by WCJ3

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"In order to prevent war, the Galaxy is on Orion's Belt"

This model is a replica of the galaxy prop that hung from the neck of Gentle Rosenberg's cat, Orion, in the original Men in Black movie. Gentle Rosenberg was the prince of the Arquillians and died early in the movie, leaving behind his cat and the Galaxy of his people.

I've posted this model before, but there were just a few little details that didn't quite match the prop from the actual movie, and I tried to make this one more printer friendly. I beefed up the sweeps on the bottom so they're a bit stronger and so they can be printed more easily; I split the model a bit better so it can be printed in two pieces and glued later (I had done this with the old model, but it was more of an afterthought and made for messy assembly); and I included two different versions of the prop: one that's movie accurate, with a small hole in the top where a ring for a pendant (or cat collar) can be laced through, and another with a built in loop. The latter isn't movie accurate, but I found that it was a bit easier to print and assemble, and looks almost identical. There is also a file for the actual galaxy in the center. It includes a small extrusion on the top and bottom so it can be glued in place between the top and bottom halves. I figure with all of the different varieties of resin and filament out there now, someone may choose to just print the galaxy in a translucent material instead of finding a marble of the right size.

Happy printing!

Print Settings

Printer:

Elegoo Mars

Rafts:

No

Supports:

Yes

Resolution:

0.05mm

Infill:

100%

Filament: Elegoo Photopolymer Resin Grey 

Notes:

I sliced this in ChituBox, but didn't use the auto-generated supports. I manually added a bit of support under the center of the model (top and bottom halves). At a 0.05mm layer resolution, that seemed to work great. Supports peeled off easily and left very minimal scarring.

I printed both halves flat on the build plate. The models with the "Ext" indicator have an extension at the center extrusion. I found that when I printed the models without this, the first few layers squished and the models' final proportions weren't right. Printing the Ext files compensates for this, and if the extension ends up being too much, it was very easy to lay a piece of sandpaper flat and remove the excess. (I'll add pictures above to help explain this, because I know that whole paragraph was a mess to read)