I'd spent untold countless hours playing Battlefield 2142 back in the day, and was always fascinated with the walkers. Who doesn't want to run around shooting bad guys with a giant robot?
Using all the reference pics I could find, as well as some images of a well-made fan model (sadly, his image is available via google, but it looks like Sadguyd8's DeviantArt page is down at the moment) and a pepakura file I've had floating around my hard drive for years - (available here https://goo.gl/N1iSji ) I decided to build one, using Fusion360 to model it. I tried to keep as close to the original as I could, both in scaling and shape, but some parts of it have been smoothed out to be a little more realistic, at least in my opinion.
The top turret, mini-guns, upper to lower torso joint, and legs are all movable/posable. all the part interactions are modeled at a .2mm gap, so if your tolerances are off, it may end up being a static display.My printer isn't super tuned, but I can get decent prints out of it, and had no issues with fitting things together. Also, this thing is large! the upper torso measures 91/2 long. Smaller printers will probably need to have some parts re-split. If it's needed, leave a message and I'll upload them when I can.
This is still a work in progress, but is mostly complete. As i sit down and write this, I'm in the process of printing the lower half of the legs. As such, everything above that is printable, and I'll modify and update if I run into any issues in the interim.
As a side note, I chose not to print the barrels of the two mini-guns. I used 2mm OD aluminum tubing I'd purchased from a local hobby shop. Enough tubing to complete both mini-guns was approx $3 US. each barrel is 64mm in length, which I cut using a hobby saw blade for my X-acto without problems. I have not included a printable barrel, but again, its something I can add if someone wants it.
I've also included a .rar file with all the parts, broken down by what goes where. I find it makes it a lot easier to print multi-part files, hopefully you do too.
Printer:
Qidi Tech 1
Rafts:
Doesn't Matter
Supports:
Yes
Resolution:
.2
Infill:
10%
Notes:
Some parts were printed at .1 layer height. I'm considering splitting off the main air intakes on the lower torso for this reason as well. The guns, front camera, and top turret really should be printed at .1 height. You can print them at .2, but you lose a lot of the detail.
This is my 3rd or 4th iteration made in Fusion360, and the first truly printable one. I'm still in the progress of printing the legs, so there may be updated parts for this as I discover any issues.
