Burnout is real :D and Cad Bane blaster

A weird way to start the post , right ? :) - but more on that later, i'll talk about the project first :)

So as some of you allready knew i was working on Cad Bane blaster for a while. Now the bad thing is even tho we do have some info about the blaster we dont have many clear images.

So what we do know is the base of the blaster is the Colt 1851 - so i told myself "I'm gonna build this one the way they built it for the show" - or at least try to :D

So what i did was first i created the Colt 1851 replica to work on as a base mesh, but since it was allready half way done i just created this one bcs i wanted to take a stab at modeling  3d printable historical weapons , so here is the first one from mysterymakers.

I liked it so ofcourse i gave it a simplified but still functional single trigger action.

Then i saw people used to decorate these guns with ornaments, so what the heck, i created the ornaments version as well :D  but be aware some "ornamental" parts are not suited for filament 3d printing, but i figured resin print fans will love it , and some parts are suitable for filament prints so you can mix them both.

That being done, i use the base mesh and logic on how they woud approach to build the blaster for the show. So some hard parts had to stay the same, and i feel pretty good about the way this one looks.

Oh right the Cad Bane blaster also has a "working"  trigger , just a little touch some of you might like :)

I have test printed the mechanism and it works, but will share more photos and elastic band i used in the following days, buf for now , lets print some historical guns and Cad Bane's gun as well :)

There are 2 folders - one is the Colt 1851 , and the other the Cad Bane Blaster, enjoy :)

(THE LINK IS AT THE END OF THE POST)

And the burnout - yes it finally happened, i was warned about it , i've worked for over 3 months straight with no breaks and then it happened :D i've found myself sitting at my pc starring at the screen and i could not produce a single thing. NOTHING. :D I've been working on another proejct that i might share later but i couldnt bring myself to complete a single part. Took a few days off, restarted my brain and abandoned all open projects and jumped to something new ( the project i shared now). So now i know how to approach all of it even better, with a healthy dose of breaks. FInally started hitting the gym, and i think the work/life balance is a bit better now.

That being said, my batteries are charged, and im looking forward to new projects.

SOrry for my long rambling, i might consider doing blog posts or video blogs in the future, let me know if that would be of interest to you but im tossing that idea out there.

However some online hangouts, where we can talk/chill, im definatelly gonna work on that and schedule something, so we all get to know ech other a bit more  :)

Happy printing :