Whats Lying on your Workbench MK IV

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1 hour ago, Papa Rat said:

Yeah I think it came out around the same time as Alien.

I’m not gonna say it was as great as Alien, but definitely a great movie with an original story 

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12 hours ago, Papa Rat said:

I am blown away at the amount of detail in such a small package. ♥️

I enjoy pushing the limits of a 12K resolution printer. 😎

 The Cygnus files I bought were disappointingly low-resolution, so I figured the only way to justify my purchase was to make a Hallmark ornament. 😉

Plus, I already have a variety of ships displayed at the same 1:3000 scale:

5 hours ago, Papa Rat said:

Yeah I think it came out around the same time as Alien.

Actually, ALIEN was a July release; The Black Hole came out in December of 1979, only two weeks after Star Trek: The Motion Picture.

Fun factoid: Sigourney Weaver had originally been cast as Dr. Kate McCrae, but the zero-gravity sequences in The Black Hole required her to cut her hair. 😅

She refused, and the role went to Yvette Mimieux instead.

If Sigourney Weaver had agreed to Disney's demands, Veronica Cartwright (who had already been cast as Ripley) would've been the big star of the franchise...

...and we'd be living in a slightly different alternate universe today. ☺️

[Papa Rat]

@tekeringWow! What an amazing collection.

Also thanks for the info on Alien. It’s wild how casting worked out the way it did.

Edit* All this Alien talk got me thinking that I should seek out a 3d print of the “Space Jockey” I have never purchased a 3d print or files let alone worked on the physical print. Maybe that would be a fun one to be a first go at it?

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[Big s]

2 hours ago, Papa Rat said:

Edit* All this Alien talk got me thinking that I should seek out a 3d print of the “Space Jockey” I have never purchased a 3d print or files let alone worked on the physical print. Maybe that would be a fun one to be a first go at it?

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I remember many years ago, there was a vinyl kit that haunted the local hobby shop 

[Papa Rat]

10 minutes ago, Big s said:

I remember many years ago, there was a vinyl kit that haunted the local hobby shop 

 Very cool. 

[tekering]

5 hours ago, Papa Rat said:

I should seek out a 3d print of the “Space Jockey”

Something like this? 😎

Gambody's files are on sale right now.  

5 hours ago, Papa Rat said:

Maybe that would be a fun one to be a first go at it?

I think so.  The bio-mechanical shapes and muted color scheme would be quite forgiving, so it would be difficult to screw it up. 😅

Let me know if you're serious about it.

[Papa Rat]

5 hours ago, tekering said:

Something like this? 😎

Gambody's files are on sale right now.  

I think so.  The bio-mechanical shapes and muted color scheme would be quite forgiving, so it would be difficult to screw it up. 😅

Let me know if you're serious about it.

Now that’s what I’m talking about. Is that your build? It looks great and I agree that the build and scheme at hand will be very forgiving. Thanks for the heads up on this, appreciate it. $20 for files sounds good too.  I’ll have to do some research on cost for printing before I pull the trigger on it though.
Being a total noob, are there options as far as materials used in the printing process that I should seek out for this sort of project?

Edit* I did notice the figures “Dallas, Lambert, Kane” are not part of the files. Is that something I am able to find elsewhere at the same scale?

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1 hour ago, Papa Rat said:

Is that your build?

No, I bought that from YJA years before I had my own 3D printer.

1 hour ago, Papa Rat said:

Being a total noob, are there options as far as materials used in the printing process that I should seek out for this sort of project?

Your material options depend entirely on the type of printer; DLP or SLA use photopolymer resins, while FFF or FDM use extruded filament spools.

Liquid resin is better for highly-detailed miniatures, while filament is more practical for larger projects.

1 hour ago, Papa Rat said:

I did notice the figures “Dallas, Lambert, Kane” are not part of the files.

Those are my Hiya Toys action figures, actually. ☺️

2 hours ago, Papa Rat said:

Is that something I am able to find elsewhere at the same scale?

A brief Google search found several different options for ALIEN figures in compression suits that can be downloaded and printed.

There are no limits to scale with 3D-printing; your only restrictions would be layer thickness, and the physical dimensions of your printer.  Print anything you want, at any size you want! 😁

[Thom]

@pengbuzz That is a great finish on the Cat's Eye! Glad you got it finished and in such fine style. As to the next project, V.I.N.C.E.N.T. sounds like a great idea.

@tekering That is a gorgeous looking Cygnus. I have yet to even get my printer set up... The detail is so good! And that is some interesting info on casting. I wonder what Cartwright thought about that. Although, I think it was Jennifer O'Neill who was set to play McCrae, but left over the hair-thing. Would be a bit of a slap for Weaver to dump the role over cutting her hair, just to go bald in the completely fictional, never actually done or filmed or released Alien 4, that was nothing but a weird fever-dream that made Josh Whedon wet his bed one night.