Model finished and on display!

The final product is ready to showcase and we also had 2 minutes to present our idea and creation to the other classmates and lecturers:

Things I learned:

• more confident in illustrator! + more photoshop use
• learned how to generally use Zbrush and prepare files to be 3D printed (also expensive!)
• what materials and paints etc work well for making models and how to display them.
• Form 1 printers give a very nice and smooth model print so there is little cleanup necessary - give them a wash with soap, and maybe clean with isopropyl, sand and cure a bit in the sun but nothing much else.
• how to create a silicon and resin copy if I wanted to

Things I could've done differently:

• alternate packaging designs
• resizing the model so I didn't have issues with putting magnets in the arms / ordering smaller magnets??
• allowing more time for painting, especially because of the fine detailing needed
• possibly doing more bogging because there were some chipped pieces from the 3D printing which effected some of the shaping of the model but it was relatively minor.
• more features, such as a site link, collectable cards etc...

Overall I'm pretty pleased with the outcome of the model so I don't think there's a huge amount that could be changed about it, maybe just adding things to the package or model.

Models primed + design sheet runthrough/final colouring

I primed my models with a grey primer before painting, it helps to add more of a textured coating to hold the paint. It also really brings out the detail (and imperfections :P ):

After painting and then packaging my models I took a photo. The painting I did over 1 evening and the next day. There's some super fiddly bits to detail like the eyes ugh...I think in future I'd like to varnish the model to protect the paint better:

As a general runthrough of what purpose the toy serves/how to play with it and how to put it together + its origin, I have attached my design sheets here:

Refined character sheet final

I wasn't totally happy with my initial character sheet, so I redrew it with my character to scale (on A3 paper) and a coloured pose + large view. It also contains more information about the character:

Final box layout + packaging sheet

Here is my final packaging net layout. I've added a lot more small details into it, in addition, the portraits of the other collectible characters and a copy of the accessories on the back so that the customer will know what should be contained within the package:

Here are the portraits also for a closer view. I vectorised them in illustrator before placing them onto my packaging:

 Here is my final packaging sheet for hand in. I just talks about the aesthetic and relationship between the packaging and figurine/accessories and why I went with the overall design. There is also a rendered view of what it would look like put together:

3D printed model

Here is my 3D printed model and pieces after cleaning, bogging and sanding down protruding edges and excess bog.
I drilled a hole for the neck and head to turn in the top of the torso and at the waist there are 2 magnets drilled and inserted with super glue. Unfortunately the arms can't turn because there was not enough room for me to place the magnets into them so I had to superglue them on. The next step is just to prime the model before painting so that the paint stays on well.