{"id":1170,"date":"2022-04-11T00:00:58","date_gmt":"2022-04-11T07:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.navadesigns.net\/updates\/?p=1170"},"modified":"2022-04-09T23:08:01","modified_gmt":"2022-04-10T06:08:01","slug":"3d-printed-pirate-loot-on-etsy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.navadesigns.net\/updates\/3d-printed-pirate-loot-on-etsy\/","title":{"rendered":"3D Printed Pirate Loot on Etsy"},"content":{"rendered":"

I recently began an ambitious project to recreate the talking skull from Disneyland’s Pirates of the Caribbean attraction. I normally wouldn’t consider tackling something like this, but now I can use my 3D printer to produce parts that I would have had to sculpt by hand (I’m really bad at sculpting).<\/p>\n

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\"Skull<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Skull<\/a><\/p>\n

The idea to recreate the iconic talking skull came from a 3D print that I found on Thingiverse<\/a><\/em> (thanks, twconstantine). The project lacked files for the hat’s skull & crossbones, so I modeled my own using Blender<\/a>. Then, I modeled the swords from scratch so that they were more accurate and so that I could slice them into smaller, printable pieces. About the only file from the original Thingiverse<\/em> project that I kept was the skull, but I had to slice that into smaller pieces, too.<\/p>\n

Since I wanted to recreate the talking skull from the “Pirates of the Caribbean” movie makeover, I was going to have to find Jack Sparrow’s beads. I already have a set of Master Replicas’ piece of eight dangle, but that one is in my personal collection; I want another set used exclusively for the talking skull. Most of the ones online sell for $90 and upwards\u2014fortunately, I found a set on eBay<\/em> for about $40.<\/p>\n

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\"Pirate<\/a><\/p>\n

As for the long, Kuchi bead strand, there are many online at varying price points . . . and varying designs. Sadly, the majority of them strayed from the design used in both the”Dead Man’s Chest” and “At World’s End” films. The few that were really<\/em> good ended up being far too expensive. So, I turned to Blender to model my own version.<\/p>\n

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\"Pirate<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Pirate<\/a><\/p>\n

The beads and the skull & crossbones look awesome after I painted them. Now that I have my items printed, the files were destined to sit on my computer for a long time. I thought about releasing the files online, but the recent allegations of Disney stealing<\/a> an artist’s tiki drummer 3D print<\/a> has me hesitant. So, I opened up a personal Etsy<\/em> shop<\/a> where I could sell physical 3D prints.<\/p>\n

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\"Pirate<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Pirate<\/a><\/p>\n

Since I’m a caregiver for a family member, I’m pretty much stuck at home. So, selling on Etsy<\/em> is a great way to bring in some extra money.<\/p>\n

All of my prints are unpainted and unassembled do-it-yourself kits. Printing, cleaning, assembling, and painting would be excessively time consuming and cost prohibitive for me to do personally.<\/p>\n

To commemorate the opening of my personal Etsy<\/em> store, I am also offering a limited-time discount of 15% for the rest of April, 2022. Use promo code PIRATELOOT15<\/a> at checkout.
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