3D Printing a Life Size Jabba the Hutt! (Part 1, Sponsored by MakerGeeks)

In this project I will be 3D printing and painting a life-size Jabba the Hutt statue. The other parts of the series are here:
Part 2: • 3D Printing a Life Siz...
Part 3: • 3D Printing a Life Siz...
Part 4: • 3D Printing a Life Siz...
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Josh Smith from Beast Toys sculpted the model I'm using. You can check out their site here:
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[@TKs3DPrints]

and well done MakerGeeks for supporting modelers on large projects :)

[@MyBrothersMario]

Too bad half their orders seem to never ship unless it's part of their subscription box.

[@make.anything]

Hey, I know you :P This is insane, I can't wait to see the massive end result!

[@MightyJabbasCollection]

Thanks for stopping by, Devin!

[@DoctorAstrolBlack]

Devin, you are like my favorite 3d print youtuber! And also jabba dude, that thing is super dope! You should make a leah to go with it. And Devin, totally unrelated, you should continue trying 3d fabric, that was also super dope! Im kinda rambling now cuz its quite early in the morning here but long story short, SUPER DOPE.

[@dysterbia257]

I'm gonna subscribe to you guys

[@Vinnyd1970]

@@MightyJabbasCollection Hi love this Jabba ....do you have a Facebook page?

[@RatAndRaven]

38 years old, a life time fan of Star Wars and I only learned today that Jabba has a tattoo on his forearm.

[@MakerSpaceOnline]

Great to see that printing the shell is working out! Looking forward to the next video(s)!

[@juannino8859]

Fill it with expanding foam for structure strength

[@DaTibsters]

Yeah, it would probably push the pieces apart.

[@Tcromb]

Wow! Love it! I can't wait to see how this progresses.

[@agepbiz]

Wow! The size of this project is mindblowing. I am looking forward to the next videos

[@SanctuaryPound]

Wow!! Talk about ambitious. This is really cool and I can't wait to see the progression and final product!

[@thecollectorshutt]

This is absolutely incredible!! I can’t wait to see the finished product keep up the great work Hutts 4 life!

[@NolanCreate]

Awesome glad the shell is working out! When we did E.T. this method was great with just a little assembly difficulty. On his head we recut it and let mesh mixer fill in the hole. This gave us the outside shape with interior walls but no infill. Really impressed with the progress! Going to be an awesome result!

[@MightyJabbasCollection]

Yes, come to think of it your ET was one of the first examples I saw of this approach, although you didn't use the shell approach (not really necessary for something ET's size).

[@eastman12344]

So excited to see it finished!

[@makeshaper6259]

Cool project cant wait to see the progress!

[@mlubecke]

Great project. And MakerGeeks is awesome for helping!!!!

[@MrYuck-ec5do]

Subbing to this one can't wait to see how it comes out! Great work so far.

[@locant23]

Nice project can't wait to see it completed!

[@GabrielSorrow]

I really want to print a little one, like the 1st one you show. Can't wait for the release.

[@dwaynem8015]

Nicely done 👍

[@vincesimpkins9143]

Can't wait to see the final product.

[@obirobkenobi3599]

Looking forward to your progress

[@MarketResearchReading114]

This is so cool. I'm sure Jabba would be proud.

[@johncannon1383]

Incredible

[@aggronn]

Man Looks so Nice. Cant Wait to see the result

[@djdresden242]

Dude this is sick.

[@SpookySlash]

Nice work 👍👍 You are definitely a Jabba freak 😉

[@RokenPL]

awesome project!

[@magicmanac]

Cool project

[@jonathanstubbsguitar5340]

When you put the files up definitely want to print out the small size one that’s still really big!

[@LordInvictus-yt]

Just came to say lol @ that thumbnail, you're such a funny guy. Love this channel.

[@3DSage]

very impressive!

[@ASkewedView3D]

Can't wait til you put still file on thingiverse and/or myminifactory. Good video thanks for sharing. God bless

[@craigjnorris]

A S

[@starwars65622]

Wow thanks for the makergeek tip I live a half hour away from them and never knew!

[@Mikelectric]

I CANT WAIT FOR MORE AHHHH

[@MadeupUniverse]

This is really good! :D

[@joelwolinsky3561]

this is insane!

[@demijebus6831]

Very rad.

[@mvealey1]

Excellent project. I was thinki g about a multipart model (although not so large) and you've given my some good guidelines. As for the gaps, take a look at using Bondo. Back the gaps with duct tape and have at it. Good luck!

