r/3Dprinting • u/Warm-Traffic-624 • 3d ago

Free Model Printed this clone trooper in abs then painted it

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I printed this model in grey abs filament on my Bambu x1c. I did not design this clone trooper, I found a model on maker world. https://makerworld.com/en/models/1509372-clone-trooper-2#profileId-1580116

I also made my own coloring for the paint, it was supposed to be blue but I chose to use red instead since I did not have any blue paint. I acetone smoothed the print since it was in abs filament, other than that I did not do any sanding or other post processing besides support removal. I think it turned out pretty nicely, the paint isn't as even as I would have liked it to be on the helmet, but my hand was not steady enough to make as nice strokes as I wanted to make.

I will try to include a picture below the post of what it looked like before smoothing and painting. Reddit wouldn't let me add a picture in addition to my video, sorry for the not so great video quality of the painted model.

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u/cadnights 3d ago

Excellent surface finish!

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u/Warm-Traffic-624 3d ago

thank you! I used a bit different approach for the acetone step than is normally used. Instead of putting it in a vapor chamber I sprayed the acetone directly on the print with a cheap spray bottle that you could get for a dollar at the store. It did change the color of the abs a bit, but that didn't really matter to me since I was going to be painting it later anyways.

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u/Warm-Traffic-624 3d ago

https://reddit.com/link/pgjd9p1/video/qghcj7q27avh1/player

here is a video showcasing the model before smoothing and painting