The Mandalorian and Grogu-3D Print

[Jhedir6]

As the title states this will be a 3D model print of The Mandalorian and Baby Yoda (Grogu). This will be my first ever large scale figure model. Luckily there's no real faces to paint as I don't think I have the painting skills for a realistic humanoid face, but plan on doing another figure soon that will require just that. 

For starters, I am using a Elegoo Mars 2 Mono (my first 3D printer) that using liquid resin as its print medium.

I bought the 3D file of of here.

I am using the FLA files which gives a bigger scale model and also breaks down the parts more for easier painting. I also scaled the model up by another 20% so I'm not sure exactly how 

tall he'll be when I'm done but I'm guessing somewhere around 13-15 inches. 

Each number in the above pic is a separate downloadable file and you are able to import each one individually to a build plate and group the smaller items together 

to fill up a build. I did not print the jet pack or the smaller of the two cloaks and the base is actually 4 quarters that need be be attached together. I also grouped a bunch

of the small items together and ended up with a total of 15 files to print out. If the print previews (which can estimate the print time for each file as well as the amount of resin

consumed) I should end up with a print that costs me about $22 in raw resin and should take around 66hrs to print in total. 

My first print (the head and torso) are currently printing and should be done in a couple of hours. I'm hoping to have a wip of that up later on this evening. 

All comments appreciated and I'm happy to try and answer any questions you might have. 

[Jhedir6]

First update:

First file has been printed and amazingly I seem to have nailed the use of the slicing software (Chitubox) and my settings on the printer cause the print came out perfect.

Here it is after removing the printer cover hanging upside down on the build plate. I made sure to add supports under the model and not attach it directly to the build plate. 
Doing this makes it much more difficult to remove the printed file from the build plate.

Next up here it is after being removed from the build plate and cleaned in 99% isopropyl alcohol and then some soapy water. I did goof up here a little bit, I hollowed out the model in Chitubox to save on resin (a feature built into the software) and then put drain holes in spots to allow excess resin to drain out (again the hole feature is in the software) but I don't think I did it right for this particular file as the head is solid, there should have been some hollow space in there. I did get the body right cause I have a couple drain holes and go all the excess resin and cleaning solutions out of it. The head being solid probably added like an hour to my print time for this one file ( total was just over 7hrs). The supports need to be removed, they literally just peel off like the shell on a hard boiled egg with a very satisfying crunching sound. 

And finally a shot after the supports removed and another wash and then some curing time with my UV light I bought. I'm still messing around with cure times so I may hit it again. This is all 100% new to me so I'm learning as I go. 

There are still a few nubs from the supports to trim off and sand down but over all the surface is smooth where its suppose to be ( the armour plates) and the texture on the cloth parts of the armour and belts are outstanding. I've not sanded anything and I think a quick wet sand is all I'll need before some primer. Likely I'll clean and sand the parts as I go so once all the files are done I can just prime them all and then start painting. 

I plan on doing some car parts soon, but I wanted something a bit more "ready to go" to start with for my first print(s). Likely I'll be printing most of the week and won't get a chance to start painting till next weekend. 

All comments welcome and appreciated.

Thanks for looking in.

 

[Jhedir6]

Doh.....just noticed I put this in the Under Glass section....if a mod could be so kind to move it to the wip section please...thanks.

[iamsuperdan]

This is going to be really cool when it's done. Watching for sure.

[iamsuperdan]

So I have questions .

I see on your CAD drawings above, and on the website, that there are specific scale sizes mentioned. Does the software used come with the ability to scale up or down? So if I wanted a Mandalorian in 1:24 scale, or maybe a Tie Fighter in 1:48 scale?

Your initial parts look super clean. No casting lines or flaws that I can see. 

Now I'm intrigued about the whole thing. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Jhedir6]

5 hours ago, iamsuperdan said:

So I have questions .

I see on your CAD drawings above, and on the website, that there are specific scale sizes mentioned. Does the software used come with the ability to scale up or down? So if I wanted a Mandalorian in 1:24 scale, or maybe a Tie Fighter in 1:48 scale?

Your initial parts look super clean. No casting lines or flaws that I can see. 

Now I'm intrigued about the whole thing. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hey Dan, 

 The printer comes with editing software that allows you to scale up down, rotate, hollow out, add holes(drainage, I hollowed out the chest so it wasn't solid, and added holes to drain out the resin inside) and add in supports for the print. The software is by Chitubox and if you search it on Youtube you can find videos that explain it a lot better than I can. But yes, you can scale down to 1/24 but you'd have to have the measurements to do so as the scaling feature is done on %. I used the FLA files which have a base size of 1/8th scale, as set by the designer of the model. I scaled my up to 120% so my model will be around 1/7th, 1/6th in the end, about 2"'s taller than the default. I used the FLA files cause many of the armour pieces were separate files so I can paint the Beskar armour in the bright chrome a lot easier. 

So it would definitely be doable, how well it would print, using these specific files might be worth a try. 

Yes, the quality of the print is outstanding. Once I start painting the washes will really bring out the details that are hard to see in pics, but in person this thing is outstanding. 

I had a couple of failed prints yesterday so I'm behind my schedule now, so hopefully tomorrow I can lay it all out and get some pics of where I'm at with the build, but right now the main character is done, I just have some more armour details, the child, cloak, rifle and base left to print. The base and cloak are the largest prints and I'll print those all last so I can start painting the figures while those items are printing, which will be days.....

[mustang1989]

You've sure got my attention pal.

[Stevens19]

This is awesome! I'm excited to see this done! I just got my 3d printer last month and have been printing stuff non stop, I eventually want to do this model, I've printed one of the free mandalorians from thiniverse but this one is super cool.

On 4/27/2021 at 7:05 AM, iamsuperdan said:

So I have questions .

I see on your CAD drawings above, and on the website, that there are specific scale sizes mentioned. Does the software used come with the ability to scale up or down? So if I wanted a Mandalorian in 1:24 scale, or maybe a Tie Fighter in 1:48 scale?

Your initial parts look super clean. No casting lines or flaws that I can see. 

Now I'm intrigued about the whole thing. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

In addition to David's response, I also use 3d builder that comes with windows to rescale stuff, it helps with prints that come in multiple parts like this one, you can load all of the files into it and it usually will load as the completed figure which you can then resize and start to individually save in their new size, it is very time consuming but as I'm learning everything in 3d printing is. I primarily print everything in 1/24 scale and I have to say the detail that these things can print is amazing.