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west wolf Oct 3, 2024, 3:37 PM

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A repository for all my projects from now on

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Unicron 3d model as it is in blender

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One half of unicron already printed

rough lodge Oct 3, 2024, 3:41 PM

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Wow, blast from my childhood right here

west wolf Oct 3, 2024, 4:06 PM

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rough lodge Wow, blast from my childhood right here

It gets better

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Got some wood filler and dry wall putty, mixed it with some sand until it was "rocky" then applied it to a ping-pong ball with a skewer in it. This nestles snugly in unicron's pincers with the stream of planet debris going right into unicron's maw. This is gonna look AWESOME when painted

west wolf Oct 3, 2024, 8:27 PM

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Gave the planet a few coats of spray enamel

west wolf Oct 4, 2024, 3:17 AM

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Initial coat of fluorescent orange on the planet being consumed

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After layering on darker and darker colors i then begin painting the un-destroyed part of the planet while i wait for Unicron's second half to print. I am trying to plan out coastlines and oceans that are shrinking due to being vaporized and pulled into unicron

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Under black light with flash on

west wolf Oct 4, 2024, 3:59 AM

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Just need to do cloud whisps racing towards one end of the planet and the planet will be complete

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And here's how it looks in Unicron's maw

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This will look way better when unicron's other half finishes printing and i paint it all up like he looked in the '86 movie

west wolf Oct 4, 2024, 12:20 PM

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Second half printed and painting begins

west wolf Oct 4, 2024, 3:32 PM

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Had to spray unicron with gray primer to eliminate layer lines and light bleed

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First coat of gold paint on the ring, the trenches, and the mouth

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west wolf Oct 4, 2024, 5:17 PM

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Painting unicron's second layerwith a metallic blue gray.

west wolf Oct 5, 2024, 2:46 AM

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After DOUSING unicron and the planet with clear coat after clear coat, i got a good result with a damn near indestructible paintjob

west wolf Oct 5, 2024, 7:53 PM

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Unicron almost finished. Just gotta add clouds to the planet

west wolf Oct 6, 2024, 7:33 PM

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Gave clouds to the planet

wispy parcel Oct 6, 2024, 10:15 PM

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This is sick!

west wolf Nov 1, 2024, 7:48 PM

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my newest project. a 1:400 scale SSV Normandy SR2 from mass effect 3

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Printing the main hull of the normandy

wispy parcel Nov 2, 2024, 5:09 PM

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The memoriessss

west wolf Nov 5, 2024, 12:18 AM

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The hull fully printed

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Starboard wing and engines printing

west wolf Nov 5, 2024, 4:26 AM

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You can get the Normandy sr2 in 3 versions here https://www.gambody.com/premium/normandy-sr2-mass-effect

Gambody

Normandy SR-2 3D Printing Model | Assembly

west wolf Nov 7, 2024, 10:01 PM

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Was about to paint her when i realized i forgot the inner port nacelle.

west wolf Nov 8, 2024, 2:14 PM

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Primed both wings

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Primed the hull

pure bluff Nov 8, 2024, 2:31 PM

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west wolf Gave clouds to the planet

I’m new here so I didn’t see this but that is the coolest thing ever, I haven’t seen a unicorn miniature made before. All of the effects are incredible

west wolf Nov 8, 2024, 7:23 PM

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Progress painting the normandy so far

west wolf Nov 11, 2024, 7:27 PM

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Another progress report on the normandy

west wolf Nov 12, 2024, 2:02 AM

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Assembled the wings and an working on underbelly striping

west wolf Nov 12, 2024, 3:08 AM

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Dry fitting after painting

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Once i paint the windows i will DOUSE this thing in clear coat after clear coat to protect the paint with an almost indestructible finish and make it WAY shinier

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Underbelly of the ship

west wolf Nov 12, 2024, 3:23 PM

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Hanging her up in the garage after a HEAVY clear coat layer

west wolf Nov 12, 2024, 5:11 PM

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Layer 2 of clear coating also a thick layer.

west wolf Nov 12, 2024, 6:58 PM

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Just added a third layer of clear coat to the normandy no visual change aside from it getting shinier/glossier with each coat

west wolf Jun 5, 2025, 9:16 PM

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just got a 3d printer of my own and it's way better than my dad's 3d printer

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V-ger is printing. This is one of 6 parts. This is V-ger's engine. Once supports are removed it will look far better

west wolf Jun 6, 2025, 2:52 AM

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88% on this part

west wolf Jun 6, 2025, 3:46 PM

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Take 1 failed not long after that image so i improved the vanes so they wont snap during printing

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Hopefully wont snap... they look pretty robust

west wolf Jun 6, 2025, 4:26 PM

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Ok 95% its officially past the point where last print failed due to structural weakness

west wolf Jun 6, 2025, 5:14 PM

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Print successful. Now to remove the supports and start on next part of V-ger

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Supports removed. Looks spectacular

west wolf Jun 7, 2025, 7:53 PM

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Progress so far, printing the fore half of the spires now

west wolf Jun 8, 2025, 2:25 PM

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Failed print cause of power outage. Makes awesome paint test bed though

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Also noticed the slopes of the aft half of the spires was too steep. Fixed that with custom parts

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Also printed exterior details for the vanes and glued them on. The vanes are now WAY stronger

west wolf Jun 10, 2025, 8:54 PM

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After 2 more prints, V-ger is very nearly complete in terms of structure. Just one more part to print and it is time to paint this bad boy

west wolf Jun 11, 2025, 7:50 AM

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V-ger is finally completely assembled... now time to paint

west wolf Jun 12, 2025, 12:23 AM

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V-ger paint job progress

west wolf Jun 12, 2025, 2:26 AM

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Progress so far. The yellow core lights got a base coat of metallic pale yellow to match the in film look and are due to get a fluorescent glow up (pun intended)