Parts printed but due to workload we've not had chance to assemble and paint yet. Will upload pics when its done.

All ready to be painted by Richard Ashton of It's An Ashton.

Full set of pics from start to finish. Printed by myself Assembled and painted by Richard Ashton of It's An Ashton

Huge alien fan and great model :) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h5p9hanXaJ0 Cheers.

M4A1 Rifle from Alien - Printed in PLA - 0.22 layer height

15% infill.

so.....much......sanding...... GAME OVER MAN!

Some serious sanding required if printed at 0.2 by worth the effort. There were a few moments when I was close to “game over man, game over” All joins needed filling to ensure a flush finish and roughly 3 layers of primer before adding the olive drab spray which isGolds brand of pro spray. Although you can probably still see some of the rough finish I focused on my dry brushing and used the rough finish as part of the design. Have fun all you won’t regret it.

Build video https://youtu.be/e57ODw-_DxI

So much sanding and filler primer ;) I wasn't the only one to find the tabs for alignment didn't fit - I had to either grind down or cut off the tabs, or grind out the hole. Really slowed the process down. I also joined a few pieces in Tinkercad and changed print alignment. Given that I printed this over a long period of time, it's probably a mix of ABS, PLA and PETG. I painted it while the gun was in 3 main pieces - the main gun (with stock, grip, magwell, shroud), with the top barrel and launcher separate parts from the main body. This is so I could get into the nooks and crannies. I then glued the pieces together afterwards (in Tinkercad I'd made a hole for the top barrel to slot into). Painted almost entirely with an airbrush. After an undercoat of flat black; * Satin black for pump grip * Mix of flat black and gun metal for the grip, barrel, top of Thompson and stock * Olive drab for the shroud, counter and mag well * Gloss black and red plus clear gloss for the counter

Was able to merge a few parts for less glueing. ABS at 255C with a bed temp of 105C. Nice model i plan to mod the crap out of it on my next try.

Here is my copy of this design. Nice work! Thank you.