3/30/2021 0 Comments Warhammer 40K 3D Files For Cnc
Madison does: Heres the backside after we had her change into the right base garments and wig: Satisfied that we had the right shape, I went ahead and solvent-welded the two halves together: Then put a bit of work into filling and smoothing the seam: Ta-da: The shouldercollar assemblies, the lower shoulder armor plates, and the ankle parts were the only forming bucks that were CNC carved for this build.
![]() While I was there, I had a lot of time to contemplate my preparations for the Bay Area Maker Faire. This would be my eighth time setting up an exhibit and, as usual, I wanted to unveil something new as a part of my display. Given that I didnt have anything particular driving me toward a deadline this year, I decided to pull out something from my bucket list for this years Maker Faire debut. Its a really long list, so this is usually a pretty tough decision. This years winner: the Sisters of Battle, also known as the Adepta Sororitas. For the past few years, Ive had this on my bucket list for Warhammer cosplay projects. With all of the updates regarding the impending release of new plastic Adepta Sororitas models, Ive finally gotten to the point where its made it to the top of the to-do list. Translating it into a lifesize, wearable costume in just under six weeks would be a bit of a challenge. The main problem with this plan was that I would only have six weeks to go from zero to wearable costume(s) if I wanted them walking around at the Bay Area Maker Faire. That, and I also had to prep the rest of my usual display items for the Faire. Okay then. My last few big costume projects have been predominantly fiberglass parts with resin cast smaller pieces. This makes for very durable, lightweight parts with great details, but theyre also very expensive in terms of labor and materials. In order to meet the timeline I needed or the Sororitas, I needed a faster, less expensive option. I opted instead to make the armor largely vacformed with a few resin cast detail bits. Vacforming is good because it allows me to make many pieces rather rapidly without breaking the bank on materials. This was selected mostly because its readily available at my local TAP Plastics store. Since I was going to be short on time, I decided that Id use all of my skills and all of my robots simultaneously. ![]() Shoulder Armor: The first thing that went to work on this project was Maria the Robot Whittler, one of my Carvewright CNC machines. These parts were originally modeled for me by the good people at Do3D.com and sent along as print-ready STL files. After a bit of tweaking to make the thin walls into solid blocks, I had them looking like so: Importing them into the Carvewright Designer software, I sliced them into sections that my Carvewright CNC machines could whittle out for me: Heres the first slice off of the machine: After gluing up all of the slices and a bit of sanding, they looked like so: So we had to stage a quick test fit: Nailed it. Once we had a few more forming bucks carved out and smoothed, it was time to lay them out on the big vacforming table and start cooking plastic: Heres the first copy of the collar being formed in sheet styrene: After trimming the two halves and taping them together, I tried them on: Maybe I dont have quite the right look for this outfit.
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