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3D-Printed Raiders of the Lost Ark Fertility Idol

Hot off the hells of my 20" Victoria 6 3D-printed figurine is another 3D-printed project. I've been wanting to print the fertility idol from Raiders of the Lost Ark for a while. I've just never found a good enough model.

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I recently found a really great model over at Thingiverse and just had to go for it.

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I smoothed out the mesh just a little bit to save on some sanding. I also built in some supports for the chin. I don't know if they'll make it or not. Fingers crossed.

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After 14 hours, it was clear that the supports had broken loose at some point. However, it managed to somehow save itself and recover.

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After 27 hours and 45 minutes the print was complete.

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That come out awesome. I printed it with 5% infill so it's really light.

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I gave it a good sanding and filled in all the little imperfections with Bondo.

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I then gave it a coat or primer. There were still a few imperfections, so I went back over them with some Vallejo putty.

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After another coat of primer, it was looking really good.

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I then sanding it with 400 grit to make everything nice and smooth.

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I then gave it two coats of gold.

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After that dried, I gave it a buffing with some steel wool to remove that shiny-plastic look. I also gave it a slight weathering with some black acrylic paint.

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I'm pretty happy with the results.

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