I built an Ornithopter! (just because I could.)

Loot Studios recently released an awesome Ornithopter 3D Model as part of their Sandy Dunes of Lutba (Sci-fi) (Mar/22) collection. Being a huge fan of Ornithopters, I went about the process of printing it out and painting it up!

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[Jelly-B]

Now your just showing off. A great looking build

[kuikai]

very beautiful....Detailed pattern of the work surface. Very beautiful. I like it.

[modelermark]

That's a very nice build of a unique model aircraft! It really is amazing what 3D Printing is doing for the hobby!

True story: I was nine years old in 1969, and I was at the local Target store looking for a model kit to build. An older gentleman (and by "older, " I mean like my age, now) commented to me that in "his day, " if you wanted a model plane, you carved it out of solid bass or balsa wood using templates, and what I was doing wasn't "really" model building. Flash forward to a few years ago, and I was in a hobby shop where a demonstration of 3D Printing was being done. A couple of ten year olds were watching it, and I couldn't resist telling them that in "my day, " if you wanted to build a model plane, you got yourself an injection molded kit from the shelf . . . .

As for me, I'm too young to try carving a traditional solid model, and too old to learn how to write code to make a 3D Printed one. So for now, I'll stick with injection molded kits.

Again, good job on your ornithopter! Thanks for posting this.

[InterstellarModeler]

Stumbled across this video and glad I did. You did such a fantastic job with this. Looks absolutely amazing. Really loved the movie too. Interesting techniques of welding the resin pieces together as well as the tip with baking soda and superglue. Very cool. Gonna search for an orinthopter stl file now. Thanks for sharing.

[gamerkingdom]

I just saw the DUNE movie recently! These machines were amongst my favorite moments of the movie! YOU BUILT IT SO GOOD!!! I love it! Great work!

[LootStudios]

Dave, 😍 awesome video!! We loved it here at the HQ and we are really glad you enjoyed the Ornitopher. Keep up the good work and the good content 😍

[FrankHavok]

Yours looks better than the official concept, love it

[cordedtundra]

You should watch the movie Dune your ornithopther resembles theirs

[BLAZE]

Neat paint job. I like the final result.

[_Khan-Solo_]

Adding sand was a good move! Great build overall.

[tomassoejakto]

Oh, man. The fun of building and painting! The green over the black primer looks so nice.
I'd love to see your photos of the final result though.

[Lupinotuum]

Bro. First time seeing your videos. Awesome work! I love that song you're playing during your video!!

[karlnatr]

underrated chanell. thx for the insparation:D

[istmirwunst]

This Thopter turned out awesome. Great work (and one Like to you)

[AvengerII]

I don't know if anyone else has mentioned this but Leonardi Da Vinci designed an ornithopter so it well predates Dune or any 20th century designs.
It's doubtful he built and tested one. He was more of a concept guy; he began tons of projects but didn't finish them. Also, any time anyone's tried to copy Nature exactly it sort of blows up in their faces.
Every plane I've seen that's tried to beat its wings like an insect has never worked out! There's famous footage of ones of these concept planes (circa 1912-1914?) literally shaking itself to pieces! It's a good thing the inventor didn't try to catapult the thing or fly off a cliff! Some knuckleheads did that with their bikes (driving off cliff) while trying to beat wings strapped to their arms quickly enough to fly!

[bengathercole-day]

Amazing work, Dave. I know what you mean about the glass canopy options... I've had a few kit cars where I've had to add front door windows by using clear plastic (the sort you would get in some packaging) as the kits don't come with them. I also have a Millennium Falcon with a full clear piece for the front of the cockpit or an option for the frame but no glass. It's frustrating because I hate painting those fiddly bits, but as you say... Photoshop is your friend :)

[RedDeth]

Nice model. It could look realy nice with a less uniform paint job

[vamthedestroyer]

That's really awesome man. I build gunpla mostly, but as soon as I seen Dune I was like, "God I need one of those, " lol.

[yalborap]

Really solid build video. I'd love to hear more about your experiences with 3D printed assets from the toy photography perspective. Been considering getting into the whole 3D printer scene, but I've got a lot of concerns about the visual quality when as a photographer I'm inherently going to be right up on the figure.

[fredtedstedman]

beautiful job Dave .... it needs to look like a dragonfly doesn't it !! She must be quite heavy -good idea to have removable wings . I always thought that if we could build a machine that could fly like a dragonfly, that would be such an achievement ! I am not a fan of bugs generally, but managed to get one the size of a cigarette to land on the end of my finger, WOW ! Wales UK.