{"id":13916,"date":"2024-10-30T16:20:00","date_gmt":"2024-10-30T03:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tameion.co.nz\/?p=13916"},"modified":"2024-12-29T16:46:06","modified_gmt":"2024-12-29T03:46:06","slug":"lord-of-the-rings-gondorian-fountain-guard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tameion.co.nz\/?p=13916","title":{"rendered":"Lord of the Rings &#8211; Gondorian Fountain Guard Pyke"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong><em><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-accent-1-color\">Getting to the Point&#8230;<\/mark><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I had an awesome time with Liam, a long time friend and member of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/WhangareiMCC\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/WhangareiMCC\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Whangarei Medieval Combat Club<\/a>. Liam needed two spears heads for his Lord of the Rings Gondor Fountain Guard cosplay.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>T<span style=\"font-size: revert; text-indent: 0em;\">hanks to one of my long term sponsors I was able to use my <a href=\"https:\/\/www.creality.com\/products\/halot-sky-3d-printer\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.creality.com\/products\/halot-sky-3d-printer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Creality Halot Resin Printer<\/a><\/span> to first generate a miniature of the pyke to test the STL file. It worked perfectly so I decided to try a sliced full size version. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Once finished I was able to join all the pieces together using liquid resin and a UV torch, then spray on a bit of primer, and finally a coat or two of metallic silver paint.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This was my first attempt at something so big and the result was amazing! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"529\" height=\"1024\" data-attachment-id=\"13921\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.tameion.co.nz\/?attachment_id=13921\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.tameion.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Lord-of-the-Rings-Gondor-Fountain-Guard-1.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"535,1035\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" 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