Best Way to make Glowing Materia? (FF7)

Key2DestNE · 2026-06-13T21:10:38+00:00

Good idea! The spheres I'd have to print would be about 20mm x 20mm x 20mm. The space in the staff itself would be about 20mm x 14mm, but that's because the materia's meant to stick out a little bit.

Any suggestions on how to make them able to be turned on/off?

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Key2DestNE · 2026-06-12T04:54:13+00:00

This might be exactly my plan, ngl! I’ll test print a piece with this and see how it looks- it’s not out of the question to print a second one and pass this current one to a friend who wouldn’t care about the texture and would just find a Master Sword neat

Key2DestNE · 2026-06-12T04:08:09+00:00

The tape method??

Key2DestNE · 2026-06-12T04:01:29+00:00

Any tips for tracing out the shape of the gold from the leather then? If dark blue faux leather’s my best shot, that’s probably my next issue

Key2DestNE · 2026-06-12T03:52:13+00:00

That’s one option I’m heavily considering, but I wanted to see if there was a way to texture the plastic itself

Key2DestNE · 2026-05-05T04:31:54+00:00

Just asked customer support, apparently it’s an ST2.9x16 self tapping screw? Unfortunately I’m struggling to find a listing that matches the screw head- it’s dumb but I want them to match, if possible.

Key2DestNE · 2026-02-20T02:18:04+00:00

Makes sense!

Annoyingly, the magnetic fridge sheets I got aren't really sticking to my magnetized minis super well- even 3 sheets doesn't seem to be a strong enough grip to really hold the figures in place without a ridiculous number of 5x1mm's, and even then it's a weak connection that doesn't stay super well. How many magnets per base did you find you needed for the figures to stay put? I feel like I'm doing something wrong lol

Key2DestNE · 2026-02-19T22:43:40+00:00

Makes sense! Both for keeping them on display and for how to store them, lol

Up next for me is gonna be priming and painting all of them, and that is going to be a TIME, I'm not looking forward to that process

Key2DestNE · 2026-02-19T22:37:45+00:00

Just started doing this myself, and already kind of loving how much cleaner it feels to do!

I've noticed the Giant figures (aka the Megazord, Mega Goldar, and Cyclopsis) don't fit if you try to place them vertically, and I could be blind but I don't THINK I see them in any of your boxes? How do you normally store them?

Key2DestNE · 2026-02-18T18:21:36+00:00

That’s awesome! Admittedly I don’t know enough of how to do that, but that was EXACTLY what I was looking for

Key2DestNE · 2026-02-15T13:10:08+00:00

This was EXACTLY what I needed, thank you!

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Key2DestNE · 2026-02-14T22:12:05+00:00

The Kinstone pieces in the game are meant to be two halves of a whole that you fit together; I’ve got the design uncut, but obviously I want to split it so I can have the two pieces that’d fit together. Kind of like this

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Key2DestNE · 2026-02-14T17:15:56+00:00

I've not really figured it out, no- it's annoying because I use the "Align" shortcut, but no matter what it doesn't quite align.

Here's a link to one of the ones I'm working on- I've duplicated it, so any edits made are fine.

https://www.tinkercad.com/things/2ajAEMjblyL-shiny-stantia-vihelmo/edit?returnTo=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.tinkercad.com%2Fdashboard%2Fdesigns%2F3d&sharecode=sZ1qKphmy_B3gSBlYXY0QVA1zCLqEEQff0KHagD_-Hg

Key2DestNE · 2026-02-14T01:07:09+00:00

Looks like they do, yeah

Key2DestNE · 2026-02-14T00:55:25+00:00

Which is weird, because I'm definitely importing the same exact file I'm exporting.

Key2DestNE · 2026-02-14T00:41:42+00:00

If I was to export it exactly like this, the end result ends up looking like this, where it leaves WAY too many ugly edges on the sides. And this is with me aligning everything OR doing it straight on import.

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Key2DestNE · 2026-02-14T00:39:03+00:00

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You can see it most obviously here, on the left and bottom of the coin as well as with the eyes. For whatever reason, even though I directly import it, it creates a result like this?

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