3D Printed Spore Mine Launcher

[Julio]

Hi everyone, I thought I'd make a separate thread for this because it's more of a conversion than painting.

I really liked everyone's Hive Guard to Biovore conversions so I thought I'd try my own.

Yesterday the 3D printed launcher arrived, so here's the digital sculpt followed by the 3D print:






I used the 3D printing company "Moddler." They were very easy to work with and I'd recommend their services.

Next step will be to make a mold and cast a bunch of them and then mount them on these guys:


I shall keep y'all posted

[Moontyranid]

nice render cant w8 too see them pained

[tydrace]

Looks great. It's a shame the printed model doesn't completely reach the details of the render but it comes very close! Can't wait to see it in one piece.

[tripwire]

that is a fantastic sculpt in the render. nails the current aesthetic perfectly. shame the resolution on 3D printers isn't up to snuff, though. Even the half-million dollar units we have in our fabrication department cant print that finely.

-trip

[Imasho]

This is so awesome Julio the digital scultp is great I've done some similar work using shape ways as the print company and have had issues with the detail carrying over and painting the resin. Keep is posted on how you get on.

Well done!

-Oh what did you use to sculpt the gun my pref is zbrush?

Phil

[atrocity]

How do they fit on the hive guard bodies? Would love to see a finished pic

[rogueaccount]

Definitely interested in seeing the final version of this. I need to convert some biovores of my own.

[pom611]

Looking good so far can't wate to see the finished models

[rogueaccount]

any updates on this?

[damnos]

Would also like to see where this went

[gman25639]

oooh! gman like! is that designed with autodesk inventor or solidworks?

[forteh]

Aug 19, 2014 5:09:21 GMT gman25639 said:

oooh! gman like! is that designed with autodesk inventor or solidworks?

I would put money on neither

[thenokken]

zBrush is where it's at when it comes to hi res models.