My 3D printer is in the process of printing out a large equestrian statue of Napoleon. It's from an 1830's casting by Emmanual Fremiet - this ( I think ) is the original
![napoleon.jpg napoleon.jpg](https://www.scale-models.co.uk/data/attachments/379/379233-de956c818dccd50f9e0a595fee596cd0.jpg)
How big it is, I've no idea - nothing to scale it by...............
As is usual, smaller bronze versions were cast, like this
![fremiet napoleon.jpg fremiet napoleon.jpg](https://www.scale-models.co.uk/data/attachments/379/379234-7b5e30a8b03063e0fdfb143301c81537.jpg)
The statue is split into 11 parts, to fit on the printer build plate. It's difficullt to put a scale on the as yet incomplete parts, but I think it's around 1/6 ( the base is 300mm long! ).
Now, assuming that I can treat the joint lines, how do I paint this?
Do I paint it Antique Bronze, or weathered like the original? - OR paint it to resemble marble, or even with natural colours ( although my horse painting skills are rudimentary )? - I feel that he'd look too much like a dressed up Action Man if I did that!
Each part is taking on average 7-8 hours to print, so it's quite a long term task.
Anybody any thoughts or experience of painting such a large statue?
This comes from https://fab365.net/items/48 the model itself was free, but only as a reward for buying a Apollo 11 Command and service module - it's a slow to load Korean site, but it has some really interesting models to print - including some Star Wars items ( AT-T, Tie Fighters, X Fighter, R2D2, Millenium Falcon, Mandalorian Razor Crest & others ) which look quite effective, some at quite a huge scale
Dave
![napoleon.jpg napoleon.jpg](https://www.scale-models.co.uk/data/attachments/379/379233-de956c818dccd50f9e0a595fee596cd0.jpg)
How big it is, I've no idea - nothing to scale it by...............
As is usual, smaller bronze versions were cast, like this
![fremiet napoleon.jpg fremiet napoleon.jpg](https://www.scale-models.co.uk/data/attachments/379/379234-7b5e30a8b03063e0fdfb143301c81537.jpg)
The statue is split into 11 parts, to fit on the printer build plate. It's difficullt to put a scale on the as yet incomplete parts, but I think it's around 1/6 ( the base is 300mm long! ).
Now, assuming that I can treat the joint lines, how do I paint this?
Do I paint it Antique Bronze, or weathered like the original? - OR paint it to resemble marble, or even with natural colours ( although my horse painting skills are rudimentary )? - I feel that he'd look too much like a dressed up Action Man if I did that!
Each part is taking on average 7-8 hours to print, so it's quite a long term task.
Anybody any thoughts or experience of painting such a large statue?
This comes from https://fab365.net/items/48 the model itself was free, but only as a reward for buying a Apollo 11 Command and service module - it's a slow to load Korean site, but it has some really interesting models to print - including some Star Wars items ( AT-T, Tie Fighters, X Fighter, R2D2, Millenium Falcon, Mandalorian Razor Crest & others ) which look quite effective, some at quite a huge scale
Dave