Spalah 1/35 Resting Staker

[frank2056]

This is going to be both a build and brief technical study of the "Resting Staker from Universe of "STALKER" games": Spalah Stalker



First off, this is a flawless 3D print. There are no layer lines visible, so they're printing with around 20um (micron) layer height and roughly 20um pixel size. The painting guide is a color sheet with color callouts. There's what appears to be a flat spot at the top of the head, but it's more apparent in the pictures than on the print. So maybe a 99.9% flawless print.

For fellow 3D printers, their supports are interesting. They're using medium or small supports with a small contact area (The contact area is 0.35-0.4mm) and they use quite a few. The result is again, a flawless print with no deformation of the part. Here's zoom from their ATV Quadrobike



The box contains the stalker, a wooden (ammo?) box and an axe. Here's the figure right out of the box:



I removed the supports with care. One trick when removing supports from a thick or large piece is to use a hair dryer on high on the supports for about 10 seconds. This softens the contact points and the supports can be removed with a finger, leaving little or no damage on the part. This only works on thick or large parts that have a higher thermal mass than the supports, so they don't deform. If the part is thin, or is the diameter of the supports or smaller, the hair dryer method will deform the part or break it off. Use caution. For instance, I cut the supports from the fingers and from the axe with cutters, first, but used the hair dryer on the underside of the figure and on the box.

Here is the figure, ready to paint:

[NARSES2]

Thanks for the tip re the haidryer    Just got my first 3D printed parts and can see me getting more.

[Old Wombat]

I want to buy their complete STALKER range! 

Whether I do or not is another question entirely! 

So, I'll be watching! 


Apropos of nothing;

I received a Legend Productions "LBT Assault Pack w/Gerber Tomahawk Set" today - this one was traditional cast resin, the previous set I bought was 3D printed. 

[frank2056]

Thanks for the tip re the haidryer    Just got my first 3D printed parts and can see me getting more.

Be very careful, because the heat will soften the resin quite a bit. If the part has thin (1-2mm) walls or thickness, just snip the supports off.

[NARSES2]

Thanks for the tip re the haidryer    Just got my first 3D printed parts and can see me getting more.

Be very careful, because the heat will soften the resin quite a bit. If the part has thin (1-2mm) walls or thickness, just snip the supports off.

Noted 

[frank2056]

Mostly finished. I missed a couple of shading spots and maybe a coat of flat (some of the shiny spots are shiny because they're still wet). Great little figure kit. I have several more like it.

Outdoors, with a rusty old satellite dish in the background. I used Tamiya interference  material for the goggles:



The fingernails are a slightly redder color, but they don't show in these pictures:







Indoors, on a rocky alpine mat:

[Old Wombat]

He's looking really good, Frank! 

But, with all those ammo pouches, I'd be giving him an AK or similar.

[PR19_Kit]

What's 'Tamiya Interference Material'? I've never heard of it before.

[NARSES2]

Looking good 

[frank2056]

What's 'Tamiya Interference Material'? I've never heard of it before.

It's also known as an "anti reflection coating" but optically, they're thin film interference filters.

Anyway, they're made by Hasegawa, not Tamiya...

Trim Film Polarize Finish Brown-Cyan TF903

The sheets are hard to find now.

[Old Wombat]

AFV Club do them, too, but usually cut to suit certain AFV models.

[scooter]

But, with all those ammo pouches, I'd be giving him an AK or similar.

I had similar pouches for my M-16 in Iraq, but the whole plate carrier set up screams "Russian" to me.

 

[PR19_Kit]

It's also known as an "anti reflection coating" but optically, they're thin film interference filters.

Anyway, they're made by Hasegawa, not Tamiya...

Trim Film Polarize Finish Brown-Cyan TF903

The sheets are hard to find now.

Oh thanks, not something I've ever come across before.