by Swift2568
Last year I remixed a Deathclaw for warmachine. I cut it up into printable chunks, and scaled it down. It took me a week to do, because I was still new. I made a lot of mistakes. One of those prints sits on my desk and every day I look at those mistakes. Yesterday, in a couple hours, using all the things I've learned over a year of 3d printing and model work, I remixed the deathclaw again.
Improvements:
I decided to utilize 1.75mm PLA for pins instead of trying to plan and model pins into the parts.
Scaling is better
fit of parts is better
Better base design incorporates the texture from the original models base.
new modeling techniques caused less detail to be lost
This model is scaled for the game Warmachine, but it should be about right for D&D as well.
During assembly I found it very handy to have a small 1.75mm drill bit on hand to clean out the holes. I used CA glue, which I find works very well on PLA. The most difficult part of assembly was figuring out the right and left shins. I would recommend building from the body out. If you start with the base and feet you are going to have a bad time.
Printer:
ANET A8
Rafts:
No
Supports:
Yes
Resolution:
.12 layer, .4mm nozzle
Infill:
35%
Notes:
Cura tree supports work very well. Strongly recommend that you do not scale this model. My print only took about 7 hours because I printed with 4 line walls.
Don't print in translucent red if you intend to take pictures of the model. It just doesn't work well.
