Too Much Garlic
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How did he split it apart? I really want to do that to my Sideshow T-700 skull, so I can get it properly stripped from paint.
T1 and T2 Endoskeleton Research Thread
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ghostman
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I did not disassemble it.
I borrowed it from a friend who had already disassembled it.
I do not know how it was disassembled.
But the cross section is broken.
Too Much Garlic
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Ah, so it was a violent disassemble. Got it.
I was never a fan of how sanded down this licensed piece was. Though... it could be the source... as I see the same weird sanding choices on other licensed castings. They simply try to sand the eye sockets more open on one side, so they seem more symmetrical. And I do not like that.
I was never a fan of how sanded down this licensed piece was. Though... it could be the source... as I see the same weird sanding choices on other licensed castings. They simply try to sand the eye sockets more open on one side, so they seem more symmetrical. And I do not like that.
DeltaDesignRus
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These damages are even visible in the photo. One of the hinge supports is broken off and remains in the jaw.
What are you planning to do with it? Do you want to scan it to use for your project, to make it even more accurate and better?
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Meanwhile, alongside my job and other projects, I continue to test various methods of coating models. This time, I made homemade conductive varnish (simply added copper powder to the varnish) and tried to deposit copper onto it using electroplating. However, since all the chemicals I ordered are still in transit, I tried the simplest electrolyte (copper sulfate, water, and sulfuric acid). Because the varnish turned out not very conductive, and its resistance (multimeter probes placed on the painted surface 10mm apart from each other) is in the hundreds of megaohms instead of the required 1-5 kilohms, the surface reluctantly grew copper. Also, due to the overly simple electrolyte, the surface quality turned out to be terrible (in the photo, the copper has already been sanded and polished, but initially, it was very dull because the electrolyte lacks brighteners). Nevertheless, the experiment is still interesting; it's amusing to observe copper depositing on plastic.
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Too Much Garlic
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I just want to be able to remove the paint, re-paint it and re-mount it. It's quite hard getting into some areas while it is mounted. Though... being what it is... I guess it won't really matter if some areas aren't cleaned before painting.
Though, I'll probably snap off the jaw pistons and print out my own modeled ones after measurements from gizmo's casting. The ones that are on there now are LFS style with the thin rod going down to the jaw being bent, which looks weird.
Cool experiment. There is a youtuber who has loads of DIY chrome and gold plating plastic piece videos up. I can link him here if I find him again.
Though, I'll probably snap off the jaw pistons and print out my own modeled ones after measurements from gizmo's casting. The ones that are on there now are LFS style with the thin rod going down to the jaw being bent, which looks weird.
Cool experiment. There is a youtuber who has loads of DIY chrome and gold plating plastic piece videos up. I can link him here if I find him again.
MakeShiJie
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This youtuber has posted many very detailed electroplating tutorials for 3D printed pieces.
ghostman
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It would be good if the lower jaw and upper jaw matched, but they do not, because different individuals were sent to me.
So we will match them later on the 3D data.
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Too Much Garlic
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Damn those upper teeth on the HCG looks horrible. I never understood why the licensed skulls kept using the LFS teeth and not got new castings to work with. BeagleBill and myself are trying to rework my scan of the LFS upper teeth to make them look more accurate and more like actual teeth and not have those wide gaps between each tooth. Could be an idea to swap out the upper teeth on that HCG while it's still taken apart if we get this done quickly.
Or, if you could get the teeth from the M1 and put them in the HCG photogrammetry after slimmer the rear side of the front teeth, then you would have more accurate looking teeth.
The lower teeth doesn't seem to need a fix - except on the Sideshow pieces, but all they really need on that is to be sat lower in the jaw. But then the teeth won't line up due to how they've angled the jaw to the face. They thankfully fixed the teeth on the T-700 offering.
Very nice photogrammetry going on there.
Or, if you could get the teeth from the M1 and put them in the HCG photogrammetry after slimmer the rear side of the front teeth, then you would have more accurate looking teeth.
The lower teeth doesn't seem to need a fix - except on the Sideshow pieces, but all they really need on that is to be sat lower in the jaw. But then the teeth won't line up due to how they've angled the jaw to the face. They thankfully fixed the teeth on the T-700 offering.
Very nice photogrammetry going on there.
ghostman
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I'll be back
DeltaDesignRus
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Try scanning with RealityCapture after Metashape. It would be interesting to compare the surface quality. RC is also faster!
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Too Much Garlic
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Did an attempt to fix the LFS teeth, using the DeltaDesignRus M1 photogrammetry scan teeth as reference. Unsure whether I did a good job.
Too Much Garlic
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Since these were fixed on the scans of the insert teeth, they should fit right into the LFS skull. There may be some sanding required on the thin insert strip and the tops of the teeth to get them to fit perfectly into the skull... but other than that they should be good to go. They may also require a slight heat treatment to fit properly... as this may only fit perfectly with some LFS skulls, but that should be easy to do.
DeltaDesignRus
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It's gotten better. But still, the large incisors seem a bit off to me. They really messed up the incisors on the left skull. It seems they were looking at screenshots from T1, or other photos, and mistook the dark paint on the teeth for shadows, so they shaved off the teeth in those areas, making the teeth triangular, which is incorrect. I remember back in '17 or '18, I started detailing the teeth based on photos of real teeth, but back then I lacked sculpting experience, so I gave up.
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Too Much Garlic
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I have some teeth from the Genisys young Arnold model I can check with my fix to see if I can further improve things.
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