A 3/8 inch acrylic rod from holds up the cradle-portion for the ship.Īll Intellectual Property rights belong to Cloud Imperium Games and RobertsSpaceIndustries. Once I could determine the center of gravity for the ship, I modeled and 3D printed the Base and Cradle in FDM. Once weathering was complete, the individual pieces were glued together using superglue, making sure the glue didn't touch any surfaces that are intended to move.
Model is large, reduce to 5 and it should fit most printers easily. Weathering effects were painted on the individual parts before it was assembled. Took the stock 3D model and fixed the issues, holes, and mesh errors, and separated into easy to print sections. I created text graphics for the ship using Adobe Illustrator and had them custom printed as waterslide decals.Īfter painting all the tiny features of the ship, I was able to apply the decals. The parts were then coated with 2 coats of Rustoleum Filler-Primer and re-sanded.Īll the parts were then primed with Vallejo Grey acrylic primer before painting on the stripe colors and then primary Hull color. In total, the build took a little over 3 months in my spare time.Īfter printing the hull in multiple pieces, all the print lines were removed using a micro-file. The Hull pieces are FDM printed in ABS using 0.15mm layer height.Įngine Nacelles and all Turret pieces are SLA printed by Shapeways.Īdditional pictures with a few of the in-progress pics are in my Imgur album: The model is 1/250 Scale with movable Turrets that can rotate and. This is the Aegis Hammerhead Gunship, created by Cloud Imperium Games for Star Citizen.
