Hey all, I've been working on and off on a project for a bit, and I'm hopefully nearing the end. I purchased a pair of Paragon's Ruby Slippers a while back and have just had them simply displayed on a yellow brick road that I made out of some insulation foam. I really wanted to build out a mini collection of Wizard of Oz props, and decided to start with the Tin Man's Heart. I went back and forth over a static prop like the film, or making one with a working clock. In the end, I decided to go with a working clock.
Step 1 was to figure out what size clock insert I wanted to use, as that would determine the final size of the heart. I went with this one from Amazon since it was most similar to the film in terms of the silver rim and the shape of the hands. The face is close too, but I am making one in Illustrator that I'll be printing out.
Next I made a heart in Blender, and cut out the dimensions needed for the clock to fit (which turned out to be sightly wrong the first 2 times I printed it, but I got there in the end). I inset it a little more because the silver ring was far too proud, so I made sure to inset it a few mm. I also made a bail/bow/whatever you want to call it...the little ring that the chain hooks onto. I wanted a metal one but wouldn't find the right size/shape/metal. I might have it professionally printed in metal one day, but PLA+ is good enough for me right now!
I have attached the .stl files. One folder is the whole heart and bow, and the other has everything split plus some alignment pegs since I found that was the best way to print it on my printer to minimize supports.
Bonus pic of my slippers and yellow brick road:
Step 1 was to figure out what size clock insert I wanted to use, as that would determine the final size of the heart. I went with this one from Amazon since it was most similar to the film in terms of the silver rim and the shape of the hands. The face is close too, but I am making one in Illustrator that I'll be printing out.
Next I made a heart in Blender, and cut out the dimensions needed for the clock to fit (which turned out to be sightly wrong the first 2 times I printed it, but I got there in the end). I inset it a little more because the silver ring was far too proud, so I made sure to inset it a few mm. I also made a bail/bow/whatever you want to call it...the little ring that the chain hooks onto. I wanted a metal one but wouldn't find the right size/shape/metal. I might have it professionally printed in metal one day, but PLA+ is good enough for me right now!
I have attached the .stl files. One folder is the whole heart and bow, and the other has everything split plus some alignment pegs since I found that was the best way to print it on my printer to minimize supports.
Bonus pic of my slippers and yellow brick road:
. As of today, I'm halfway through painting the heart red. I used Rust-oleum Apple Red Gloss spray paint. I painted the bow gloss black, then Rust-oleum metallic copper paint.
