Cosmic Forges

Been working on creating a more transparent effect with clear colored resin. I printed off a couple spare flutes and attempted brushing just the outside of the smaller one with a bit more resin and meticulously brushing both the outside and inside of the larger one. The smaller one ended up with a cool kind of jeweled effect. Unfortunately on the larger one it took a couple coats which still didn't cover it 100% and ended up a little uneven and even tacky in spots. What's more, I didn't even realize till after curing it again that the resin melted the paint right off my brush and left these unsightly rings around the bottom holes. Lesson learned, though. Next time I'll just glaze it whole and it should give a nice consistent clear effect.

Came back to 4th-gear Luffy again with a lot of success. I really need to be more vigilant about having real clean wash water and getting more in-depth with my paintbrush though. With all the success in this piece, that bit of residue really does screw with the finished look I've been trying to nail down. The texture and detail is luckily spot-on, and overlooking its lack of luster in lots of places and a couple supports that could be calculated or placed better, I'm still very happy with it.

Date Printed: 07/20/23
Material: Elegoo Water-Washable UV Resin
3D Model Artist: PRINTYOURHOBI on Cults3D

A Stitch statuette and 5-hole kid's pendant ocarina I made for my niece. The exposure settings are really coming together and I discovered how to minimize support marks. Probably should've used different support densities considering Stitch's slightly jagged teeth, but still some of my best work so far. She went absolutely bonkers over them. Our oldest son also got a pendant, and him and I have been playing together. This was also an experiment to see how much I could fit on my build plate at once, and to my satisfaction, all three just barely made it together without incident. It was close enough that I almost thought they'd overlapped before rinsing them off.
Date printed: 07/16/23
Material: Elegoo Water-Washable UV Resin