cylonchaney

I was too old for Transformers. I watched the show anyway but was definitely too old for the toys. Maybe that's why I'm not bothered with the feature. Also I've always found non-transforming toys look more like the cartoon character which I like. As for Trek, you're pouring my heart out here. LOL Less concerned about Next Gen since I made my crappy customs. They look not too bad in my display case. Would love a factory molded Klingon head though.

I have a feeling that if this forum had reactions, you'd be getting a lot of thumbs up on this post. Completely agree with your Joe analysis. Disagree slightly on Transformers. I'm surprised they're not more popular. Not that I know anything about the toy biz other than buying. LOL

Whatever it is I bet Deadpool has it.

I don't think I have any grails since the last bhm blowout. Filled my gaps then. How long ago was that? Seems like ages now. My grails are pretty much things unmade by DST and myself. Rocky 3 Minimates and an Aliens Drop Ship. If I had more space I'd want a Bat Cave.

Gorgeous work. All of them!

Gorgeous set.

Usually after a pun filled post by bhm there will be many puns afoot in the thread. I'm not sure why his is the sole post this time. I try to toe the line as I'd like people to join in if the shoe was on the other foot. I hope I'm not stepping on anyone's toes by saying so.

Those are cool! Reminds me I've been thinking for a while of making a Goro.

Idk about 7. But I'd buy more than one.

Love the Superman variants and PP Punisher! Well done.

You are a much better photographer than I.

So creative. I really like Vostok.

So they're considering a Skystriker. Excellent idea Zach! I'm not a Marvel guy. Have to get my rampant speculation and wild inferences in somewhere. LOL

Nice work. Those all look great! I especially like Ultraman.

I made this guy back at the beginning of the pandemic. I started working from home which was great for larger 3d prints. Some of the pieces for this guy took 20 hours to print. Started the print before work and it finished at bedtime. I bet the entire figure took close to a week of print hours. Giant Man is 10X scale and about 20" tall. The decals are from the decal thread here on the multiverse. His face is somewhat pixelated from being upscaled so much. The 3 story lego building has an extra row of bricks on each layer to better fit minimates and he towers over it. Giant Man is the largest figure i have printed. Theoretically I could still go twice as tall. Stickers start to become a problem at larger sizes. A little bigger than Giant Man and I'd have to start splitting stickers across multiple sheets and try to line them up when applying. That sounds like not fun.

I think this is exactly how many customizer gets started. Unsatisfied wants. I really wanted more vehicles.

I meant I should have put a smiley on mine. Let's stop not fighting. It's like those super-polite cartoon chipmunks. LOL PS I hope this post does not offend.

All good. Should have put a smiley on my reply as well.

Definitely not attacked.

That sounds like a call for one of my favorite things on the board, rampant speculation. And reading hidden messages in Zach's words (that he never intended). 🤣

Those look great.

Thanks for the kind words everyone. For those of you into 3d printing, I cannot stress enough how much more satisfying the hobby is when you start designing your own stuff. It took me a long time to get here but within a month of getting my first printer, I had designed and printed a Minimate compatible head. It's an easy start. For a basic head, you just need to subtract one cylinder from another. This is a pretty easy task to learn in any 3d software. The tool I use mostly is code based and free. You can get it at https://www.openscad.org. The idea that I can visualize something and then have a workflow to make it a physical object just blows my mind sometimes. Here's an example of a simple Minimate style head in openscad. But it's easy enough to learn this technique in any 3d software. Google your tool of choice plus "boolean operation" and you'll find tutorials on how to add and subtract objects from each other. Please note, // precedes a comment in the code. The rest of the line is ignored when running. // $fn=X sets the number of facets for cylinders // higher number = more detail but takes longer $fn=100; // difference means cut the subsequent objects // from the first one difference() { // base head shape cylinder(r=5.5, h=10, center=true); // cut out smaller cylinder for peg hole translate([0,0,-7]) cylinder(r=2.55,h=7); } Without all the commenting, it's quite simple $fn=100; difference() { cylinder(r=5.5, h=10, center=true); translate([0,0,-7]) cylinder(r=2.55,h=7); } PS In the sample above 'translate' means move in x,y,z coordinates. So the statement says move the second cylinder down 7mm before cutting it from the first one.

The smallest is 1X scale. Approximately the height of a standard Minimate. Then we go up 1.25X, 1.5X, 2X, 3X, 4X. For female hairpieces, I've downloaded a few Lego hairpieces and customized a head to fit them. You can kind of see the start of the rounding on a couple where the hairpiece is not fully seated.

Wolverine is a factory Minimate. Colossus and the Sentinels are my block figure design. Sentinels are 3X and 5X scale. 6" and 10" tall. The 3X ones mostly have LED eyes with on/off switch, dimmer, and battery inside the head. I may want to get rid of a couple of these at some point. They have alternate heads with a purely printed face because I don't like how dark the LEDs look when they're turned off. Again, my photography skills hurt this one. The purple guys have a nice red glow to their eyes in real life and the blue ones have yellow. It's almost too washed out to see in the photo.