering how it was going to work replacing the chin screen. Now I'm mulling over how to connect the helmet to the neck joint. Cannot wait to see these in hand! Dave |
Author: | Too Much Garlic [ Sat Nov 07, 2020 12:41 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: 1:6 Darth Vader 3D Laser Scan & Print Project |
Well, you can just leave the filler bit at the neck and only trim out the back. However, I would probably recommend trimming out the whole thing, so you can actually get access to the mouth and chin vent area. I remember how it was when I did that to the v1 master and it takes an awful lot of time to grind down the area slowly, but it is doable with jewelers files. Then you can use something like Aves Apoxie Sculpt to rebuild the neck. If it requires a harder material for the actual peg insertion, you can use something else just for that and fill around it with apoxie sculpt. |
Author: | Too Much Garlic [ Mon May 10, 2021 9:41 am ] |
Post subject: | Re: 1:6 Darth Vader 3D Laser Scan & Print Project |
I am really thankful that Cantina_Dude stepped up and offered to help me out. He's currently busy with his own runs, so while I wait for him to open up time for this project, I have made some improvements to a few of the models. The face masks now sport already cut out teeth and chin vent, where you can just slot in and glue the separate grill model - also makes it easier to paint the grills and though it will be fragile when unassembled, it will be pretty solid and strong once the grill model is glued in. DO NOT glue in the grill model before you have painted it. I would recommend painting it black and then use a chrome pen or paint and lightly brush it on the top edges of the grills, sorta like dry-brushing. You then dull it down with a few washes of heavily thinned dark brown or black. We will still offer the solid version for those who want that. Updated the tusk models to include 4 tusks instead of the previous 2 - in case the tusk on the face mask snaps off, as it is a fragile little piece and is prone to damage easily. The 6 studs on the ANH belt boxes were altered so that the spikes pointed out instead of inwards - I know it will probably not show on the prints, but the inaccuracy was bothering me. I also did a test where I closed the ANH boxes, so the back is no longer a separate piece - we'll do a test print to see if it can actually be printed like that and if that is a success I'll do it to the other movie versions. The hole should be big enough for any kind of belt to be slit through the opening. Hopefully. We will still offer the two-part version for those who want that. Added a text on the back of the shins to make it easier to figure out which was right and which was left, and text inside the shoulder bell so it would be easy to know which curved side should be positioned up. And Cantina_Dude fixed the ESB lightsaber, as there was a part included on the model that shouldn't be there. Hopefully things will go well and within the next coming weeks Cantina_Dude will do some test prints to see how things work. |
Author: | Too Much Garlic [ Wed Aug 25, 2021 12:16 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: 1:6 Darth Vader 3D Laser Scan & Print Project |
Okay, have created the three movie versions to the best of my ability. I couldn't determine whether the ESB lenses were different from RotJ - they seem to be the same size shapes: rhombus pyramid shapes. The ANH is different. The placement of the three lights in the eyes are all over the place in the movies, so I went with a particular reference for each movie - like the positioning best on ANH, where they are mirrored, instead of in the same rotation on both sides. For ANH I used the Tantive IV scenes. For ESB I used an ESB helmet from a PropStore auction - couldn't find good enough reference for the lens rotation. For RotJ I used Anthony Daniels' own C-3PO head for the lens rotation. Turned out pretty well. But the work to trim the models left an awful lot of artifacts, so I am in the process of fixing all that, down at the polygon level, which takes an awful lot of time. I'll upload them when I'm done. Mike was able to do the first tests of the Vader parts. I have been working slowly on fixing some of the things he found and others have mentioned, such as the domes being too thin in places. Again, since I'm not a skilled 3D modeler I'm working really slowly and probably using methods people who know more would roll their eyes at, but they work for me. ANH dome thickness has been fixes, but I need to hear whether Mike gets waves on the surface of the dome, as I did when I printed my single resin print several months ago - Paul didn't get them, so I'm hoping Mike won't either. That's it for the updates at this time. |
Author: | Too Much Garlic [ Mon Mar 07, 2022 8:46 am ] |
Post subject: | Re: 1:6 Darth Vader 3D Laser Scan & Print Project |
First test with the water washable resin was a success. I did not react badly to it. Maybe the issue previously was not just the resin, but the fact that I had to clean it in isopropyl alcohol. But this time it went smoothly. I'll do another test tomorrow to see how that one goes. One thing I learned though was that the supports I added could perhaps be a little thinner and the points of connection to the model a little smaller, as the supports were a pain to remove, with bits flying all over the place when snapping them off with the cutters and having to use a lot of force to break them off, which tired me out enormously. However, the part itself was really sturdy, did not bend or crack or have any issues, even from that rough handling. Will do drop tests to see how it fares. But it seems as hard and durable as the casting resin I have worked with before. |
Author: | Too Much Garlic [ Sat Mar 19, 2022 5:59 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: 1:6 Darth Vader 3D Laser Scan & Print Project |
If all goes well I'll hopefully invest in a new 8K printer after next week, as well as more resin and a wash 'n' cure station. After some feedback on the HT scale parts perhaps being too large, I'm gonna do a test to see whether the true scale actually works for the HT bodies. People have previously modded HT and Sideshow figures with Kaiyodo/Screamin' vinyl pieces, which are smaller than my true scale - and have even seen people use recasts of those and they looked fine - so maybe there is no reason to do 2 versions like there is with the trooper helmets due to the HT and Sideshow armor being paired with the helmet and thus making true scale look too small. Please be patient with me as there are a lot of things to work out, but I'll keep you all posted on my progress. |
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