Masters of the Universe
Castle Greenskull slowly changes to Castle Blueskull
I finally got my little Up!Mini 3d printer churning out PLA parts consistently enough to leave it running for 6-7 hours at a time. Which meant I could realisitically have a go at printing my own Castle Blueskull (I don’t have the bright green PLA that Jon uses at Eagle Labs).
Over the course of this weekend, I also figured out how to do simple boolean operations on models in Blender. This means that I can add voids to existing 3d models, prior to printing.
… which means I can create little “pockets” into which I can stuff all kinds of electronic wizardry, to make things a little more interesting to look at on the tabletop.
Here’s the bottom section of the doorway to Castle Grayskull, with a servo bundled inside, and the horn/arm connected. By adding a void to the side of the 3d printed gate model, I was able to create a little recess for this arm to fit in, once the two parts were assembled.
The end result?
A motorised, electronic drawbridge and a castle that has slowly turned from green to blue….
The end result is quite nice though!
I need to finish the turrets, then cover the whole thing in filler and sand it back, to get rid of the printing ridges (and the big slice in the skull, where my printer slipped and put a big step into the top half of the skull!)
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