05.03.2025
Free Comic Book Day at StarFighter Comics
StarFighter Comics
Sioux City, Iowa
A fun day meeting comic fans!
501st – Troop 0017
501st – Troop 0016
Sandtrooper – Macrobinoculars – 3D Printing, Completed
A New Toy…
The base part of the front piece…
And, the top part of the front piece…
Next will be the assembly of the parts. I just wanted to make a statement, or two, about these print files. They are nice looking files, but they do have some issues. My main complaint is that the walls are extremely thin. The main body could be easily crushed with your hands if you wanted to. Also, there really should be some sort of alignment pins, blocks, or something included to help assemble the main body to the back piece. I do understand that these are free files, and if I had the proper skills, I would try to improve them for the original author. But, unfortunately, I’m not that good with 3D rendering.
Sandtrooper – Macrobinoculars – 3D Printing, Continued
A New Toy…
The main body piece has VERY thin walls. This makes it feel a bit fragile. Plus, the back piece is just supposed to get glued to the back piece and there are really not any kind of supports, etc. So, I took a couple of days to come up with this “plug” that fits in between the pieces and gives it all more support…
Sandtrooper – Macrobinoculars – 3D Printing, Continued
Sandtrooper – Macrobinoculars – 3D Printing, Continued
Sandtrooper – Macrobinoculars – 3D Printing, Continued
Sandtrooper – Macrobinoculars – 3D Printing
A New Toy…
A while back, I ran across some 3D print files for the Sandtrooper Macrobinoculars. They’re not really “canon” for any of my costumes, but I like they way they look. So, I decided to build them…
The first part off the printer. The little “tube” things didn’t print very well. Two of them actually fell off during printing. I’m thinking I can replace them all with wooden toothpicks, or something…
Then, a lot more small parts to finish off the day…