[@LordInvictus-yt]

Thanks!

[@mikael4956]

AMAZING

[@BigGuyWithGlasses]

Very cool, next please asap. :)

[@roysekulich5763]

I cannot wait to see this finished... also to get the file to print my much smaller version of this very detailed stl file. I wonder if you should not try to attach the head and tail sections with strong magnets so you can transport this to conventions and such? Just an idea.

[@nerys71]

FREAKING COOL MAN!!!!

[@NerdyTraveler]

Epic!

[@BarackBananabama]

You may want to print a life-size Death Star. Or a death-size Life Star. Whatever.

[@CartoonyAndor19]

Take my like, with a thousand more well in the way

[@JPWestmas]

definitely the biggest starwars/jabba fan :)

[@aperez8292]

Can’t wait

[@femalemuto4481]

Cool

[@williamwolfe1986]

very cool

[@andrewcarver301]

This is amazing Janna is my favorite Star Wars character

[@andrewcarver301]

I meant Jabba obviously

[@jakerdy5369]

Seams could be reinforced with hot glue. You will need 100+ watt gluegun, and lots of sticks. Than, "draw" with glue along all seams, on inside of the model, with line about 1-2cm wide and 4+ mm thick. It will join parts together really tightly, and, because of elastic nature of hot glue. It will hold together pretty good, because all stress applied to model, will be relaxed in this glue seams, and they wouldn't craced as ca glue or epoxy.

[@townside_woodcraft]

glue the left side of the head thats fitting well now, then when its dry use a ratchet strap (or two) wrapped around the head to pull the seam/gap closed, thats how i would do it. you might have to put a piece of board or something under the strap against the face to pull it at the correct angle

[@darealliam4421]

Hey just a tip but try using a small saughtering however you spell it iron to melt and fuse the prints together instead of superglue. It’s better for connecting them

[@ratstarone]

Wow you're a pro above pros.

[@oakstar519]

Haha that is AWESOME. I wish my parents would let me do that.

[@timmc6009]

WOW!!! This is quite the undertaking. You must have a pretty big room to be putting that in lol. Will you make it so it comes apart in a few pieces so you can move it around? I was thinking maybe using a expanding foam to fill the body and provide some support might be a good idea. Can't wait to see more progress. Great job\idea mighty jabba.

[@hunsua]

Subscribed !

[@TKs3DPrints]

looking forward to this models build. lots of luck :) i have done a model of the moon thats in 64 parts. that i need to test print before i release :) thumbs up :)

[@doniyt4088]

Wery cool video!

[@carlosescobar6973]

Niceeee

[@michelangelo5903]

your videos haven't been showing up in my sub box for a long time! im going to have to watch the videos i missed!

[@MightyJabbasCollection]

I really don't understand why KZbin is inconsistent with showing videos from people's subscriptions. I guess you can click the "bell" to be notified, but I don't think that should be required.

[@arnoldhorshack7927]

I would appreciate if you could do a tutorial on netfabb - breaking a model into pieces | I really like your videos.. they are very informative so thanks | I also purchased solutech filament because you are getting good results from it.

[@customfabrications]

Super glue and epoxy can be ok, but a solvent welded joint would be stronger. And you could add a strip of plastic behind each joint for strength and alignment. Keep at it, this is going to be awesome.

[@kitfistosdentalplan1319]

Sick! So what’s next? Life size Han in Carbonite? Life size Millennium Falcon?

[@normcaissie5598]

Nice. Invest in a 3D pen for filling and it also work better then glue.

[@kjamison5951]

9:22 LOL - when you showed the 0.4mm nozzle and then showed the next nozzle, my immediate thought was “1mm” so I was surprised when you said 0.8mm and then I chuckled when you revealed it actually was a 1mm nozzle. Too many years spent in a workshop. Pupils would bring me something that had to be covered or whatever and I’d ask them what size and they’d not know. With one look I’d estimate it to within a couple of millimetres, or swap easily between metric and imperial measurements. Awesome project. I saw this “jigsaw” style method of printing parts to be put together to form a larger item but never to this scale!

[@hb_designs]

you can also plastic weld the inside if superglue wont hold ;)

[@GabrielFlores-jr4cm]

So awesome! Can’t wait to see it done! Where did you get the Gamo Gaurd file?

[@MightyJabbasCollection]

It's from "Build it and they will come" -- I'm going to talk about it in a future video

[@mickaeldureuil1044]

Love this project ! I wanted to proceed with a T Rex, if not lifesize, a huge one anyway. The hollow design is brilliant but I can't find NetFabb to ease the cutting process (MacOs), any thought ?

