3D printed articulated Skyrim/ESO inspired action figure(s).

Strangefate

Large patch so I'll spend my ESO allotted time in the forum, for a bit...

I've been designing action figures (and accessories) that can be 3D printed online, assembled and painted for a while now. Coming up with a simple snap fit or.. plug and play (?) joint system that didn't require any glue, major tinkering and worked with what's currently 3D printable was an interesting and fun challenge.

As a Skyrim / ES fan I'll be doing a few inspired characters as well as some TESO NPCs down the road like Queen Ayrenn and some males as soon as a finish a base male body.

So far I've done a female, geared after a Skyrim character (after many gear mods).
She has a mix of Skyrim gear (bone bow, iron 2 hander, ...forgot what the quiver was, and an iron (I think) 1 handed sword.
Backpack was modelled after some of the Skyrim backpack mods too.
Gear is all swappable.

Anyway, hope you like it.

The Skyrim in game reference for her:


The 3D model on the right and the final 3D printed and painted figure on the left, she fits in with regular 7 inch figures:


Some of her gear and misc shots of the finished figure:









Currently I'm working on some articulated skeletons, looking forward to do some draugr and ESO skeletons reusing the same base.
So far he's reusing the Skyrim Iron boots from the girl above and I added the Iron shoulder pads. Also burning through a plethora of ESO inspired shields and weapons for them.

Doing the gear is the easy part, getting the articulation right is the slow part... still tinkering with tweaks to it atm.




You can see some of the other 3D printed figures and accessories on pinterest if interested: http://www.pinterest.com/strangefate1/custom-3d-printed-action-figures-and-accessories/

AltDeLeet

Awesome work, Strangefate! What applications and printers are you using for the design, print, and painting? Do you have a site with some samples of the stuff you've created? Love it!

Fuzzylumpkins

Nice figs. Shame they are based on this game.

Strangefate

Thanks Adamanteum!

Everything is created in modo and printed online through shapeways.
I've started a little shop there for everything I have: http://www.shapeways.com/shops/Strangefate

The printers will depend on the material you select to have things printed in. The common (and cheaper) plastic that's used the most for the figures is powder based which usually means more expensive printers.

For painting I just use cheap acrylics and a Krylon spray finish. The powder based plastic is not completely water tight and will absorb some of the paint, which makes it rather hard to scratch after a while.

I put anything I do or find online using my stuff on pinterest: http://www.pinterest.com/strangefate1/custom-3d-printed-action-figures-and-accessories/

AltDeLeet

Thanks for the info! I love the superhero figurines on your Pinterest site too. Gamora looks awesome. I just signed up for and followed you on Pinterest and will definitely keep an eye out for more great designs. I'd love to pick your brain sometime regarding your creations!

xxslam48xxb14_ESO

Cool, I wish bethesda or zenimax would do something official like this. Instead the only merchandise they sell is $200 aluminum versions of art I can print off my computer.........

Bleakraven

Wow, that's amazing! I want a Gautier action figure! And one of my character and my bf's character too! OH AND QUEEN AYREEN! I want them all! *throws money at @Strangefate *

Liquid_Time

Great work. Would like to see more

Strangefate

lol, thanks guys, glad you like it

I will be doing more ESO related figures, they're just coming slow atm as a focus on finishing the skeleton's articulation.

Liquid_Time

Strangefate wrote: »

lol, thanks guys, glad you like it

I will be doing more ESO related figures, they're just coming slow atm as a focus on finishing the skeleton's articulation.

Yea.. that one seems to be a challenge. Have you done any research on similar models? or simply doing so from scratch?

LootMaster

that's beautiful. what 3D printer did you use?

Strangefate

LootMaster wrote: »

that's beautiful. what 3D printer did you use?

Hey, I didn't use a printer myself. I had it printed through shapeways.

Strangefate

Liquid_Time wrote: »

Strangefate wrote: »

lol, thanks guys, glad you like it

I will be doing more ESO related figures, they're just coming slow atm as a focus on finishing the skeleton's articulation.

Yea.. that one seems to be a challenge. Have you done any research on similar models? or simply doing so from scratch?

The skeleton's articulation is actually a lot easier than that of the female base. With a regular body you need to worry about how the cuts and cavities you need for the articulation will break the overall look and flow of the body, where as with a skeleton... that doesn't really matters.

That said, it does have a different joint system from the female, which automatically means 'test prints' until I find measurements and strengths that print and work well and offer enough mobility etc... almost there tho I think.

Natjur

There is a way to make extra cash, have an option to buy a 3D printed version of your in game toon....

PrinceBoru

Incredibly cool!
Thumbs way up!

LaughingJack

Hey @ZOS,

any way we can obtain 3d-printable files of our in-game characters?
including, as shown above, with the currently equiped armour, and gear and weapons as seperate pieces?

EnochKalahari

Nice work! Wish i had your skills, so awesome.

Chufu

Wow, amazing! Very good work!

Strangefate

It's been a while since this thread, glad you guys like it.

I've been doing more stuff since then... including some new fantasy girls inspired by Conan/Frazetta and one by WoW's Arthas, and I also finished the base skeleton figure, so now I can do all kinds of variations (already in the works!).

The battle standards/banners are 3D printed too.










...and somebody in a forum did a great job at painting one of the base skeletons... took amazing photos of it too: