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cylonchaney

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  1. My designs, so far, have been super-deformed with an eye to fitting in with factory DST mini-flyers. You can see the Viper MK II I printed above. (to be clear, I did not design this one) That design is still quite deformed but less so than the DST style. Below is my in-progress Viper MK I, DST style. Is it better if my Viper matches the DST style or is less deformed like the MK II?
  2. I think my Raider design is done. It can be a bit fiddly to properly close the canopy but good enough for me. Engineering Pro Tip: If you are designing a vehicle for a Cylon, don't use a blank or Kor as your test fit. Can you hear the "Doh!" echoing across the world right now? LOL Yes. Because of his helmet, he's taller than others and the canopy will not close! Luckily, it's trivial to scale up 10% And now we can close the canopy. But Cylonchaney, you detail-oriented 70s scifi fanboy nerd, I hear you say, "Isn't the Cylon Raider a 3-man ship? And shouldn't an in-scale Cylon Raider be larger than a Viper and actually hold 3 Cylons?" Well, since we are upscaling anyway ... For scale, this is the 3-man version with the too small version, a factory Viper, and the thingiverse Viper I posted in the 3d files thread. Please bear in mind that close up photography of FDM 3d prints is never flattering. These things look way cooler in person. Also, photography is not one of my strong suits.
  3. Zach, Please take note of the third place entry in Luke's recent custom contest. I currently own 0 Vinimates but would definitely buy that one.
  4. Merry Christmas everyone! Still a couple of hours away for me technically but I'm in!
  5. My feeling is almost the opposite. I think MacFarlane loves Trek and the jokes were the only way he could get it made. I really felt the clash of styles in the early episodes. But this last season was better Trek than any so-called real Trek made in recent times. I hope it gets more seasons. BTW, if you are a Scifi fan and have not seen The Expanse, you're missing out. One of the best scifi shows ever IMHO.
  6. It was tough to vote. So many good candidates!
  7. I really do admire this spirit Mr. PL. I need to be less of an angry fanboy sometimes. LOL
  8. You might think mine is not, but here's a photo of me in the back yard.
  9. Always had Old Man Biff's pants in mind if I were to make a Used Car Salesman custom. Add Muppet Newsman jacket and you might have a winner.
  10. That's the kind of praise that might convince me to give it another chance. What I like about Prodigy is I think they found a good way to go in a new direction while still having some respect for older canon. It's not just another generic crew doing the same thing. And I give it a break because it's a kids show.
  11. I watched every episode of every show that came before. Of these I watched: 2 seasons of Discovery and lost interest. 1 episode of Lower Decks - to be fair probably was never gonna be for me anyway 1 Season of Picard - disgusted by this one 3 episodes of Strange New Worlds All of season 1 of Prodigy I actually liked Prodigy. Hated Picard. The rest just didn't catch my interest enough to keep watching. I'd be unlikely to buy merch from any of them. And I have a Bread and Circuses Kirk minimate. (more than one actually)
  12. Have you ever heard of Steve Geppi? He definitely wins!
  13. Any entries yet? I'm excited to see them. Contests always bring out some cool customs.
  14. LOL How much you wanna pay? I was toying with the idea of setting up an etsy shop or something. I'll probably put at least one up somewhere as a free download. There's a Peacemaker helmet up on my thingiverse page. Right now I'm torn between a couple of projects but the Starfighter is coming along. The Raider is basically done. I just have to finish reworking the cockpit hinge.
  15. Clamshells? What a fintastic idea! Let minnow if you find a seacret stash. My cod, these ocean puns are krilling me. Am I just fishing for laughs? Dolpinately.
  16. Here's my next project. I still have a couple of finishing touches to put on the raider but I got motivated to start on this one. I was really struggling with how I would make the canopy in OpenSCAD. That kind of thing is tough when you're building from primitive shapes. Then it dawned on me that I have the Mego one. So I'm scaling it to fit and I'll make a slot for the hinge to lock into. This is one of the nice things about 3d printing sometimes.
  17. It occurs to me that a Buck Rogers starfighter might be a good candidate. And Star Trek Shuttlecraft of various eras shrunk down to a single seater like this. I'm actually leaning towards the starfighter as my next one now as I already have some ideas.
  18. Thanks guys. I have to re-work some stuff but I'm pretty happy so far. For example, the cockpit is too big / misplaced causing a small hole in the bottom, though not super-obvious. I need to print the canopy hinge and see if it works. I don't mind a little critique if you have any ideas to improve. This is still the prototype. I was thinking I'd like to position the pilot more reclined like the mattel raider and see if I could shave some height. But it's probably too much work. Other than that, I think it's just fix the hole, get the canopy hinge working and add some more detail / greebling to the rear part of the canopy. Also the wing panel lines need to be innies instead of outies. I don't know about a blackbird but never say never. Things I do hope to get around to: Viper MK1 (Classic BSG) I really like the idea of a super-mini APC that only holds one or two figures - and a drop ship that can actually deliver it! Might try to make this my next project because I'm super-psyched on the idea. A-Team Van General Lee - I know it's politically incorrect these days but I would love some custom Dukes mates and a General Lee Who else needs a sweet ride and is probably never going to get one?
  19. Ok, how about now? Prototype is printed. It's rather small and a single seater. But I'm pretty happy for the first go around. What do you think? I'd love some feedback. I do plan to create a way to have the top of the canopy printed sliver so only the louvered part is black.
  20. This may not be your cup of tea but who knows. LOL I use a tool called https://openscad.org/. It's a great tool if you're a programmer. There is no mouse or tablet action here. You write code that describes how to create your model using primitive solid shapes. People have done some amazing stuff. It's a great tool for 3d printing because it starts with solid shapes. I write code for a living so this is quite intuitive to me. Below is an example of how I started this. Basically there is a module to create the basic saucer shape. The next module cuts off the wings and makes another notch to create the main body shape. I'm at 482 lines to get to where I'm at in the last photo. That's including the amount of whitespace and comments you see below. I've designed all kinds of stuff with it but it's also kind of a "when all you have is a hammer" kind of things. In the code below, difference is a subtraction / cutting function. It cuts object 2 out of object 1. Translate means move. I keep meaning to learn Blender but anyway ... module basic_ship_shape() { scale([1.2,1.4,1.4]) difference() { // main body is a sphere sphere(r=45); translate([0,0,-20]) cube([100,100,60], center=true); // cut to sort of bevel - edge would be sharp without scale([.85,1,1]) difference() { cylinder(r=50,h=70,center=true); cylinder(r=42,h=72,center=true); } // cut rounded underside of main body scale([1,1,1]) { translate([0,0,-60]) rotate([0,90,0]) cylinder(r=85,h=90,center=true); } } } //basic_ship_shape(); module main_body_shape() { difference() { basic_ship_shape(); // cut off wing translate([0,79,40]) cube([100,100,60], center=true); // cut off other wing translate([0,-79,40]) cube([100,100,60], center=true); // cut notch in front translate([45,0,40]) cube([10,20,60], center=true); } }
  21. HI All, Just thought I'd share what I've been working on lately. I posted a really cool Viper for Minimates in the 3d files thread. I really want a Cylon raider to go with it so I started working on one. It still needs a lot of work but I thought posting some photos might help keep me motivated. So here is my work in progress first 3d vehicle design. The Classic Cylon Raider for Minimates. In the pictures, there is a classic raider, then the classic raider scaled up in the Z axis for reference, and then my raider. I'm hoping to fit 3 in the cockpit but have not carved it out yet so we'll see. At least one pilot anyway.
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