Halo 3 Spartan Laser (3D Printing)

[The Apropalypse]

After building almost every unsc weapon at least once, its time for the spartan laser, got it fully 3d modeled and sliced, and the printing process begins now, going to be printing it all on 2 cr10 machines and using a steel emt tube for structural support, its the halo 3 variant... Will update as new progress is made.

 

[ZiggyGrimm]

Should be fun to watch! You doing electronic components in it or a static model? Good luck!

 

[The Apropalypse]

Should be fun to watch! You doing electronic components in it or a static model? Good luck!

Thanks, just a static model !

 

[The Apropalypse]

First part printed, the steel pipe is just a test section for fitting, it will be much longer for the actual build

 

[Felipe06]

My favourite spartan laser

 

[The Apropalypse]

Got 2 more parts printed, so thats 3 parts so far out of quite a few...

 

[Dire]

"Cough" Print me a reach ma5 "cough"

 

[The Apropalypse]

6/18 parts printed, saving the biggest 2 parts for last as i have no clue how they are going to print being both almost 14 inches tall

 

[The Apropalypse]

12 parts printed, got 2 big ones and 4 small ones left. Client requested me to swap the steel pipe with a wood dowel, doesnt fit as tight, but with some friction fitting with tape and epoxy it should be fine. Using a new acrylic glue on this one and after some testing its quite strong.

 

[Redshirt]

About time we see another Spartan Laser. Looking good!

 

[The Apropalypse]

About time we see another Spartan Laser. Looking good!

Thank ya !

 

[The Apropalypse]

got one of the big ones printed, got 5 parts left, 1 more big one and 4 small ones, all the small ones will be done later today and the big one will be started today. Should be able to start the glue up tonight aswell. Hopefully there is minimal seam clean up...

 

[he4thbar]

Looking awesome dude. My (skater)friend scott told me you were working on this yesterday! (in portage). can't wait to see more.

 

[The Apropalypse]

Looking awesome dude. My (skater)friend scott told me you were working on this yesterday! (in portage). can't wait to see more.

Thanks, wisconsin ?

 

[he4thbar]

Thanks, wisconsin ?

Yep, Wisconsin dells!

 

[The Apropalypse]

Yep, Wisconsin dells!

Small world haha

 

[The Apropalypse]

Minor update, got these 2 detailed bits printed up, not the best but definately usable, having to delay the final 3 prints to start until later tonight.

 

[ArmoredAmir]

Man this is exciting! Just curious, what infill are you printing at? Also whats your plan for sanding/clean up on this huge beautiful monstrosity. How much does it weigh/expected to weigh?

 

[The Apropalypse]

Man this is exciting! Just curious, what infill are you printing at? Also whats your plan for sanding/clean up on this huge beautiful monstrosity. How much does it weigh/expected to weigh?

3-5% for most parts, not gonna do much cleanup as far as getting rid of every layer line, trying to keep it under 10 pounds

 

[Redshirt]

3-5% for most parts, not gonna do much cleanup as far as getting rid of every layer line, trying to keep it under 10 pounds

Under ten pounds LoL. That's light! I attached the decal and stencil designs I used to finish mine. They are scaled to the full-size 38.3 inch Halo Encyclopedia specs. Hopefully they will be useful to you. I am loving seeing this come together.

Redshirt
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