Sky Fortress Studio

Building things real and imagined

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Star Trek Strange New World Communicator

Also built from a SaxonProps/Limebuilds mode. This communicator is a pleasure to print and build. The moire pattern and buttons are laser-printed 2D elements. I’ll also show a 3DTechDesign Communicator later which is both more-simplified and also more parts, which sounds strange but… you’ll see. Also shown are: – A case I designed and built to
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Star Trek Strange New Worlds Phaser

There’s not much I can say about this model by SaxonProps/Limeybuilds but “Wow”. It’s a fantastic model, full stop. I’ve also built the model by 3dTechDesign, but I prefer SaxonProps by far. By the way, the paint is VHT SP403 Engine Metallic Titanium Silver Blue. I’ve now built about 5 of these and, apart from
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Star Trek Discovery Phaser

I had previously built two Disco phasers: One that was too small and somewhat inaccurate, and other full-sized FDM printed and laboriously sanded version for my friend Christopher. Finally I got around to making a resin-oprinted version for myself at studio scale (which is, I should note, a very chonky boy). 3D model by ajethridge
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Oscillation Overthruster

I have two friends named Jon. Both are Buckaroo Banzai fans. So I’ve built Oscillation Overthrusters for two Jons. Trust me, all the Jo(h)n Bigboote jokes have been made already. This is Jon R’s with stand. 3D model by Stephen Stand model by me.
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Samaritan Stand

I’ve neglected to post this one for some time, but finally put it up on Thingiverse. I know that I’ve given at least one person permission to sell it, so I’ve made the license just CC-Attribution. Sell away, Samaritan makers. It’s really pretty simple, after all, and you’ll need to provide some parts yourself to
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2001: A Space Odyssey suit control pad replica

This is a [somewhat old now] replica of the arm control unit on the spacesuits from 2001: A Space Odyssey. I modeled and printed the it in four pieces: the IBM button, the top and bottom rows of buttons, and the chassis. The two metallic buttons are covered in aluminum tape and then sanded for
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Miskatonic reagent bottles

Labels designed in Photoshop and printed on waterslide decal. I may sell some of these on my Etsy shop in a bit once I find a better supply of bottles.
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Spinner brand Aerodyne plate

My imagining of what the vehicle ID plate for a Spinner from Blade Runner might look like. Spinner logo created in Illustrator. Plate designed in Illustrator and printed on clear clear label sheet, then mounted on an aluminum plate. The ‘weathering’ was actually a printer glitch, but I liked it and left it as-is.