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LOL. Keep in mind there ARE other vendors out there. I was going for a "budget" build. Now, having said that, some parts like my undersuit will need mods to be "screen accurate." Room for improvement of course.

Which reminds me... I should really upload progress photos.

For smoothing the 3D printed parts, I did use 3D printing resin. Basically you sand the 3D printed plastic first, clean it, brush on the resin, cure it with a UV Flashlight (30-60 seconds) and then sand the heck out of it with 150 grit, then I used 240, then sometimes finer than that. Be prepared to buy stock in 3M sandpaper, but as a technique it does work pretty well.

<blockquote data-quote="Rook 3" data-source="post: 530217" data-attributes="member: 16178">LOL. Keep in mind there ARE other vendors out there. I was going for a &quot;budget&quot; build. Now, having said that, some parts like my undersuit will need mods to be &quot;screen accurate.&quot; Room for improvement of course.Which reminds me... I should really upload progress photos. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />For smoothing the 3D printed parts, I did use 3D printing resin. Basically you sand the 3D printed plastic first, clean it, brush on the resin, cure it with a UV Flashlight (30-60 seconds) and then sand the heck out of it with 150 grit, then I used 240, then sometimes finer than that. Be prepared to buy stock in 3M sandpaper, but as a technique it does work pretty well.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Rook 3, post: 530217, member: 16178"] LOL. Keep in mind there ARE other vendors out there. I was going for a "budget" build. Now, having said that, some parts like my undersuit will need mods to be "screen accurate." Room for improvement of course. Which reminds me... I should really upload progress photos. :) For smoothing the 3D printed parts, I did use 3D printing resin. Basically you sand the 3D printed plastic first, clean it, brush on the resin, cure it with a UV Flashlight (30-60 seconds) and then sand the heck out of it with 150 grit, then I used 240, then sometimes finer than that. Be prepared to buy stock in 3M sandpaper, but as a technique it does work pretty well. [/QUOTE]

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