Hiigaran Battlecruiser - Maximum Battleship Homeworld 2 by Verskon

Last crawled date: 3 years, 1 month ago

A maximum battleship concept for Homeworld 2's Hiigaran battlecruiser. I'm new to modeling so this is more of a mashup than proper modeling as I still havn't been able to fix Jooxoe3i's model enough for it to be a solid and easily manipulable model.
This is designed to be printed at 119% scaling for a 1/5000 scale model. This also allows for some more detail on the missile pods and a comfortable 22cm long model. Printing on the side or vertically allows the model to retain detail even when scaled down significantly but would be a weaker print than when printing flat.
May 2017 update: printing @ 50% with a .25mm nozzle or smaller works too! You could probably go a bit smaller in easy 'cut model' mode or super small when guns are oriented vertically. Strength laying down is no problem.
I plan to add ballast of some sort (lead/steel/sand and glue?)when I print for a heftier experience.
Ideas: Print image scaled to paper (top @ 88%ish for 22cm model on 8.5x11 paper) to visualize model and gun sizes.
Drill/melt interference hole on model for turret nail to simply be inserted. Friction should keep them from falling out. If model is sliced, retention hot glue glob can be used on the inside as a stopper.
Insert magnet when printing, securing with glue, for neat stand mechanics or fridge model.
To Do: Model stand, turret mounting mechanism for turret rotation, Fix Eye of Horus symbol for printing, design articulated barrel turrets