Case study - Legacy Effects
Case study
Legacy Effects: master patterns for the RoboCop suit
Hollywood, USA · Special effects · PolyJet and stereolithography
Special effects company Legacy Effects produced the RoboCop suit from computer designs.
The challenge
Each scene needed its own suit variants. Doing everything by hand would have made testing very slow.
The solution
Legacy printed master patterns for each part of the suit, such as the helmet and boots, and made molds from them. Other parts were printed directly, such as the dark transparent visor with its red stripe. The chest piece nearly filled the whole build tray.
“Doing everything by hand meant that we couldn’t run tests as it would have taken forever.”
The results
- Variants made quickly from the same patterns
- Printed parts made up as much as 90% of the final on-screen costume
- Mirrored left and right parts from one file
Application: Silicone & polyurethane master patterns
Printed master patterns for silicone or polyurethane tooling make small batches of 10 to 100 parts affordable.
More about molding & forming tools
Source: Stratasys Application Guide and Stratasys case material. Photo: Stratasys.
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