Three years ago, [enza3d] produced a 3D printed version of agamot’s eye, as shown in Marvel’s strange doctor. This is a very nice prop, but there must be some room for improvement in the accuracy and proportion of the screen. With a new and strange film now on the air, it seems like a good time to re-examine the design and tighten some loose ends.
As you would expect, something considered magical, the internal mechanisms needed to make all moving parts work are quite complex. The iris not only needs to be opened and closed, but also the halo needs to rotate at different speeds to reproduce the effects in the movie. Impressively, there is not a single line of code or a microcontroller – everything is done through a set of carefully designed gears and an N20 motor.
[enza3d] compared with the earlier version, it tried to simplify the structure of the spring up mechanism as much as possible, and made some good improvements, such as unifying the sizes of screws and shafts used in assembly, so as to avoid the risk of using wrong parts. Although the size and pitch are very fine, all gears can be printed on a standard FDM desktop printer, in this case prusa Mini.
In other words, [enza3d] does change to resin printing on the outside of the prop. Incidentally, in another ingenious design decision, the external decorative shell is completely separated from the internal power mechanism. In this way, you can easily disassemble the equipment for maintenance or repair without risk of damage to the finished product. Please check the video after the break to learn how to assemble the device and some tips on how to make shiny plastic sheets look like aging metal.
To be honest, if we are doing our own doctor’s strange role-playing, our first choice is still the incredible and terrible POV caster we covered in 2018 – but this beautiful woman must be close behind.