Our daughter's family bought a 3-D printer for Christmas, and our grandson (age 12) was eager to try print something for my dolls. I had suggested possibly a helmet for my knight, or some pirate pistols. So, when we went to visit recently, he had several items to show me.
My son-in law had guessed at the size and had printed a helmet, and my grandson had printed several pistols in a range of sizes...
My son-in law had guessed at the size and had printed a helmet, and my grandson had printed several pistols in a range of sizes...
I thought the helmet was a bit over the top, but might work with Jude's barbarian armour. So, on a nice day I sprayed it silver and then mellowed it with brown paint.
The helmet was a touch too small to fit over Jude's wig comfortably. It might have fit if I'd forced it, but I wasn't going to risk any damage to his faceup. So I decided to take some photos of him just holding it...
The helmet was a touch too small to fit over Jude's wig comfortably. It might have fit if I'd forced it, but I wasn't going to risk any damage to his faceup. So I decided to take some photos of him just holding it...
The helmet did fit over my FID men's heads - even with their wig - as FID men have slightly smaller heads than the SartoriaJ guys. But there was no way I was going to do a costume switch, and then I realized I could just swap their heads. I chose Lawrence with his longer red hair. The helmet fit comfortably over his wig without touching his face....
Then I took another photo with him just holding it, and he temporarily became a Barbarian King...
But Jude decided it was his, and even thought he can't actually wear it, he's insisted on just continuing to hold it in the display case.
So, now I need to do some work on the pistols as the backs did not print perfectly, so I will attempt to 'finish' them with Aves Apoxie. And my son-in-law will attempt to print some helmets more suitable to what a Medieval knight might wear.
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