BB droid ornament
Posted: Wed Dec 09, 2015 8:58 am
I started this tradition last year after getting my printer of making an ornament to send in a package with cookies to my closest friend, last year it was a power star from Super Mario Bros, this year with The Force Awakens coming out I decided on the BB droid from said movie. This year I was smart though and designed it and ordered the correct filament colors so I did not have to paint it, last years star was a time sink trying to paint the green filament yellow and paint on the eyes. I tweaked all the parts fitment based on how my printer printed out the parts so I could just print and assemble them with very little prep work, mainly just a bit of cleanup here and there with an x-acto knife and a sanding block.
This is one of the completed one I've made, the only step I have left which I was waiting till I finished all the ones I was making is to give it a coat with some XTC-3D from Smooth On to fill in the layer lines and give it a more glossy appearance.
This is one of the completed one I've made, the only step I have left which I was waiting till I finished all the ones I was making is to give it a coat with some XTC-3D from Smooth On to fill in the layer lines and give it a more glossy appearance.
Yup, they do lock the two halves of the main ball together, though I did still end up fusing them together with acetone anyways, but my first test one I didn't bother with the acetone.