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Arcade and Retro – 3D Prints
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Isnt exactly arcade and retro related you say. I knew it, mass production of rampant rabbits.... Called it
Nothing as exciting as that
I've started to test out the Bronzefill material(80% Bronze, 20% plastic). Comes out not that interesting, but a bit of polishing with steel wool and i can see that with a proper polish and sand i could get a nice finish on it.
I do need to print it a bit higher resolution though.
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Thats deadly, Thought it was the staff relic from Raiders of the Lost Ark.
Yeah, I’m interested to see what I can do with the bronze material. I’m thinking a polished bronze Game Boy or other console shell
That coin is just some Pirates of the Caribbean download I got from Thingiverse to test out the print. With some proper polishing it will look like proper metal.
It seems I need to invest in a rock/jewellery tumble polisher to really do a proper job on it. They are cheap enough so I think I might just get one and save me hours of manual polishing.
I must say, after having a Makerbot printer, which almost turned me off 3D printing completely because of all the hassle and problems, this new Ultimaker is a joy. The only problems I’ve had so far have been my own fault, and I can live with that.0 -
I've got everything printed that was requested, will contact those concerned over PM tomorrow.
If anyone else has anything they need printed let me know.
Below is a link to all the materials I currently have (I got a few large/heavy deliveries over last few days).
There's links in there as well, so you can see what they look like and what the properties of each material is.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1EQbnVKGaMIFmInSXciIq4IJGGpLWZUROx6wATvgWyFM/edit?usp=sharing
Dr Bob's thingy(I got some orange in).
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Been trying to find a really good model of the T800 that prints well. So far not one has printed well enough for me to decide to go full size on it. Below is a "quick" print I did today, quick being 6 hours!
The search continues :0/
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And for those wondering why I hated my old Makerbot 3d printer, have a look below.
Left is an A1200 trapdoor printed on the Makerbot replicator 2, top right is an A600 trapdoor printed on the new Ultimaker 2 Extended and bottom right is the original A600 door. Quite a difference I think :0)
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I doubt anyone is interested in the vases I'm currently printing out for my Mum
Although I'm using a new material for them that I've not tested before, Formfutura HDglass, very nice it is.
So the whole X2 thing runs in the family then, I must say that skull looks might impressive by the way.0 -
Would be cool to see how the material looks though!
HDglass in the middle and right, regular PLA on the left. With the right settings you should be able to print HDglass very clear, I'm still working on it.
CosmicSmash wrote: »So the whole X2 thing runs in the family then, I must say that skull looks might impressive by the way.
That skull is printed in low resolution as it would have taken a week otherwise
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And full size T800 skull done(the printing at least).
Now I need to sand it, prime it and paint it. Work for another day me thinks.
I'll stop posting non retro game related things now, I'm done
I have a feeling your next username change will be to Cyberdyne, and the rest of us are history
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I'm more interested in printing Star Wars and Star Trek stuff that T2, but i had to have a go at that skull
Speaking of Star Wars, trying to get this Tie Advanced X1 printed off has been a pain. I have a smaller model (the painted one in the pic) that actually came with some magazine i spotted in Easons a couple of years ago. But I want a larger one so have been searching for a nice model. I eventually found one that has been cut in half to make printing easier, happy days
Now i need to learn how to paint it :0/
Just started the second half of it now. That'll be glued to the front bit when done.
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I'm more interested in printing Star Wars and Star Trek stuff that T2, but i had to have a go at that skull
Speaking of Star Wars, trying to get this Tie Advanced X1 printed off has been a pain. I have a smaller model (the painted one in the pic) that actually came with some magazine i spotted in Easons a couple of years ago. But I want a larger one so have been searching for a nice model. I eventually found one that has been cut in half to make printing easier, happy days
Now i need to learn how to paint it :0/
Just started the second half of it now. That'll be glued to the front bit when done.
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While the Star Wars models look fantastic, my eye was more drawn to the battery holder in the back :pac: Genius!0 -
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Thought you made the games for a moment.
Nice vases too.
Well, I have 3d models for the famicom cart shells. But it's cheaper to buy a crappy game for 1-2 euro than to print a bunch of them
I'm printing a C64 cart shell at the moment as I have a game I found in a press without one.0 -
Well, I have 3d models for the famicom cart shells. But it's cheaper to buy a crappy game for 1-2 euro than to print a bunch of them
I'm printing a C64 cart shell at the moment as I have a game I found in a press without one.
I do have a super hexagon cart from the c64 book kickstarter. Nothing to play it on0 -
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The Last Bandit wrote: »How would one go about taking a physical object and getting it 'into' the computer so it can be modified and the new version printed ?
I've looked into buying various 3D scanners, but any I've found below 10-20k Euro are really crappy at fine details(and not so great at the larger stuff either).
I'm still on the lookout for a good option at a reasonable price.
Of course, if the object you need scanned is a simple enough shape you can get the calipers out and take all the measurements and dump them into Rhino3D, OpenSCAD or similar.
I tested out some homemade scanning options a while back, but the results are ok for fun, but not for anything practical. Using a DSLR camera, tripod, laser pointer(for positioning tracking) and various bits of software i got the below results a few years back. Like i said, ok for fun, but that's it.
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I was setting up a RetroPi installation today for a friend. Decided to sort them out with a retro style case as well
The colours are all wrong, but i didn't have time to paint it and just used the best matching plastic colours i had.
4 hour print on this for the top, bottom and lid, so not bad, but it is very low resolution and rough looking.
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Thats very similar to the ones I had in mind for the test prints, looks good though. Does the lid already sort of hinge itself?
Between this and the Battery Holder you may need to keep my address on file..........in a filing cabinet.
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The lid just clicks in place. I had to do a little work to get it working nicely though. I used a little rubber glue to extend and cushion the clips.
Yeah these battery boxes are very popular, few people have asked for them. I printed the AAA one the other day and it stacks nicely on top of the other. Very nice and simple design that just works well
Printed a nice USB/SD card holder as well, but i think i prefer just dumping my spare USB sticks and SD cards loose in a box instead.
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