SUMMARY
You are here because you are a Buckethead fan. I am as well. Buckethead is the greatest guitar player alive. What could be better than printing your own Buckethead Action Figure to honor him. My hope is that a legion of Buckethead fans will create some awesome stop-action videos. Please share with the world. It might even help people find the ocean of music that Buckhead has created.
I can't go any further without thanking the original creator of the "Another Action Figure" by thewhingingwizard. It was a great starting point to jump off from.
Please note that I didn't make the modifications. I had a friend that was good at 3D design and I paid him $200 for a few hours of modifications. All I did was "guess" at the proportions of Buckethead by measuring a plethora of concert photos. They're never straight on however, so guesses were made.
Don't like how things turned out? No problem! Feel free to make your own model with your improvements. Please contribute them back to the open source 3D world. Your fellow Buckethead fans will thank you. I know that I'd like to improve how the hands work for better positioning.
PRINTING COMMENTS AND TIPS
I am assuming that you will want to print this model as large as possible. This will make the stop motion videoing as easy as possible. With that being said, start by printing the guitar. This is the largest piece and will establish the scaling factor for all other pieces. For example, with my Lulzbot Mini, I can scale the guitar to 142%. I rounded the size down to 140% to account for some margin of error.
The next thing to know is that the pins suck! They're terrible. They will break. They will break parts particularly the hand pieces. Here is a tip! Print out 1 or 2 pins with your scaling factor. Either measure them with calipers, or just take them with you to the hardware store. You could even use calipers in the store to get the measurement. Take that measurement and round up to the nearest size that you can find an aluminum pole from your favorite home fix-it store. The aluminum stock will cost just a couple of dollars and will be so much stronger and long lasting. You will thank yourself for taking this extra step. Use a hacksaw to cut the stock into lengths that match the printed pins. Use some sand paper or metal file to smooth the edges. You can bore out the holes in the parts (hands, shoulders, hips, etc.) to the size that matches the aluminum bar and you can (more) easily assemble the Buckethead Action Figure.
For the rest of the parts, just scale to the same size as the guitar scaling factor. Don’t be a slunk and get to printing!!!
PART QUANTITIES:
1x Gibson guitar
2x shoulder sockets, regular sockets, foot
2x biceps, forearms, thighs, calves (Print with “brim” mode to avoid printer spaghetti)
1x head, hips, torso, left hand, right hand
8x pins but you only need 1 or 2 if you take my advice above.
Remember to buy Buckethead music at: http://www.bucketheadpikes.com/
