I was about to put in my two weeks notice I when i had to run out to one of our sites to update the firewall. Fortunately, i happened to have a 3d printed "dick-o-saur" in my backpack, and placed him atop the rack before taking new photos for documentation.

Fosho

Printed plastic, but I'm glad my paint job made you question! I do wish the gears turned, but the model designer was trying to emulate what he saw in the game, which didn't seem to care about real functional parts, haha

Hell ya it do!

Thank you! I have high hopes 😉

Thanks! I do wish the EL wire was a bit brighter, but when the lights are all off it looks great!

Thanks!!!

Here's a quick rundown:

• printed all parts in PETG
• Sprayed all parts with multiple liberal coats of sand and fill primer
• sanded things down with disposable nail files (wasnt too finicky, mostly wanted to smooth the box part and get rid of some bad layer lines on the posts)
• wiped everything down to get rid of the dust (i sanded only a few hours after spraying, so there was hardly any dust anyway, but just to be sure
• based coated all parts in metallic gunmetal (sans "neon")
• heavy metallic silver dry brush over most everything
• assembled it
• dry brush stippled dark rust around most the rivets/edges, and anywhere grime would settle (way easier to tell where that would be when its full assembled)
• Dry brush stippled bright orange rust color over top of the brown areas where corrosion would be worst
• came back through with light silver dry brush in non corroded area (i got a little overzealous with the dark rust color)
• used a homemade oil wash (black and burnt ochre oil paints mixed with some mineral spirits) over top of all the gears, and ran a heavily loaded brush along the top edges and over rivet, letting the wash drip dpwn the sides.
• after it dried for 5-10 minutes, i used an old frayed brush to lightly drag the wash down to make the big drips look for natural
• After i was done, I realized i overdid it a bit again, and went back through with some mineral spirits and cotton swabs to re-expose some of the "bare metal" in the centers of the panels. I love oil washes! You have a ridiculous amount of time to manipulate the paint before it dries up, and looks terrific after it's dry.

And there you have it!

1000%

Haha, thanks! He's a fellow gamer, so i get to work on cool 3D printing projects without clogging up my living space with knick knacks. 😆

I printed/painted this for him a couple years ago (sorry for potato quality photo):

Thanks, done!

It crossed my mind, and i want to SO BAD, but unfortunately i don't have enough time to print out something large enough to house it. But maybe for Christmas! Lol

Apologies, the issue has been rectified 🙂

Here it is lit up!

Shhhh

Boss

I think you may be conflating things a bit. Atheism is simply a lack of belief in gods, it doesn't automatically come with a particular worldview. Worldviews are much more broad, as the name would imply. They encompass a set of values and assumptions about life. Atheism doesn't prescribe how someone views politics, morality, or society. Those are shaped by other philosophies like humanism or existentialism.

I agree that no one is immune to the dysfunctions of collective action, and atheists can certainly fall prey to the same human errors and biases that affect any group. However, attributing those flaws to atheism itself misses the point. The fact that individuals with different beliefs, whether religious or non-religious, have varying behaviors doesn't stem from atheism as a 'worldview'—it's part of the complex nature of human society.

Criticism of specific worldviews is valid, but atheism as a simple lack of belief in gods doesn't operate on the same level as belief systems that come with doctrines and tenets.

Calling atheism a belief is like calling bald a hair color. Or like saying 'not collecting stamps' is a hobby

That immediately stuck out to me as well, what a lame excuse not to patch. I've been in IT for a while now, and I've never worked in any shop that would let that slide.