[@MightyJabbasCollection]

Honestly I'm not sure. I haven't found the need to find new solutions because what I showed in the video still works for me. Maybe Meshmixer can handle it?

[@TomsBackyardWorkshop]

It took me a couple of months to print all the parts for my red guard helmet but my printer i in my room so I could only print during the day.

[@kronemerj]

My God you actually are doing it you madman.j Just kidding! cant wait to see it complete!

[@gregallan2464]

Man this is gonna be awesome. Are you going to do a paint job on it?

[@MightyJabbasCollection]

That is the plan!

[@jeppeboe9645]

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOWWWWW 😶 (Great👍)

[@Stan-fm1vr]

You just inspired to print my own life size Lara Croft!

[@mikesnapper9001]

What printer would you recommend if I wanted to print out the whole thing without having to split it into pieces?

[@speedracer44]

Wow excellent job, I was wondering if there is some possibility that you sell one of those 1/6 scale Jabba models ... ???

[@MightyJabbasCollection]

Probably not. They just take too long to print

[@bassyakker7941]

you could fill the shell with spray foam

[@malcy1111]

Brilliant! Looking forward to your next episode on this one. Question: Do you have to hollow the model if you are going to select a single wall thickness anyway? I noticed you set a 0.5mm shell thickness before you scaled the model. What did the final model end up with - because you were intending on using a 0.8 nozzle with single wall thickness?

[@MightyJabbasCollection]

This is a little hard to explain, but the single wall thickness refers to the walls of the shell. Since I hollowed it out, I was left with a shells that had two walls about 1cm apart with infill between them. If you didn’t hollow it out first and selected a single wall for the outer shell it would be pretty flimsy

[@malcy1111]

Gotcha. That makes good sense. Nice. (I was wondering how you ended up with such thick surfaces on the joins when you were going to print with only a single wall.

[@micro963]

Nice video thank you for sharing👍👍👍what size nozzle did you used to print this project?

[@MightyJabbasCollection]

I’m pretty sure it says in the video, but I believe it was .8mm

[@micro963]

Great, thank you, I have to get me one of those printers

[@lucaribeiro6123]

How did you hollow the STL file? Is it a tool in NetFabb? Cheers!

[@tonyl9516]

can you also add pins and holes to make it snap together .. ...of course i don't know much about 3d printing but i am really want to buy a printer and start learning .. appreciated your video

[@MightyJabbasCollection]

You could do that but I’m not sure I’m up to modifying a such complex model that way. I do plan to design some sort of brackets separately that I can add inside, since I need to be able to disassemble it if I need to move it at some point.

[@thestreetzking]

I know this is probably a long shot.. Any chance you can tell me where you found the Gamorrean guard head your wearing in the thumbnail,

[@milosmilic1003]

I will quote the Fluffy: Damn!

[@xenome3883]

how much does the 3d pinter cost i wanna buy one and make my own figures

[@Schelbenhouser]

Where can I get the file for the gammorean guard helmet from the thumbnail. It’s AWESOME

[@MightyJabbasCollection]

It was from Build It And They Will Come, which is a subscription service for Star Wars-related STLs. You’d have to join and also purchase that file separately. It’s technically a bust but I sort of shoehorned it into being a mask for this shot. If I wanted it to really be a mask it would need some eye holes to start

[@poodlescone9700]

Is there a way to slice the model manually at the seam lines and folds?

[@adamocoin4678]

Now do you have a throne and everything that you plan to put him on

[@thomasp9511]

long way to go

[@fhuber7507]

An ultimate Nerd project.

[@fhuber7507]

Assemble the head... foam fill it... then tail.. and slowly foam fill the whole thing using spray foam or 2-part expanding. You end up with something you can stand on.

[@TitanicTruths]

we've been think of investing in a small low cost 3D printer, have some project ideas that it would come in handy for. any tips for a beginner.

[@MightyJabbasCollection]

I guess it depends on how much you think “low cost” is, and what you want to do with it. The CR-10 is a good machine for not too much money and has enough build volume to do most projects. But there are cheaper ones too.

[@TitanicTruths]

+Mighty Jabba's Collection thanks, I'm going to do some more research before fully committing. it'd be my first, so an easy interface would be nice. btw, can't wait to see how jabba comes out. love star wars.

[@CaptainXJ]

Am I the only one freaking out that Hutts have suckers?

