Hi Woodsie! I was intrigued by your post about bodging and scratching. Since I started down the rabbit hole of 3D Modelling and printing, my finish quality has gone to a whole new level.
Here is an x-ray version of R2 D2 that I created in Sketchup. This was all printed as a single piece (although I'm working on joints that will allow me to create a poseable action figure)
I wanted to create something that looked exactly like a manufactured toy, so I tried to simulate a vacuum metallised finish. The toy is painted in high gloss black, then a thin coating of Aclad II chrome paint is airbrushed on to create the lustrous shiny effect. I followed up with brush painting details with Tamiya Transparent Blue.
The package was inspired by the fact that one of my prints partially failed, resulting in a club footed robot! I took one of my printed robots and pressed a folded sheet of aluminium foil over it. I then poured plaster into the foil mould and sanded and sealed the resulting plaster plug. I vacuum formed a plastic blister from it, using a vacuum former I built from an old vacuum cleaner!
I then laid out graphics in CorelDraw and printed them on to transparent A4 sticker film using my laser printer. I then laid the sticker onto a sheet of chrome finish card that I bought at my local newsagent. This resulted in a chrome printed backing card that I attached the bubble to with Weldbond PVA glue.
I admit the 3D printer is a fairly high tech investment, but everything else fits on quite well with your bodging and scratching theme!
Lewis
Oz
Amazing stuff Looey! Its a new level of bodging and scratching like you say! 3D printing and blister cards. Its a brave new world, a world of SHODDI!
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