» Sun Mar 23, 2014 6:25 pm So I needed a challenge and printing sculpts was only fun for so long, and they're rather static unlike their counterparts in 3D. Building an articulated action figure that was as close as possible to common bought figures with a snap-fit approach that could be 3D printed and assembled easily was... more interesting.
A month before I got into my first TESO beta I started a Skyrim inspired figure (and by Skyrim I mean with lots of gear mods, you may recognize some of the clothes (or lack thereof) or backpacks).
She has a rougher finish than usual as Shapeways (the online site that prints them) forgot to polish the material after printing, but they're printing me a new one for free, so there's that.
Other than that, she was a lot more work to paint as previous figures I've printed with all the different materials and layers of gear she has, plus I tried doing some washes and dry brushing with ...mixed results, still trying to get the hang out of it, real paint is not as forgiving as a computer :/
Her gear is somewhat interchangeable. Backpack can be removed and 2 weapons attached on her back. Her rolled up sleeping back can also carry most 1 handed swords, and some should fit on her leg holster, where her knife is.
Her leg armor hangs freely and doesn't interfere with the articulation and the shoulder armor straps bend to let the arm up (to some extent anyway).
After playing the Beta and taking ridiculous amounts of screenshots, I'll probably do some figures based on what's in TESO, probably starting with queen Ayreen... after I finish a few other stragglers I have started first.
She fits in with regular 7 inch figures
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/6427480/StrayFox/WB-MAR_1985.jpg
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/6427480/StrayFox/WB-MAR_1974.jpg
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/6427480/StrayFox/WB-MAR_1962.jpg
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/6427480/StrayFox/WB-MAR_1945.jpg
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/6427480/StrayFox/WB-MAR_1911.jpg
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/6427480/StrayFox/WB-MAR_1941.jpg
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/6427480/StrayFox/WB-MAR_1894.jpg
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/6427480/StrayFox/WB-MAR_1952.jpg
