[blojos]

This is so awesome! As you can tell by my 'Avatar', I love this film! Really excited to see how this turns out!

 

[Sgt_Steiner]

Subscribing to this thread IMMEDIATELY. keep the updates coming OP and good luck!

Same...

@ OP:
I hope you maintain the momentum and continue your project.
You have a lot of moral support here...

:thumb

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[fierox]

:thanks Thanks for the interest and support, ill take some pictures as soon as the printed joints arrive. Hopefully they work aswell

 

[BeastX]

For your reference:

HT uses basically 3 types of materials: Hard ABS plastic, hard PVC and soft PVC for flexing (tail and upper torso)..... for the body construction.

Here's a picture of the internal torso of HT's Jake Sully.... pretty standard True-type...

 

[jodprak]

Wow, very nice work! I have done printing my prototype for my future product, and it was made of ABS plastic. Quite rigid and fragile on the joints system. It broke on many areas, so I had to glue the broken parts several time. The result of the 3D printing was not so clean either. I still have to do some treatments like giving putty and sanding for every single part. Maybe if I use high quality 3D printer like Z650 Z printer, I won't get this kind of problems, but the cost of the service will be very expensive. What kind of 3D printer will you use?

http://www.onesixthwarriors.com/for...eviews-discussion/703442-product-prototype-development-1-6-mecha-troop-1-a.html

 

[Mroz]

Great modelling work, I'd like to see how this turns out. Have you considered casting the printed parts? I'm sure there are people who'd be interested in this.

 

[fierox]

Thanks for that "anatomy" picture! Sofar i plan on using just one material. Especially the soft material is awesome on bodies these days, hiding seams and giving it a more realistic "soft"feel.
Adjusting the 3D model isnt a problem, its just that i know too little about the materials available and how they behave. Especially on casting i know next to nothing
Its all new to me so my goal is to get a complete "working" printed figure first.
Thanks for all the great tips already! Just hope i get my print soon so i can move on
@ Jodprak, great model! I'm amazed i missed it. Sorry to hear about the diffulculties you encountered with your prototype sofar but good to read you are actually taking it in production!
I used Shapeways sofar, dont know the printer but they call the material nylon plastic. Hopefully i get my printed bits soon so i can move on

 

[di3f00l]

Those are fantastic sculpts. I messed around with Blender for a few weeks and got OK with it but then moved on as I usually do. It's a lot of fun and once you have done it you appreciate all the work that goes into something like that. I used Shapeways a couple times and it took a couple weeks if that gives you a time frame. Waiting was the worst but I guess it makes sense considering the process and where it ships from. I should get back into it and come up with some new stuff.

 

[OzDean]

Definitely waiting for updates on this - great job!

 

[fierox]

Thx for keeping interest!
Well my 3D printed test joints came in today. Quickly put them together and they all work! For those interested, here's my review

Elbow and knee joint are a little hard to put together but they work really well, almost perfect.
Arm joint actually stays stiff (but not too much), even after a good bit of abuse.

Knee joint was firm aswell. Felt safe to hold a figure stable. Now that i disassembled and assembled it again it fits fine again but its loose at some angles.
Had to use a screwdriver to dissassemble it and the ring bit got bend so that might be the reason...
To be safe i'm going to think about improving it a little since it has to hold a 44 cm figure afterall.

The typical wrist/ankle joint also works well and fits in it own arm socket aswell (after i took some left over dust out).
I want it a little firmer tho. It wouldnt drop when holding a gun or something but i rather have it a bit extra stiff.

The balljoint idea works very good, it snaps in place. But the ball is to loose in its socket so ill have to adjust that.
Got some good ideas for that one tho

The upperarm (rotate above elbow, bottom right in pic) fits perfect but impossible to disassemble again.
After some abuse its still pretty stiff to rotate overall but at some degrees its a bit loose. Wear? Im not sure yet.. have to think about improving it a little to be safe (its still pretty good tho).

Anyway i will make some small adjustments but i'm really happy with the results!
Only the balljoint is really loose but thats an easy fix. And to be safe i made the ball a little smaller then the socket, that was wrong
Overall its pretty good, I am pretty affraid about wear tho. To be safe ill abuse them firmly the upcoming days
Hopefully the material can handle it and wont wear, cant design the joints against that.

Below an image, they are the same joints as in the earlier render, only assembled and in bad camera quality...

 

[uramegak]

Very insightful information! Thanks for sharing!

 

[Jeffajab]

Cool! opcorn

 

[di3f00l]

Seems to be coming along well now that you have the joints pretty much down and the rest of the design done.. looks like you'll have her printed in no time. One of my all-time favorite threads on here yet. Probably going to cost a good bit to get everything printed though :/ but totally worth it and super cool to be able to design something yourself. You should take commissions for HSs and such later down the road! If you can accomplish this project, you can do anything.

 

[Sgt_Steiner]

Well Done...

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[blojos]

I hope this turns out well! Excited to see some updates.

 

[AdamC]

Really cool to see your work on this!

 

[fierox]

Well after the test of her joints got back from 3D printing its time for a test of the entire figure.
Made some more improvements on the joints, her body and hollowed out lots of parts.
Actually almost everything except her feet since a bit of extra weight might be nice in there.
I buffed up most the joints quite a bit up to a point where it might be a bit too much..
But i can always sand it down a bit and if it does work out i should have some pretty robust joints! Fingers crossed!
Now its time to merge the two sides, take all the parts apart and send her off to print
Hopefully everything checks out ok and i wont scare too much of the price for a 44 cm 3D print!
Thought you might like a view of the figure cut in half to get an idea how i made the parts and hollowed it out.
Could be helpfull if you like to build your own and it almost looks like a CAT scan

 

[uramegak]

Epic!

Don't forget to place extraction holes for the finisher to blow out the powder.

 

[tang]

nice!!

 

[Sgt_Steiner]

She needs black nylon stockings tho...

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