Arcade and Retro – 3D Prints

Corholio

How does it fare regarding power usage? electricity bill etc

Steve X2

Corholio wrote: »

How does it fare regarding power usage? electricity bill etc

I've not measured it myself, but others have. You're only talking a small amount per day of heavy use, maybe 2-5 cents per hour if the heated platform is used.
It's basically nothing compared to computers I have on all the time.

Steve X2

The waiting is killing me on this print

Steve X2

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

eddhorse

Thats super smashing great.

Doesnt matter keep posting them.

Steve X2

eddhorse wrote: »

Thats super smashing great.

Doesnt matter keep posting them.

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.

Star Lord

Steve X2 wrote: »

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.

Would be cool to see how the material looks though!

CosmicSmash

Steve X2 wrote: »

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.

Steve X2

Star Lord wrote: »

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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CosmicSmash

I don't think I'll ever get tired of looking at this thread, I'll have to get you to print something out for me some time.

Steve X2

CosmicSmash wrote: »

I don't think I'll ever get tired of looking at this thread, I'll have to get you to print something out for me some time.

Sure, just let me know.

CiDeRmAn

Steve X2 wrote: »

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

Steve X2

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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Corholio

Steve X2 wrote: »

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!

Steve X2

Corholio wrote: »

While the Star Wars models look fantastic, my eye was more drawn to the battery holder in the back :pac: Genius!

Haha yeah, it's super handy and holds about 20 AA's. I'll be printing the AAA version next and then maybe the C.

Optimus Prime

Im obsessed with star wars model kits at the minute, trying to learn everything i can about model painting. started when i signed up to "Build the millennium falcon" magazine, needed to learn how to paint for that, so ive bought about 10 Bandai star wars kits from Japan to practice on. Ive an Air Brush at home and am getting a compressor for it soon, spent a fortune on paint and accessories the last while while im waiting for my attic to be converted (starting monday!)

Might give you a shout down the road to see if you can print some stuff for me! Would love a whole diaorma of the landing bay on tatooine for the falcon haha but it would be too big. You can check out my Falcon build thread here and my first attempts at painting the cockpit and wiring up leds and lights to it.

Steve X2

Optimus Prime wrote: »

Im obsessed with star wars model kits at the minute, trying to learn everything i can about model painting. started when i signed up to "Build the millennium falcon" magazine, needed to learn how to paint for that, so ive bought about 10 Bandai star wars kits from Japan to practice on. Ive an Air Brush at home and am getting a compressor for it soon, spent a fortune on paint and accessories the last while while im waiting for my attic to be converted (starting monday!)

Might give you a shout down the road to see if you can print some stuff for me! Would love a whole diaorma of the landing bay on tatooine for the falcon haha but it would be too big. You can check out my Falcon build thread here and my first attempts at painting the cockpit and wiring up leds and lights to it.

My worry with those magazine things, especially DeAgostini branded mags is that they seem to go out of print about half way through. So you're left with a half built yolk.
Do they offer any guarantee that they will print every mag?

Optimus Prime

Dont think they guarantee it, but there is loads of people on the forums for it so i think it will be grand, think i have 40 issues so far. they do stop putting them in the shops after a while i think, i think they only are in shops for a while to get people to subscribe. If they did stop a few half way through it wouldnt be great for their business for future runs. Im pretty sure this one is popular enough that i wont have to worry about it.

Doge

First this:

Steve X2 wrote: »

Next this:



Then plasma rifles!

Steve X2

Something actually retro related this time
It's quite handy.

eddhorse

Thought you made the games for a moment.

Nice vases too.

Steve X2

eddhorse wrote: »

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.

eddhorse

Steve X2 wrote: »

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 on

The Last Bandit

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 ?

Steve X2

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.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Md42IMgbs2w

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EYN7pzDqAXU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hx6CdMP_XtI

The Last Bandit

Sounds like calipers it is then, its the rear casing of a Saturn controller so not particularly complicated.

Steve X2

The Last Bandit wrote: »

Sounds like calipers it is then, its the rear casing of a Saturn controller so not particularly complicated.

I'd say you should be able to find a 3d file for a saturn controller online. And if not, the blueprints for the shell should be available with all the dimensions.

The Last Bandit

Hmm not find much useful stuff. Might just use the old fatter USA controller instead for the moment.

Steve X2

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.

Corholio

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.

:pac: