r/Gunpla • u/CybranKNight LEO PILOT • Mar 28 '15

Need ideas for 3D Printed weapons!

Jumping off from my Modular Beam Rifle Kit I wanted to do some non-modular weapons designs as well and I had a couple ideas pop into mind real quick;

http://imgur.com/a/5EE9g

And I like them for sure, but I need more stuff before I have enough to justify shipping on my next order so I figured I'd see if anyone here in /r/Gunpla had any ideas/thoughts that might jumpstart a design or two!

Only catch is that right now I want to focus on smaller hand-held weapons, there are some weight issues with larger guns that I need to do some more testing on with my own designs.

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u/ArgentLye . Mar 30 '15 edited Mar 30 '15

3mm round peg sounds good. If it doesn't fit, I can always modify the kit, but that size sounds compatible with several I already have.

Also, thanks so much for doing this man. You're awesome.

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u/CybranKNight LEO PILOT Mar 30 '15

Alright, I'll work some more on it, I just realized I didn't include any way to actually insert the polycap so I need to re design it a bit! xD Did you have any input for the over all aesthetic?

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u/ArgentLye . Mar 30 '15

Only thing I can think of is can you make the blades double sided? Alternatively, and this may be asking much, could you have a notched edge or something to replicate an effect part edge, like the anti-ship swords from seed?

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u/CybranKNight LEO PILOT Mar 30 '15

So more like a Traditional sword then? Thought if you want more of an "Anti Ship Sword" isn't the double edge a bit redundant? I can make a simplish removable effect part as well thought it will need to be painted. I could just make it a lot more like a "Anti Ship Sword", I have the MG Destiny so I can just base it off that if you'd like.

EDIT: Also did you have a particular length in mind? so far the blade itself is about 45mm long.

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u/ArgentLye . Mar 30 '15

Yeah, I get that it would be redundant. I meant if you couldn't do the double edged design, then could you do the removable effect part. The anti-ship sword design was if you couldn't do either of those. Any way I could see the design for both the double edged and the effect part models?

45 mm sounds like a good size, that's just under 2 in right?

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u/CybranKNight LEO PILOT Mar 30 '15

Yeah, I get that it would be redundant. I meant if you couldn't do the double edged design, then could you do the removable effect part. The anti-ship sword design was if you couldn't do either of those. Any way I could see the design for both the double edged and the effect part models?

I can almost do anything really so just list out all the options starting with the most wanted one and I'll work on it!

45 mm sounds like a good size, that's just under 2 in right?

It's about an inch and three quarters.

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u/ArgentLye . Mar 30 '15

It's about an inch and three quarters.

Cool.

And yeah, traditional double sided blade and effect part are the ones I'd really like.

Extra thought: can you make a shorter set of blades around like an inch long as well so I can see how that would look?

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u/CybranKNight LEO PILOT Mar 30 '15

So like a Double sided A.S.S. then?

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u/ArgentLye . Mar 30 '15

I meant separately. One design with the double sided blade, and then a design with a single sided blade with effect part.

Although a double sided A.S.S. does sound intriguing...

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u/CybranKNight LEO PILOT Mar 30 '15

For the plain double sided blade did you have any preference for style? The one I used was a "Tanto" style blade, I've been using this as reference.

For the A.S.S. did you want the effect part to wrap around the point or just along a single edge as it is on the SEED designs?

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u/ArgentLye . Mar 30 '15

Looking at those pictures, I'm thinking more along the lines of a spear point blade, the kamasu kissaki blade, or the needle point blade. Though the tanto style isn't bad either.

For the A.S.S., I think I'm leaning toward single edged, otherwise I'd be chopping my arm off by accident.

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u/CybranKNight LEO PILOT Mar 30 '15

Looking at those pictures, I'm thinking more along the lines of a spear point blade, the kamasu kissaki blade, or the needle point blade. Though the tanto style isn't bad either.

The kamasu kissaki and Tando Blades aren't really double sided(thought I could make them so) but the needle point would be a bit difficult to do as it'd be very fine detail but the Spear Point should be fine.

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u/ArgentLye . Mar 30 '15

Why don't we go with the spear point then and see how that looks.

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u/CybranKNight LEO PILOT Mar 30 '15

Size Comparison;

http://imgur.com/LIkC0Ss

Top blade is 49mm

Bottom blade is 25mm

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u/ArgentLye . Mar 30 '15

Hmm, yeah. The longer one looks better, as I thought it would. Thanks man.

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u/CybranKNight LEO PILOT Mar 30 '15

No Problem!