Psychobob, creator of 3D printed Atlas co-op bot, has a lot of experience creating awesome 3D models of game characters and pieces. His Atlas from Portal 2 impressed us with all the amazingly details. Now Psychobob is back with another new 3D printed project, something a little different this time: the Sentry guns from Team Fortress 2.
The idea Psychobob has come up with on this project is actually that the gun can be upgraded from level 1. The sentry is split up into 3 separate “products” and just like in the game, you can’t build a level 3 gun without first building/upgrading the previous leveled guns. Psychobob has designed it so none of the gun requires glue to assemble so you can always be able to upgrade later by adding an upgrade pack.
For raising funds for his next project, Psychobob is selling this model on Shapeways. All the models come unpainted and Psychobob shows you on his blog how he painted and applied the finishes to the parts….
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That is awesome. If only he could make it shoot…