{"id":5689,"date":"2021-12-24T06:35:14","date_gmt":"2021-12-24T11:35:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/?p=5689"},"modified":"2021-12-23T16:57:41","modified_gmt":"2021-12-23T21:57:41","slug":"sabertooth-tiger-3d-printing-painting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/2021\/12\/24\/sabertooth-tiger-3d-printing-painting\/","title":{"rendered":"Sabertooth Tiger &#8211; 3D printing &#038; Painting"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:167,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.thingiverse.com\\\/thing:3931638&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:168,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/png.is\\\/f\\\/sabertooth-tiger-saber-tooth-tiger-png-free-transparent-png\\\/comdlpng6936002-201911182331.html&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/ig1-3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-5690\" src=\"https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/ig1-3-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"584\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/ig1-3-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/ig1-3-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/ig1-3-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/ig1-3-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/ig1-3-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/ig1-3-2048x2048.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/ig1-3-120x120.jpg 120w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I printed this sabertooth tiger model from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thingiverse.com\/thing:3931638\">Thingiverse # 3931638<\/a> and painted it with acrylic paints.<\/p>\n<p>Although not perfect for FDM printing, the 3D print wasn&#8217;t too bad, and looked relatively sharp after priming.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/web-print-primed.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-5692\" src=\"https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/web-print-primed-1024x512.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"292\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/web-print-primed-1024x512.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/web-print-primed-300x150.png 300w, https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/web-print-primed-768x384.png 768w, https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/web-print-primed-1536x768.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/web-print-primed-500x250.png 500w, https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/web-print-primed.png 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I painted on a base coat of dark yellow to brown colors, decided it was too dark, so lightened it up with a few areas of brighter yellow.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/web-base-coats-yellow-coverage.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-5693\" src=\"https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/web-base-coats-yellow-coverage-1024x512.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"292\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/web-base-coats-yellow-coverage-1024x512.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/web-base-coats-yellow-coverage-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/web-base-coats-yellow-coverage-768x384.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/web-base-coats-yellow-coverage-1536x768.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/web-base-coats-yellow-coverage-500x250.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/web-base-coats-yellow-coverage.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Then I dry brushed more brown and orange over the model, painted the rock on the base gray, and added some white details (claws, teeth, inside ears and above eyes) plus some black (for the eyes and above the ears).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/ig3-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-5694\" src=\"https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/ig3-2-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"584\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/ig3-2-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/ig3-2-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/ig3-2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/ig3-2-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/ig3-2-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/ig3-2-2048x2048.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/ig3-2-120x120.jpg 120w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>You can compare this to my <a href=\"https:\/\/png.is\/f\/sabertooth-tiger-saber-tooth-tiger-png-free-transparent-png\/comdlpng6936002-201911182331.html\">reference photo<\/a> (which has a lot more orange on it&#8230;) to see how well I did.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I printed this sabertooth tiger model from Thingiverse # 3931638 and painted it with acrylic paints. Although not perfect for FDM printing, the 3D print wasn&#8217;t too bad, and looked relatively sharp after priming. I painted on a base coat &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/2021\/12\/24\/sabertooth-tiger-3d-printing-painting\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[144],"class_list":["post-5689","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-projects","tag-minifigs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5689","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5689"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5689\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5696,"href":"https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5689\/revisions\/5696"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5689"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5689"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5689"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}