Riddler Trophy from the Batman Arkham games that i printed/painted for my brother's birthday

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• PiJiNWiNg@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Here it is lit up!Image

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  • Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    IT LIGHTS UP???

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    • PiJiNWiNg@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Hell ya it do!

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• Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Are we being denied a picture of it lighting up?!

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  • PiJiNWiNg@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Apologies, the issue has been rectified 🙂

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    • Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Looks even better lit up like that!

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• BroBot9000@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Looks amazing! Bonus points for making it light up. He’s going to love it!

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  • PiJiNWiNg@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Thank you! I have high hopes 😉

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• RunningInRVA@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Out of curiosity, what is your painting setup/process? Nice work!

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  • PiJiNWiNg@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Thanks!!!

    Here’s a quick rundown:

    • printed all parts in PETG
    • Sprayed all parts with multiple liberal coats of sand and fill primer
    • sanded things down with disposable nail files (wasnt too finicky, mostly wanted to smooth the box part and get rid of some bad layer lines on the posts)
    • wiped everything down to get rid of the dust (i sanded only a few hours after spraying, so there was hardly any dust anyway, but just to be sure
    • based coated all parts in metallic gunmetal (sans “neon”)
    • heavy metallic silver dry brush over most everything
    • assembled it
    • dry brush stippled dark rust around most the rivets/edges, and anywhere grime would settle (way easier to tell where that would be when its full assembled)
    • Dry brush stippled bright orange rust color over top of the brown areas where corrosion would be worst
    • came back through with light silver dry brush in non corroded area (i got a little overzealous with the dark rust color)
    • used a homemade oil wash (black and burnt ochre oil paints mixed with some mineral spirits) over top of all the gears, and ran a heavily loaded brush along the top edges and over rivet, letting the wash drip dpwn the sides.
    • after it dried for 5-10 minutes, i used an old frayed brush to lightly drag the wash down to make the big drips look for natural
    • After i was done, I realized i overdid it a bit again, and went back through with some mineral spirits and cotton swabs to re-expose some of the “bare metal” in the centers of the panels. I love oil washes! You have a ridiculous amount of time to manipulate the paint before it dries up, and looks terrific after it’s dry.

    And there you have it!

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    • RunningInRVA@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Thanks for sharing!

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  • SzethFriendOfNimi@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Right. It looks so smooth.

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• Boozilla@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Best brother.

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  • PiJiNWiNg@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Haha, thanks! He’s a fellow gamer, so i get to work on cool 3D printing projects without clogging up my living space with knick knacks. 😆

    I printed/painted this for him a couple years ago (sorry for potato quality photo): Image

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• PiJiNWiNg@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Just realized i should probably share the STL link in case anyone wants to make their own: www.thingiverse.com/thing:4245103

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• Gork@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Are you going to hide it behind a cage with an elaborate hidden way to get to it?

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  • PiJiNWiNg@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    It crossed my mind, and i want to SO BAD, but unfortunately i don’t have enough time to print out something large enough to house it. But maybe for Christmas! Lol

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• itsgroundhogdayagain@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Some of those trophies were just so aggravating

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  • PiJiNWiNg@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    1000%

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• distantsounds@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Really well done! Please post a pic with light on

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  • PiJiNWiNg@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Thanks, done!

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• PiJiNWiNg@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Gave it to him today and he was stoked! Also figured id post a detail shot of the base: Image

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  • Glamborghini@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Whoa! Aging is in point -solid job with the paint! What processes did you use to achieve the weathering and rusted-industrial look? Super cool!

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    • PiJiNWiNg@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Thank yoy so much! I actually lay out the method step-by-step in one of the comments. 🙂

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• P4ulin_Kbana@lemmy.eco.br ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Why so riddlous? *beatboxes*

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• Sasnak@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  This is the sickest shit! What an amazing sibling. I can’t wait until we can get back to 3D printing. Do you have a brand of primer you prefer?

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  • PiJiNWiNg@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Not sure id say “prefer” as i don’t have experience with many others, but i used rustoleum sand and fill primer from amazon

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    • Sasnak@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Thank you so much! Idk if you’ve said somewhere, but are these filament prints or resin? Sorry if I seem ignorant. My partner deals with the technology side of things. I just play with the paints

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• Zahille7@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Got a picture of it lit up? Looks great!

  I messed around with my brother’s new resin printer (Phrozen Mega 4K) this past spring and I made myself an Arkham batarang that could fold.

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  • PiJiNWiNg@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Awesome! I resin printed some batarangs myself! I did four different styles from different movies, then picked up a shadowbox frame and some red velvet and mounted them vertically with some wire. I ended up giving that to my younger brother as well, lol.

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