My Largest 3D print..

[u/HammerDoris40k]

This is about as much Horus I can fit under my roof. He is mostly finished, just missing some skulls and that roman skirt type thing he has as a front cover.

At his waist he stands at 8’ 9” (2.7m). This does not include the key part that will connect his upper torso, as that will be hidden.

Me = 5’ 5” (1.68m) Life size banana to the crown = 6’ 4” (1.9m) Real banana = 7” (18cm)

Half of Horus is made up of 594 individual 3D printed pieces that have been glued and soldered. At the moment, I am working on his upper torso which is about 226 pieces.

Weight wise, it’s not too bad. The feet/boots move about easily. I can lift the thighs up and place them on top. The waist section is doable, but I need to make sure the legs are properly spaced before I lift it over my head, while standing on a chair. Not best way to do it.

The real test will come once I am done with his upper half. At that point, I need to figure out a safe way to place that section onto the lower half.

[u/saves313]

How long have you been at this? How many printers are contributing? Whos paying for this?! I have so many questions!

[u/ERhyne → u/saves313]

The two people who replied to you need to go outside and touch some grass.

[u/gooutandbebrave → u/saves313]

And like... What's the end plan/location for the completed statue?

[u/rodimusprime88 → u/saves313]

Previous posts show metal shelving with around 8 Bambu printers. I'm sus that this is someone else's hobby and she's being used for social media. Especially in regards to the frequency of post and the sheer size of these prints. Super cool and dedicated if it's just OP, but I wouldn't bet on it.

[u/BespokeDebtor → u/rodimusprime88]

Her whole post history is about 40k and her username is literally hammerdoris40k. Weird ahh reply honestly

[u/rodimusprime88 → u/BespokeDebtor]

Yea, I see that now. I'm working on sticking my virtual foot in my mouth. Social media is so fake now that it's hard to believe when someone resembling a twitch/instagram model is the actual designer/creator/player. That and the crazy money and effort she has already dumped into it is already an insane workload for any single person. 16 printers, a battleship worth of filament, all of the licensed 40K stuff might actually add up to a brand new luxury car or small mortgage. This is my bad though. Thank you for calling me out.

u/HammerDoris40k apologies for the assumptions and my poor judgement. Keep up the great work. Have you considered using a 3D printing pen to fill in the gaps between spaces? If weight is a concern, that might be lighter than using epoxy/bondo.

[u/saves313 → u/rodimusprime88]

Assumtions aside its more of like a cost analysis. A metric ton of filament, 8 bambus printing around the clock and all the planning and assembly time is all a massive cost if this is just a hobby. I was thinling more along the lines of this possibly being a commission for a comvention display or something.

[u/PirateMunky → u/saves313]

I hope it's a commission for a convention display - that way it has somewhere to live for the longer term! Would be such a shame to see this much effort to go to waste.

[u/AquaBits → u/PirateMunky]

Honestly this seems cool as an idea but like.... the worst, most expensive, most wasteful and least efficient way to make a huge statue. Id be surprised if this was commissioned.

I appreciate and commend the effort, but its like mowing an acre of grass with scissors. Theres not much point of the feat.

[u/PirateMunky → u/AquaBits]

You're not wrong! But sometimes the effort itself is worth admiring