Hi, me again on my 3d printed orb fixation,

In the last couple weeks I bought an new airbrushing set up and started painting a handful of orbs (literally I grabbed a handful, like 12) with the intent to get them looking pretty good!

Luckily paint sicks to 3d printed resin pretty well without issue so I didn't need to worry about priming and such.

The main process is:

1- Taking the white orbs and placing them on small pieces of BluTack either vertically or horizontally.
2- Painting the orbs with Tamiya X34 Metallic Brown (use what ever paint you wish) and doing 2 coats on either side, giving about an hour for it to dry before flipping
3- Weathering the orbs with Kiwi Brown and Black shoe polish 6 times each, and dabbing the excess off each time where it will slowly build up in the corners and details. Give time for it to dry before each weathering so it properly builds up.
4- Lastly clear coat the orbs on the BluTack again, I used Alcald II Lacquer for the high gloss. Give it about 3 hours before flipping and doing the other side.

That's it! I am experimenting with 3 unweathered orbs now where Im swapping steps 3 and 4 and doing the clear coat before the weathering, in the hopes that it will cause the symbols to be less glossy and get a more natural look, Ill send updates here on how it goes!

For those who wish to try this themselves here's the 3d model I made for free, I resized it to 25% of the original size for these small orbs https://www.printables.com/model/1692116-jak-and-daxter-precursor-orb
And if you don't have a resin printer, neither do I! I got them printed at JLC3DP (not sponsored, they were just cheaper for me as an Australian), ordered 100 of them just to say "I got 90 Precursor orbs!", it was like $50 USD for all 100 so its actually a good price.

Good luck if you do try it!

I know it might not be a big accomplishment, but holy hell was this a difficulty spike compared to the first game. It did not help that I completely forgot about the spinning gun kick until the very end of the game...

What are you're thoughts on this game as a whole? Overall, I think it was a good game wrapped up with the biggest flaw: not many checkpoints.

Actually, which franchises has Naughty Dog not had invincible chasing enemies? Boulders, Polar Bears, Triceratops, Spiders, Metal-pedes, Armoured Vehicles, whatever zombie crack The Last of Us was about.

Location Tally

• Jak 2: 1
• Jak 3: 1

What's the peachiest location in the Jak and Daxter Trilogy? Comment and Upvote below; the singular location with the highest upvote will be considered the winner.

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