The process of making my latest Star Wars prop: a life size General Grievous bust. Model by Hex3D Instagram: / thearmorersforge - My Links - Website: www.studioofmm.com Twitter: / @studioofmm Instagram: / studioofmm
Thank you so much for making this video. I am a welder and I am actually attempting a life-size full body of General Grievous out of metal. I just finished his head but his neck. I driving my crazy. Like you I've been staring at photos trying to figure it out. But you're video has helped a lot. Thank you again.
@The Creatures Corner it's coming along slowly, I'm doing all this at work on my lunch, so I only have a few minutes to work on him. I have his head, neck, and chest all done. I'm now working on his fingers and hands. As well as the ball joints for his arms and legs. That's about it so far.
Thanks for making this video! I'm in the process of printing out pieces for a life-size battle droid. There aren't any videos I can find that show the build-process, but this I. think has given me some direction with how I should post-process (in addition to my own previous experience). Will probably make a build diary series kind of like this one so others can learn. Thanks again!
I work with matt varnish when adding details with that much of a jump in colour. helps when you stuff it up by getting distracted. this is an amazing piece and very inspirational. that finished product is so close to witchcraft. it is so COOL
I’m speechless! I can even begin imagining the amount of work, not only the bust itself, but also the video detailing. Showing the steps, editing the whole thing in the end and so on. I hope to see more of your work. You are a very gifted artist! Congrats!!
This is MAD! Awesome work! Just subbed to your channel, great to see these type of videos with a lot of information and narration. I can't get over how well his eyes turned out.. Good job!
My last view of this video before I start the painting tomorrow. I had quite a few issues with poorly fitting part and also missing textures so I have spent a lot of time fixing the problems. I did contact the seller but he didn't respond. I have a different version of the base. I have achieved an amazingly smooth finish on the Head using watered down wood filler applied with a brush, on the head and collar I have managed to get rid of every layer line and its the best results I have ever achieved. Am looking forward to the airbrushing although slightly apprehensive.
General Grievous is my favorite star wars character, and seeing a prop so similar to how he appeared in the films has left me speechless. How does this only have 5k views???? You deserve so much more, I am literally speechless right now.
Great job! I like the transparent resin on the eyes. I can't see why they would want you to put the ear fins on when you assemble the head as how are you going to paint and weather the ear caps with the fins in the way?
G.Grevious is one of my favourite characters. Cool..keep up the building, looking fwd to the Only 4 sabers character in whole 4 limbs full size form. Awesome work u share thanks 💕
When I saw you doing deliberate contour shading, part of me thought 'oh, that’s not as realistic.' But then I thought, 'wait, what if Grievous is wearing makeup?' 🤓
I am new to all this and was considering buying Creality 3d v3 SE as my starter to learn but i have seen a couple nice printers you had on your channel. Any suggestions and while i see how filament printers work, i keep hearing you mention resin printers. I'm not sure if i can afford both currently, so which should i learn on first?
It really depends on what types of projects you’re interested in building. Typically people start with a filament (FDM) printer first and then consider getting into resin (SLA) printing later unless they’re someone who’s mainly interested in printing something like tabletop miniatures. The good news is that 3D printers are cheaper than ever, especially if you’re not interested in getting the newest model. Even if it is within your budget to buy both, I’d start with one so that you’re not unbelievably overwhelmed with all of the things you need to figure out/learn. They work almost in the complete opposite way so it really is like learning two completely different skill sets.
@@MMsPropShop Ty! I have been pouring over video after video on these printers as of late and appreciate the feedback! Btw, I love your work and the effort you put in to make them look amazing! I always got flak for my attention to detail on work I did working for the corporate world, mainly because they wanted to save a buck...lol. Seeing you do this has inspired me to jump into something I have always loved, STAR WARS and my artistic side combining them to learn to make some of these awesome projects!
Your painting is incredible and a lot can be learnt from watching your technique. Couple of questions … where can the stl files be purchased and (stupid question) what is dry brushing is it with powdered paint
Thank you! The file was originally from Hex3D’s Patreon (not sure if it’s still available) www.patreon.com/Geoffro But Galactic Armoury has a very similar file available: galacticarmory.net/collections/busts/products/general-grievous-bust-3d-print-files As for dry brushing, it’s a painting technique where you put some paint on your brush, then dab that brush into something like a paper towel until you have a very small amount of paint left on the brush and that’s what you apply to your piece. Typically it’s done quite light handed as well. I assume it’s called “dry brushing” because your brush is practically dry with how little paint is on it. There are a bunch of RU-vid videos on the technique by people that have probably done a way better job of explaining it than me.
