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I ruined one of the layers while trying to shorten the legs and I realized how much this technique sucks

I ruined one of the layers while trying to shorten the legs and I realized how much this technique sucks | That's it. I'm ditching the blue plastic technique. Making these takes way too much time and is way too risky because of how I do it. Basically I just use a sawblade attachment on my dremel to cut each part out and I'm paranoid the whole time because I could cut off my finger if I'm not careful. New technique is much safer but not much less time consuming. I'll get some molding clay, make the rough shape with that, then sand it down into the intended shape and carve in some details, then make a mold of that using caulking. By doing this I can create perfect copies of parts, and if I keep thr original clay part I can replace the mold if anything goes wrong | made w/ Imgflip meme maker
90 views 2 upvotes Made by Dr.Evil-ish 1 week ago in Imgflip-bossfights
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0 ups, 1w,
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Yeah don't cut off your finger
0 ups, 1w,
2 replies
I wasn't planning to, there's just a risk of it.

And I broke my dad's dremel so... Yeah. Luckily he wasn't pissed and we both got better ones earlier today
0 ups, 1w
Oh alr
Also I might be buying the Xbox sooner than l thought
0 ups, 1w,
2 replies
Wait idek if I told you about that
0 ups, 1w,
1 reply
The only other console related thing I remember you telling me was about how you were frustrated you might not get the switch 2
0 ups, 1w
I can prolly wait on that for a while
0 ups, 1w,
1 reply
You didn't
0 ups, 1w,
1 reply
Riiight
Well I'm gonna get an Xbox series X at some point within the next month, and my dad is gonna hopefully hook my mom and I up with gamepass, and we gotta talk it over
0 ups, 1w,
1 reply
Nice
0 ups, 1w,
1 reply
Yea
Hopefully my grandma will bring me into town at some point or amazon finally restocks
0 ups, 1w,
1 reply
Amazon restocks can be really annoying
0 ups, 1w
Yes
I'm mainly waiting on that because it shows the actual price for it, as other new ones are well over $500, and my mom doesn't want a used one
0 ups, 1w,
1 reply
the second sounds way better, was their a reason for it not being used from the start?
(IDK building gundum sorry)
0 ups, 1w,
1 reply
The reason I didn't do it to begin with is because I didn't have any clay or caulking
0 ups, 1w,
1 reply
ooooh,

I be dumb
0 ups, 1w,
1 reply
The blue plastic is mainly good for simple pieces, not complex ones with a ton of joints and specific lengths
0 ups, 1w,
1 reply
*noted*
like I may not understand most of how your doing this, but it's very interesting
0 ups, 1w,
1 reply
The joints are what make it difficult. I'm convinced the only reason I've gotten as far as I have with the blue plastic is because I've built a lot of Gundam kits and have a general idea of what the joints should look like
0 ups, 1w
I don't have an elagable say, but I agree
0 ups, 1w
This'll be really good if I decide to design a grunt unit because then I can just use the molds to make perfect copies of parts, and if I wanna make some sort of specialized grunt I can do that and add custom parts on top of it
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That's it. I'm ditching the blue plastic technique. Making these takes way too much time and is way too risky because of how I do it. Basically I just use a sawblade attachment on my dremel to cut each part out and I'm paranoid the whole time because I could cut off my finger if I'm not careful. New technique is much safer but not much less time consuming. I'll get some molding clay, make the rough shape with that, then sand it down into the intended shape and carve in some details, then make a mold of that using caulking. By doing this I can create perfect copies of parts, and if I keep thr original clay part I can replace the mold if anything goes wrong