[@omlettedufromage8588]

i just watched your xinkerbot review and when i saw the gamorrean guard it reminded me about your life sized Jabba (this vid here)... how's that going?

[@MightyJabbasCollection]

It's coming along. I was down with the flu for quite a while since I published the first video, so I haven't done as much as I had hoped, but I should have another installment coming fairly soon.

[@omlettedufromage8588]

awesome, cant wait! still waiting for my Cr-10s 4 tho.

[@TheGeronimojack]

Next project should be a life size Salacious Crumb! LOL

[@Godzilla-vw4vs]

Can you make a room tour

[@JaredSloger]

What are your thoughts on Jabba's tail? I've seen a couple versions in the seated position where it's shorter as in this model and others where it's much longer and tapers off in order to coil back around. I'm personally a fan of the longer tail but what's your preference?

[@MightyJabbasCollection]

Well, I don't think it should literally be able to coil like a snake's tail, but I do think it could be thinner and longer than it is on this model. I do kind of wish I had paid a bit more attention to the overall proportions when I was working with Josh to design it, but it looked good in isolation and I only noticed that the head portion seemed a bit oversized when I compared it to the Sideshow figure. But as I mentioned in the video, it's not really realistic to try and have everything be a perfect replica of the actual Jabba (and even officially licensed figures and statues have been much worse than this one)

[@JaredSloger]

Having it being able to coil would require a lot of extra engineering and materials. But I was initially thinking a static position with a longer tail. There are so many interpretations of Jabba across the board so when it comes to other people's preferences it's neat to hear or see what they choose to go with. I think it's turning out great and it's been entertaining seeing the process of it all coming together. Thanks for sharing the process of this adventure!

[@zerocharistmas5074]

Is there any particular reason you're not using some kind of interlocking pin/hole kinda system to align and join the pieces?

[@MightyJabbasCollection]

Well, that would require editing all of the pieces, and the shells are kind of too thin to make that easy as well. I do plan to build him in several sections so he can be transported, and I will be adding add some brackets of some kind with strong magnets to align those sections

[@zerocharistmas5074]

Mighty Jabba's Collection, that makes sense. I haven't been able to print anything large scale yet so I'm still trying to figure out what is and isn't easily doable. Thanks!

[@MightyJabbasCollection]

I’m still experimenting with this myself so my plans may evolve

[@omlettedufromage8588]

just a shot in the dark here, but i'm guessing youre going to need some type of support structure for the body. i can only imagine as you build from tail to body, then head, if you don't have supports inside, the belly will blow out once the weight of the upper body/head goes on.

[@MightyJabbasCollection]

We’ll see how it goes. The head is surprisingly sturdy, but I can always try adding some bracing inside if need be

[@omlettedufromage8588]

hey, i'm genuinely excited about watching you get this done. i'm purchasing my 1st printer tomorrow (CR-10S4) soo youre definitely part of my research! i want to do full-scale SW stuff!

[@EarlyArt206]

It does look sturdy and from my experience printing larger pieces like this I would say that you definitely do not have to worry about supporting it more unless you are trying to move it around a lot. I am very excited to see this in full!

[@demijebus6831]

Support would definitely be recommended in the final peice. You could do this on the cheap by simply creating make shift I Beams from PVC pipe to run down the middle of the structure. It would be super light and make a great support for assembly. Glue some eva foam to the cross members to give the print something to grab onto and your golden. Super excited for this project.

[@hailmegatron6141]

What kind of glue did u use?

[@elliste1561]

my god

[@bigbird2240]

Can you make a “young jabba “ and “ young Ephant mon “ from the Ephant mon story he said that jabba was thin and fast and a great fighter and then jabba saved his life by wrapping his body around mon . He said they fought “back to back “ that would be awesome if you could recreate that somehow

[@MightyJabbasCollection]

That's a tall order but it would be cool to see

[@eugenerusselnash]

Heya! Superb! Can I buy a middle Sized One From You? I Mean a Little Smaller than your Test Print? I would really Appreciate it? Best

[@MightyJabbasCollection]

I don't sell prints, but the 3D model is freely available if you want to ask someone else to do it

[@vcancer]

How it's going. Short update if you can PLEASE!

[@MightyJabbasCollection]

I plan to make an update video fairly soon, but long story short I have had the flu for the past week or so. So I haven't accomplished as much as I would have liked, but I have mostly recovered and expect a new shipment of filament tomorrow as well, so I should be able to get back printing very soon.

[@vcancer]

I can't wait and wish you a speedy recoverey.