@@MMsPropShopI have almost completed the mammoth printing task however I found a fault with the two base files and that is the inside base texture, the from is very textured where the back has almost no texture at all. I have started all the sanding and then painting on watered down wood filler and the results are so far very good
Oh I love your work! One question, where can one buy this wood filler? I tried googling it, but only comes up with one different from the one you showed. I'm a maker based in New Zealand, making finding stuff even more complicated ;-)
I completely get it, finding stuff in Canada can be interesting at the best of times as well. The only place I’ve been able to find it here is Home Depot (I think Amazon might have sold it at one point as well but I can’t remember). In theory though, any colour changing wood filler should be the same texture. You can’t exactly colour change the gritty, wood particles that typical wood filler has, so any colour changing stuff should be plasticy. Not sure if that helps but I hope you’ll be able to find something similar that works.
@@MMsPropShop thanks for your fast reply. Yeah, it's challenging to get supplies in some countries haha. I think I'm a bit spoiled from working at Weta for a while. Atm I use builders bog for much of my filling. It works well, but since it's 2 component stuff, it tends to go off too fast. I found the stuff you showed on Amazon, at least a brown version, but it shows "not available", so I'll need to find some other stuff easier to get here. I'm working with 3d software (and peinters) only since xmas, all self taught, but I had to cleanup some masters back at Weta, also using bog. You can check my channel here if you like, to see some of my (traditional-made) personal projects. Thanks for your videos, I'm enjoying them a lot and they give me some serious inspirations and ideas.
I actually printed all of the resin pieces on a Mars 2 Pro. All of the pipes I basically had standing up right for ease of printing so the build plate size really wasn’t much of an issue as long as the height was still ok. I believe I did all of the pieces over 4 or 5 print jobs.
Fantastic job!! Very impressive! Your paint job is the best I have seen, along with the eyes! Could you please tell me what printer you use, or maybe suggest one? Also do you use Fusion 360 and if not what do you recommend?
Thank you! The head and some of the pieces I’d originally printed were done on an Ender 3 pro, the larger pieces like the collar were done on a CR-10s (with a 0.8mm nozzle), the neck and non resin printed pipes were done on an Ender 3 V2, and finally the resin printed pipes were all printed on a Elegoo Mars Pro 2. Whew, that was a lot lol Right now the printer that I’d suggest to anyone would be an Ender 3 V2. I know there are newer models now but the V2 is the perfect combination between quality of prints, machine upgrades, but still at a reasonable price. I might do a whole video on what I’d recommend to add to the base model as there are a few things that I’d consider necessary additions. And yes, I use Fusion360.
@@MMsPropShop Thank you SO much for the intense reply! I didn't expect that. I'm a noob to this although I have done plenty of military models in the past. This printer you suggest, it will print everything that is required for this bust? Um.... is Fusion 360 hard? Ive never done 3d. Thanks again SO VERY MUCH!! I took a picture of Grevious eyes that this guy had put on his presentation, although he didn't do it like the pic, I would love to share it somehow.
You’re welcome! I’m always happy to talk shop. The collar piece would have to be sliced into 4 as opposed to 2 pieces, but yes, the rest of the pieces will fit on an Ender 3. They’re such popular printers that most model makers now split their files up to be able to fit on that size of printer. There’s definitely a lot to learn when it comes to Fusion360 but I find that it’s a pretty intuitive, well designed program. The good thing is that you can basically google how to do anything in Fusion360 if you can’t figure something out and there will be tons of information and tutorials to help you. I probably only know/use about 10% of what it can actually do.
What do you think of this printer? Longer LK5 Pro? It can do a full size helmet. What add ons to the Ender do you suggest? Did you buy your plans for Grevious on Etsy? And THANK YOU again so VERY much!!
Oh another question. Which rezin size did you use for Grevious? 1.75,,,,,,,,?? Is there a brand that you prefer for the resin? Will I always have the "threads" showing on the model after it prints then it needs to be sanded? (please note: I AM A TOTAL NOOB ON THIS)
Mon. Mar. 27, 2023 Good morning: my lady I've watched a couple of your videos and like your work, I'd like to ask you if you do anything with 3D models/action figures? I've been trying to find someone that could make a couple of my personal character in 1-6'd scale?
It’s actually a foot sander. I have a whole video planned that should be up soon talking about it because it has easily become my favourite and the best sanding tool for PLA that I’ve ever found.
damn, how awesome. I'm proud of you. grievous is so cool and cool. why did they include him in only 1 movie. he was such a cool character. I'm surprised more people haven't done similar stuff. there are people who build real droid robots on youtube as well, but then they only build regular r2d2. they have to limit themselves so damn much. I would think it would be awesome if you and others could also try to make a real robot that kind of looks like Grievous and you can start with the throat and the neck and the head so you can but figure out more later.💚💚💚😲😲😲😃😃😃😁😁🙂😃😲😲🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻☠️☠️☠️🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈
Can i suggest trying to buy some sign writing brushes that will help when painting lingerie lines like u did above the eyes and once use to them use on other projects u do And as a sign writer we call the brushes pencils lol
G.Grevious is one of my favourite characters. Cool..keep up the building, looking fwd to the Only 4 sabers character in whole 4 limbs full size form. Awesome work u share thanks 💕
