Gothmog - Lord of Balrogs - WIP 4 - Test render

Render test done in Keyshot 8.1. no textures of anything, just a material and lights.

Full shot, 3840px by 2880px (resized to fit screen)

Cropped parts 1:1 to blogger image viewer

Wanted to see if I could get the vibe of The Fellowship of the Ring.

Sculpted in ZBrush

Rendered in Keyshot

Gothmog - Lord of Balrogs - WIP 3 - Second detailing pass

Second pas of detailing is going well. Added some quick masked-by-cavity polypaint to give it some umpf. I'm getting so hyped about printing this one!

Sculpted in ZBrush

Hemiptera v2 - WIP 2 - Continuing to refine shapes

Lunchbreak doodling

Gothmog - Lord of Balrogs - WIP 2 - First detailing pass

Currently in the first pass of detailing. No alphas used so far, only hand sculpting. I also added the ears and fixed the number of teeth (62 teeth is a lot to deal with @___@)

Sculpted in ZBrush

Gothmog - Lord of Balrogs - WIP 1 - Blocking the main shapes

Well, I've got chickenpox. Not fun at 25 years old. Though I'm keeping myself occupied while I'm getting better, 'cause, you know, I don't have enough project in my queue... This time it's a lesser known Flame of Udun. I want to print that one myself in transparent filament, paint in black the opaque parts and light it up with LEDs.

(Forgot to add perpective on the first sreenshot, so I kept it that way for constance)

Sculpted in ZBrush

Mass Effect 3 Prop - M-27 Scimitar - High-Poly Model

Alright, yes, an other Mass Effect weapon replica. The foamboard pistol we had made for my boyfriend was good at the time but now it's a little dated, so I'm going to 3d print this badass shotgun instead (with LEDs, of course)

3ds Max (Modeling)
ZBrush (Render)

Mass Effect 3 Prop - Monomolecular Blade - 3D Printed and Assembled

Got around to paint this sword at last! A couple setbacks (notably breaking the blade in half by accident, but nothing some hard metal wire, super glue and sanding couldn't fix). Going to have to be careful during conventions though. More to come about other props!

 Printed on my Ender 3
Sliced with Cura

Mass Effect 3 Prop - M-5 Phalanx - 3D Printed and Assembled (with LED!)

All printed and assembled! Filmed a demo of how the prop works:

Here's the circuit:

Printed on my Ender 3

Sliced with Cura

Mass Effect 3 Prop - Black Widow - High-Poly Model

First actual official 3D commission, I'm excited. A friend of mine (MNC Props) called on my skills to model and print the famous Black Widow sniper rifle from Mass Effect 3 for his Legion cosplay. It will be printed to 1:1 scale on my Ender 3 after the next pass of modeling which will determine how the prop will be cut. It'll be my biggest print by far!

3ds Max (modeling)
ZBrush (rendering)

Mass Effect 3 Prop - M-5 Phalanx - High-Poly Model

So, I,ve been working on something big these past months, hence the gap in posts. I'm making a prop for my sister's Kasumi cosplay from Mass Effect 3, the M-5 Phalanx! During this projects, I've discovered a love for smoothing-groups-based turbosmoothing and booleans. I've now printed it on my Ender 3 and it's going to have trigger-operated LEDs and will be able to be disassembled to access its circuits and battery. I'm having a blast on this project. Images of the printed prop coming soon. 

3ds Max (modeling)

ZBrush (rendering)

LEDs

Got some LEDs. Time to light some props!

3D Printing - Ender-3 Assembly!

Well, I'm ecstatic. Assembly went super well. Only problem was the display wasn't working, but I found out the display cable wasn't plugged inside the component box, so it was an easy fix. First print didn't finish, but it's most probably because of the small roll of filament that kept getting stuck and it made the printer skip layers. I'm going to calibrate it thoroughly and see just how well it can print! I'm eager to print some props, armor and figures.

3D Printing - First PLA Roll!

Well, something interesting cometh. A game changer for my projects. Here is a teaser:

More coming soon (probably after a lot of swearing)

Mass Effect 3 Prop - Phantom Weapons - High Poly 3D Printable Model

Decided to use my left-over Comic Con hype to make a new props: Monomolecular Blade and Palm Blaster Cerberus Phantoms use is Mass Effect 3. I found the in-game model and used that as reference to make my high-poly printing-friendly versions. It took 5 days of lunch breaks and late nights. Let's say that I'm eager to print it... myself ;)

In-game model:

High-Poly Replica:

Wireframes:

Printable:

3ds Max

Comic Con - Montréal - 2018

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