MadMan,, The phaser is looking great, I have the Playmates toy from years ago, and it is about 8 inches long. If you want and photos or scans of it, let me know. Jeff
Thanks guys. It's OK. I've found that when I build a model to print, the polycount can't be too high, or Makerware has a hard time slicing the file up. it'll also smooth out the model some, too. A couple of photos would be great, if you have time. I've seen various paint jobs on the internet, but I don't think I've seen any photos of the Playmates one. Next up, I'm going to try do do the USS Kelvin version phaser and communicator. -Ricky
MadMan, Ok, I have 4 pretty good shots for you, I freehanded them so they aren't true orthos, but if need be you could skew/warp them in Photoshop to straighten anything out. The shots are currently 16 megapixel ( and 5mb each ) How big do you want them? The Playmates phaser is pretty much one color black plastic on the body, and it may be a bit small (as it is a toy). I thought I heard that who ever has the current license might be making a STVI phaser after the STIII one. Jeff
Cool, thanks. Email would be good... rickywallace.1701 at gmail.com I got about halfway done printing this today, and should have the rest done tomorrow night. Hopefully, I have some pics. -Ricky
Sent! I hope they help! One day (since the bulb burned out in mine) I plan to have a nozzle turned from aluminum with enough room to put a blue laser in it.
Well, I got all 4 parts finished yesterday, and did a quick test-fit. Everything seems to line up well. Tomorrow, I hope to do some sanding, and assembly. I think it turned out pretty well. -Ricky
Got the phaser done. I think it turned out well. I went with more of a TOS color scheme on it, and I think it looks sharp. I felt like the real one was a little too dark. And here it is compared to the Art Asylum TOS Phaser... What do you guys think? -Ricky
I really want one of those for making custom action figures. Can you change the size of something? Example: I still have my Major Matt Mason space station, which is scale to 8" figures, and I would like to reduce it for 4" figures. Also, reducing some Playmates heads to fit Mego/ERTL bodies. CCC.
That's amazing, it would be brilliant to see with Cjohnson1701's permission of course to do a 3D model of his USS Pike
I personally, wouldn't mind at all. You have my permission. The only problem is logistics, the ship wasn't modeled for 3D-printing and it's built at a 1:1 scale when I started ( so digitally it is 700+ meters long, good luck fitting that on your garage! ). So I would have to co-ordinate with Madman-1701 here. Not to mention, if there is any costs ( eg: materials, electronics, shipping, etc.) TL: DR, if Madman is okay with it, and the logistics work out, I'd be down.
Sure, I can add it to my list. It shouldn't be too hard to convert it for printing... mine don't need much cleanup to come out right. All I need is a .obj file. -Ricky
Hey guys, more stuff tonight. I got most of the parts built for Valiant, and assembled. I think it turned out pretty well. Also, I was playing around the other day, and made some comm badges. I was watching TNG on Bluray, and never noticed that the TNG comm badges delta shape wasn't the same shape as the TOS delta. I thought it was weird that I had never noticed, so I had to make some. What do you guys think? -Ricky
That's really neat! I have a question: once you have the printer and the file, what is the material cost of printing a single copy of that ship? Also, how long does it take to print?
Thanks. Material wise, there is probably $2 of plastic going on in this particular one. Time is the big thing with these.. combined, there is about 8 hours of print time for the parts, and another 3 hours of me cleaning up the parts and assembling it. Then, more time to sand and paint it. -Ricky
The valiant is a masterpiece, the badges I like, I look forward to seeing your future badge if you do one, I'd be interested in seeing a nx-01 refit model