3D file for Zygomaturas

[ox mclaren]

I have been asked to build a life sized 3d Zygomaturas.
I had never heard of them before and had to google to see what they actually looked like.

My question is are there any smart people on here capable of doing me a 3d dxf design for this thing?

[tinspark]

Are you looking for the skeleton?
I didn’t know what it is either.
This thing looks pretty cool.
https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/zygomat ... 331e664ec0

[ox mclaren]

That’s cool but they actually want like a life size polygon sculpture.

[tinspark]

Wow, that will take some time. I did a quick search, and there is not a lot out there on this animal. There are a lot of members on here that do 3-D modeling. I am a 2D only guy at this time. But if you can get a small version of one already done, you could measure it up and scale it up, possibly. I was watching a video yesterday on the Miller welding website. A metal artisan built a raven 3-D. He took pictures and scaled it up and was able to make metal art that way, but it was more gears and scrap metal which looked good but isn’t what you were looking for. Sorry I couldn’t help but maybe someone here can or knows some resource that’ll help you.

[adbuch]

What Doug said - as far as getting a smaller 3D version and measuring it. Maybe something like one of these plastic models.

https://www.cgtrader.com/3d-models?author=TelergyStudio

3D models.jpg

You could also post for 3D help wanted here:
https://www.cgtrader.com/3d-modeling-jobs

The best thing would be if you could get a solid model (mesh or stl) and then you could bring it into Fusion 360 and slice it up and build a buck to take your flat patterns from.

What is a buck?
Something like this one below. The buck is like a 3D pattern you can use to fit your metal pieces to and then weld together.

Cobra+-+Front+with+Buck+Half.47.jpg

If you can get a 3D model, then you can slice it up like the example I showed here.
https://plasmaspider.com/viewtopic.php? ... ad#p241950

trojan head stl.jpg

trojan head stl 4.jpg

You would slice it up in 2 directions - front to back and side to side - to create the flat patterns to be used to cut your actual buck pieces. Most of this is pretty straight forward - the hardest part is to come up with the solid model. I expect that one of the more talented 3D designers could do this for you from photos - for a price.

If you are doing this for a customer, perhaps check to see what their actual budget is before pursuing this much further. If you are doing it mainly for fun and education - then have at it.

Good luck!!

David