The machine produced one fifth scale models which were then hand-painted, lit and approved, before full scale versions were created. Motion capture technology then depicted fights on camera, mixed in with the full-scale animatronic robots.
Legacy Effects’ senior systems engineer, Jason Lopes said: “Being able to print high resolution models on the 3D printer allowed Legacy's designers to go from concept, to final design and into full size production in the shortest possible time.”
Legacy Effects uses Objet's 3D printers to create a range of scale models and even functional custom parts that have been used in films such as 'Jurassic Park 3' and 'Avatar'.
Gilad Gans, executive vice president at Objet, said it was a “pleasure and an honour" to work with Legacy Effects "and to see our 3D printers help to produce the very latest effects for some of the most popular Hollywood blockbusters".
“The accuracy, material versatility and surface quality of Objet’s 3D printers allow artists to capture all the nuances and fine details of their ideas and transform them into 3D models that look fully believable under the camera’s lens,” he added.
