3D-printing Feudal Guard... pt. IX

I have been printing a Feudal Guard Baneblade... 

Picture courtesy of TMC...

Printing this beast has been quite a challenge. All the parts are cut to fit small scale resin printers like my Elegoo MARS. Even so, the bigger parts were pretty tricky to get right. It turns out that orientation and support are a lot more crucial when it involves large items. I lowered the lift speed and switched to heavier supports. 

Exploded view... Picture courtesy of TMC...

Most of the parts... Still waiting on the final print to finish...

Everything combined, the printing took well over 100 hours. I also managed to botch one of the bigger pieces so I had to re-print that as well, adding almost 20 hours to the total tally...

Sub-assembly... 

Due to some warping I had to sand and file a bit and I will have to fill some gaps. Apart from those little things the whole assembly went smoothly.

Size comparison... Next to a FG Leman Russ, it's pretty huge...

The shrine is easily one of the best detailed bits of the whole model...

After finishing the last print, the model is finally completed... It has taken me two weeks to print all the bits and pieces, but that was totally worth it!

The Baneblade in all it's glory...

Even though I was very carefull with the settings, some of the bigger pieces warped a bit while printing and curing. I needed to sand and file certain parts and the model needed some filling between the larger pieces. Even so, these were very minor adjustments; the kit is designed and cut very well. As far as I can tell, it is easily as detailed as the plastic GW kit, it looks A LOT better and only cost me half as much... Besides, printing things this big, gives a real kick...

The white lines is where the model needed some filling...

The models weighs just under a 1000 grammes... 

As can be seen in the picture above, the Baneblade almost weighs a full kilogramme. As all parts need supports, printing it has taken me a full 1 liter bottle of resin and a good part of another... 

Having completed this complicated and very big model, it is safe to say that there will be more; pulling something like this from my printer has given me quite a kick... I do intend to add a Stormlord to the printing que, but not before I finish dome smaller projects first...