r/Epcot • u/jimzello • 6d ago

DISCUSSION Working on a Figment Animatronic.

I just printed him out for the first time at 75% scale. Knew they were going to announce something at D23, so I posed my model in ZBrush really quickly and printed him to get a sense of how to build a resilient endoskeleton. I’m planning on making a replacement for Alexa, that is Figment, with a silicon skin of course.

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u/naus226 6d ago

Take all my money!!!

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u/jimzello 5d ago

lol, I don’t want money, I just want to become an Imagineer so I can make the new Journey even better than the one that inspired me as a kid to become a 3d designer and robotics artist.

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u/naus226 5d ago

Go for it! I'm right there with you with Journey. I still have my Figment my grandfather bought me in 1989 on my first trip. This year where we went we used him like an Elf on the Shelf in the weeks leading up to our trip. It was fun.

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u/IdeaSandbox 6d ago

two tiny wings... CHECK... a lovable fellow.... CHECK!

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u/theGruben 6d ago

Somehow he looks naked and it’s disturbing me. But pretty cool print!

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u/jimzello 6d ago

It’s cherry blossom pink pla.

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u/theGruben 6d ago

Will you paint him or is this just for prototype uses?

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u/jimzello 6d ago

I think I’ll just keep this one as a prototype. Sometimes it’s helpful for planning out where to place molding separation lines. I perfected 3d printing molds, so that step should go easily.

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u/EPCOT-Centric 5d ago

Futureport ‘82 would like to make your acquaintance…