by MarcLeptic

Here's my sculpt of the Anthem Ranger.  My goal was to recreate a high poly version which was designed for 3D printing.
It was a labor of love,  and is of course based on the EA website reference materials.

If you would like to see more, come visit me, and help me out:
https://www.patreon.com/MarcLeptic
If you make this, come show me, tell me if you had any issues.

Contents

There are 2 scale versions in the download:

• 1:12 is split 2 files (in 3 parts) with invisible seams at the leg armour edges.
  It prints faster & with less risk as 2 prints since there is less wasted support material
  When gluing the legs on, make sure the ranger is standing so everything is nice and level.
  These 2 parts can be scaled up as large as your printer will go.  The model has an unnecessarily large polygon count. NOTE: The larger it is, the more gap will be present between the thighs and torso [more glue needed]  At the original scale, the parts fit snug.

• 1:18 has additional structure to make the feet, hands, and legs stronger (you can't see the detail anyway.)

Reference materials:
https://www.ea.com/games/anthem/gameplay-features/ranger-javelin
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rwvUjAv6pxg&t=3s

Print Settings

Printer Brand:                          

MK3

Printer:                          

Prusa i3

Notes:

I printed with about 5 different PLA rolls, none had any negative impact to worry about.

Slicing

I recommend you slice it with CURA, using experimental Tree supports.
If there is a good reason you can't use Cura, let me know and I'll bake the supports into the STL files.

CURA Experimental Tree supports:

• Tree Support Branch Angle : 55
  confirm that both hands and the bars on the chest have been supported
  CURA experimental supports sometimes bugs out. If something didn't get supports, first try to re-slice it and see if that improved it.

• Tree Support Branch Distance 0.5mm

• Tree Support Branch Diameter 2mm

• Tree Support Branch Diameter Angle 1degree
  ** This one is important to prevent the supports from tunnelling between the leg supports. Plus, it makes them easier to remove.

• Tree Support Collision Resolution 0.05 mm (?? smaller is better i guess)

Post-Printing

Be very careful when removing the supports on the legs and the hands.  The tree supports will interweave with the model.  I have removed model parts (thumbs) too often while freeing it from supports.