ECTO GOGGLES MOVIE
ECTO GOGGLES FULL

ECTO GOGGLES FULL

Without primer the acrylic paint looks ok under normal lighting but in dark areas with the LED’s on it’s obvious that there’s areas that didn’t get full coverage. I was running up against the clock for Halloween so I got impatient and I skipped primer and went straight to acrylic paints. Once the print was finished I removed the supports (not pictured) and sanded everything smooth in preparation for painting. In hindsight I should’ve also removed the build plate adhesion setting as it made the small parts a pain to clean up. The smaller parts were then printed with similar settings but without supports as they weren’t needed.

In hindsight I should’ve slowed the print to 40mm/s which has been the most stable for my printer and I should’ve increased the heat (to 240C) to better adhere the layers together. I attempted to mend the separated layers with some success using a lighter (notice the burn marks). The second attempt finished but there was some layer separation. The 60mm/s print speed caused a layer shift in the first attempt so I had to scrap and start over after already putting in a few hours.

The results of these settings worked but in hindsight they were not ideal. Speed: 60mm/s (Should have been 40mm/s).Hotend Temp: 235C (Should have been 240C, I’ll explain…).These were my settings: Ecto Goggle Base Print Settings That side happened to be the side that goes against your face with the forehead and nose groove. I sliced and printed the base first and oriented it so that the widest portion in width and height was at the bottom. I loaded the objects into Cura, my slicer of choice, and I had to start by scaling the models by 10 (1,000%).

The print process was fairly straight forward. PrintingĪfter some searching I decided to start with the Ecto Goggles ( ) as there was some good makes posted by others in the community and I thought I could accomplish build completion before Halloween.

ECTO GOGGLES MOVIE

So I did what any geek with a 3D printer and a desire to make a movie prop would do I turned to Thingiverse and this is what happened next. So when I found a Ghostbusters Adult costume at a Goodwill for $6.99 I had to buy it but then I quickly realized I felt incomplete without a Proton Pack, PKE Meter, Ghost Trap, & Ecto Goggles. From Ecto Cooler Hi-C to the Kenner Firehouse and the VHS tapes that were on repeat constantly. As a child born in the 80’s Ghostbusters was my childhood.

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