My HUGE 3D Printed Magneto Statue! PT3

Finally finishing the assembly of my HUGE 3D Printed X-Men Magneto Statue! This is Massive!

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[UncleJessy]

Should I paint it or leave it as a raw print?

[cidrain]

For the cape: try making a form with chicken wire, then draping fabric over it. Spray the fabric with some sort of hardener (pva glue?) and when it dries it should theoretically be a lightweight piece of material shaped how you need.

[gingerdog]

FINALLY! Fabric cape and paint (hopefully a smaller wait time lol)

[Drtydawg]

Definitely paint. Wire armature for dynamic cape movement. Maybe some purple n pink LED backlighting behind statue. LOVE IT!

[DPrintingNerd]

LOVE the progress! Cannot wait to see this in person someday!

[Googaliemoogalie]

Paint for sure.
Grab some metal meshing from home Depot, the type that is used for chicken pens or thinner for cement pours. Bend it the way the cape would look then sew material (or glue) over the wire mesh.
Also, maybe some mortise and tenons joins with a wedge would be very strong and easy to remove. (Hide the wedge behind and conceal it)

[wickedart]

Madness! Jesus, that statue doesn't even fit in my house! Its glorious to see the model that big, man! You can see every little detail <3
Muchas gracias for giving it a go, and for making our team so happy. I'm gonna show my Mom and everyone I know what you did!!!! Cheers, Tio Jessy!!!

[ArmenIbrahimagic]

Amazing job!!! My amateur suggestion is to finish it and when designing cape, try to balance its weight’s center of gravity so that you don’t have to modify this beautiful stand. Maybe when printing large statues, it should help, if you print lower parts with full infill to make them heavier. Does that make any sense?

[dekopuma]

This project is ridiculous and I love you for it. Also, I appreciate your choice in having the support pole go into his torso as opposed to...other places.

[JuggalDeadEy]

This is the coolest print by far. Magneto is one of the GOATs. I would use a cloth cape and paint it with clear resin out in the sun so when as it cures you can make the waving shape that capes give off.

[juanpablofont]

I don´t know how will translate to that masive scale, but what i do with capes in my 3d prints (1/6 and 1/4 scale) is use a thin EVA foam sheet, cut it in the shape of the cape and heat it with a heat gun, while still hot, i pose the cape in a dynamic shape i want. When the EVA sheet colds, the cape remains it the form is made. Then you can paint it and seal it if you want.

[PeteLabrozzi]

Oh man, I've been dying for the past year to see how this ended up and the wait was absolutely worth it!

[BennettBossler]

I think you should get some fabric then glue some wire in a flowing position then cover it in resin then paint it.

[MaheerKibria]

Strong magnets are kind of hard to work with. So I would probably go with ball or spring plungers with friction providing most of the staying force.

[DonsArtnGames]

For the cape, get a hold of what's called "horsehair" Its a fabric sculpting material that is used to shape fabric. Some examples of use are those geometric shapes you see in medieval collars and shaped skirt hems. Holds really well and is VERY light

[fuzzydragoncosplay]

it looks awesome, I wonder if you put some emery cloth into the connections it would let you do friction fits.

[chrishechtl]

That is insane! I would recommend wrapping the pole in cotton, maybe with bits of silver in a spiral around it and around him like he's got metal bits to use as ammo and as a shield. If you added LEDS to it it would look cool too. (though it might look like a big fart lol)
He could have bits of metal shooting off along the extended hand too!
The cotton could cover some of the jenky bits on the base that you aren't happy with.
You could add LEDS under his boots to give him a glow effect there as well.
I'd definitely finish it. And the chicken wire cape sounds good.
Be careful with the magnets, you would do well to either embed them into the parts as you print them or use a lot of epoxy and supports around them. (they can deform the plastic)
I can't wait to see the next step!

[justinmoss]

Finish it, you've come this far. cape would be fairly easy with thin gauge hex chicken wire from tractor supply, sandwhich it between two sheets of thick fabric, either super77 the edges or actually sew it. bend to a dynamic shape. My printer is way to small to even attempt a project of this size, id have to chunk mine like x5 smaller and that sounds like a nightmare.

[KyleofAsgard]

What a monster of a print!! Nice work dude, If you are going to paint it (even just grey) I strongly suggest you have a play with "duratec grey surface primer", It can be brushed on, rolled on, or sprayed if its thinned down, BUT, the main reason I suggest you use it is because it is AMAZING for sanding, super consistent, easy to sand, and can even be pollished once you have finished sanding. I use it for boats, car parts, props, armor, even weapon masters.

Lastly you can add filling powder to it, you could probably use baby powder, but typically you would buy "Q-cell" or and sanding/fairing filler powder. This would allow you to do some really nice thick coats in areas like joins, cracks, or even just really nasty print layers.

The stuff smells pretty strongly of fibreglass, this is its only draw back, but once its cured I promise you, you wont want to use anything else ;)

[DPrintedProps]

Awesome Man! Print some smaller rocks to put in front of the sign to help tie it into the backdrop.