Fakebusker's Shapeways Store Minibot "Gunface" (Shapeways) Update June 11, 2015 Gunface is the talkative one. Not only does he shoot his mouth off at the most inappropriate moments, his entire face turns into a high caliber rifle that er...shoots. And you wonder why no one invites him to parties. Doomface and Chaise are his two closest friends, and they love to visit fun fairs when they're in town. They love roller-coasters! He stands 7.5 cm tall and he's extremely articulated with poseable neck, shoulders, elbows, waist, hips, knees and feet. He comes with a blaster, a barrel attachment and a long sniper rifle with a bipod. Everything is 3mm peg compatible. Assembly Gunface is a small figure with a straightforward assembly. However there are a few items you need to take note of to be able to put him together correctly. Also, he has been engineered to have as robust joints as possible but you might still need to coat the ball joints and sockets with superglue or nail polish to increase tightness. Be careful not to fuse the joints together with your use of glue. He comes in a jiggling mess of sprues and body parts. Use an x-acto blade and a pair of snips to carefully remove all the sprue connectors. Look twice, cut once. Be careful not to cut away anything that resembles a body part. In most cases I will not be replacing damaged pieces. Attach the side torso frame to the central core using the C-clip on his belly. You might need to do some flexing to get the clip wide enough. Flexing the centre torso frame gently apart, install the head socket using its front and rear pegs into the corresponding holes. Now you can swivel the side torso frame up in place and peg it to the head socket piece. Put the arms together. Put his legs together. Assemble his head. Pay attention to the direction in which you push the pieces in from. Look at the arrows shown. When assembled correctly and folded in place, his head should look like this. Attach the appendages to the torso. Voilà. Let's not forget to put together his blaster accessories. The sniper rifle has a one-piece bipod while the pistol barrel attachment has two individually jointed bipod legs. Shoot, shoot, shoooot! Minibot "Gunface" (Shapeways) Conclusion Gunface is the third of his posse that I've done so far. It has been a fun journey but I'm still debating if I should continue on the other two and this really depends on the reception of those already done. Ergo I'd appreciate your support and thank you to all that has so much faith in me so far! - Ariel Flickr is here. Fakebusker's Shapeways Store
I just put them together. They are really great! Vos is cool. Making his head a gun makes sense. Also because he is the smallest. I like the headmasters of the others a lot though. My sons too. Tarn is the coolest according to them. Now finish the DJD I will try and paint these. I will post pictures
I still haven't gotten these guys. I've wanted too, just money is tight.. Anyway, how strong are the joins? And are they easy enough to disassemble? I ask as I may attempt to paint them, and I want to be able to test fit stuff if I can. I may have learned my lesion about Frosted Ultra Detail. Stuff is fragile. Broke a few feet, and shoulders on some of the mini discs you made. I about finished painting them. I just haven't had time to finish in a bit. Dang work and video games..
Generally Strong Flexible stuff is more enduring than FUD, but test fitting and tweaking tightnesses is still an art. 1. What I found is that when joints are too tight, their torque resistance (e.g. resistance to twisting) is low and the stem tends to break when you try to twist them. Swivel the joint up and down to loosen it slightly before twisting. 2. Without adding hardeners like super glue, the surfaces of the joint can get worn down over time and get looser. Coat lightly with glue (or paint) to tighten, but be careful to let the glue dry before assembly or joints will seize up.
