Interesting stuff #2

Here's my second rundown of interesting stuff I found over the last few weeks! Let's start with a few completely unrelated YouTube videos!

• Shave your prints with a card scraper; Looks like a great alternative for sanding! If you have ever sanded a 3D print, you probably know what a pain in the ass it can be. Apparently, a card scraper is an excellent alternative!
• Robert's Fogger; If you're into Halloween, there's a good chance you own a fog machine. For creating low hanging fog, the most common technique is chilling it with ice, but this guy takes a different approach, and it seems to work really well!
• Realistic eyeball sculpt; Looks realistic and disturbing indeed!
• Simple motorized Halloween props; I've been wanting to get started in animatronics for ages, and this is a good place to start. 

Next up, there's a series on Adam Savage's website Tested.com, featuring Harrison Krix from Volpin Props. In the series, he builds a replica of the Needler gun from Halo. It's a very in-depth series, and nothing is 3D printed!

1. Introduction
   
2. References and blueprinting
   
3. Selecting materials
   
4. Taking shapes
   
5. Bondo strikes back
   
6. Details, accents, refinements and mockups
   
7. Introduction to mold making
   
8. More complex moldmaking
   
9. The casting process
   
10. Illumination and audio
    
11. Prepping for painting
    
12. Finally time to paint
    
13. Weathering the Needler
    
14. Putting it all together
    
15. The lesson learned
    

That's it for today, I'm working on a few projects and hope to have at least one build log this month!

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