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Thanks sir!

Yes, it's very helpful having the means to do things myself. ;D

Quick update:

After printing the toe, I was unsatisfied with the hard, angular look. The studio model clearly had a more curved appearance. It bugged me that mine wasn't curved. So I revisited my 3D model.

Before going further, please allow me a moment to vent: To get this far in the build I researched for 1 freakin' month. I reverse engineered the armature from two freakin' b&w photos. I setup a small machine shop in my freakin' garage. I taught myself how to freakin' machine metal. Most recently, I built a freakin' 3D printer. None of this freakin' work was harder than creating these freakin' curved surfaces in freakin' SketchUp.

Thank you. I'm better now.

Here's a comparison of the old vs. new:
[ATTACH=full]63025[/ATTACH]

And here's an in-process of the shin shroud and finished toes:
[ATTACH=full]63026[/ATTACH]

If wasn't so late, I'd print the toes. But not tonight. Another update will follow in the next few days.

<blockquote data-quote="CheesyGrin" data-source="post: 175554" data-attributes="member: 11898">Thanks sir!Yes, it&#039;s very helpful having the means to do things myself.&nbsp; ;DQuick update:After printing the toe, I was unsatisfied with the hard, angular look. The studio model clearly had a more curved appearance. It bugged me that mine wasn&#039;t curved. So I revisited my 3D model.Before going further, please allow me a moment to vent: To get this far in the build I researched for 1 freakin&#039; month. I reverse engineered the armature from two freakin&#039; b&amp;w photos. I setup a small machine shop in my freakin&#039; garage. I taught myself how to freakin&#039; machine metal. Most recently, I built a freakin&#039; 3D printer. None of this freakin&#039; work was harder than creating these freakin&#039; curved surfaces in freakin&#039; SketchUp.Thank you. I&#039;m better now.Here&#039;s a comparison of the old vs. new:[ATTACH=full]63025[/ATTACH]And here&#039;s an in-process of the shin shroud and finished toes:[ATTACH=full]63026[/ATTACH]If wasn&#039;t so late, I&#039;d print the toes. But not tonight. Another update will follow in the next few days.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="CheesyGrin, post: 175554, member: 11898"] Thanks sir! Yes, it's very helpful having the means to do things myself. ;D Quick update: After printing the toe, I was unsatisfied with the hard, angular look. The studio model clearly had a more curved appearance. It bugged me that mine wasn't curved. So I revisited my 3D model. Before going further, please allow me a moment to vent: To get this far in the build I researched for 1 freakin' month. I reverse engineered the armature from two freakin' b&w photos. I setup a small machine shop in my freakin' garage. I taught myself how to freakin' machine metal. Most recently, I built a freakin' 3D printer. None of this freakin' work was harder than creating these freakin' curved surfaces in freakin' SketchUp. Thank you. I'm better now. Here's a comparison of the old vs. new: [ATTACH=full]63025[/ATTACH] And here's an in-process of the shin shroud and finished toes: [ATTACH=full]63026[/ATTACH] If wasn't so late, I'd print the toes. But not tonight. Another update will follow in the next few days. [/QUOTE]

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