Predator consoling Alien desk ornament

I got these figures of the Predator consoling the Alien a few days ago. They were advertised as desk top ornaments. They are 3D printed with filament and the print lines are very pronounced.

First photo is not of the Predator/Alien but shows the filament print lines before I primed them.

Here is the desk top ornament of the Predator/Alien. They came printed as one piece with the Predator’s hand on the Alien’s shoulder. If the Predator is sitting flush, the Alien is floating. If you sit the Alien flush, the Predator leans over. They arrived with one leg broken off each figure.

After fixing the broken legs, I heated the figures in hot water and fixed the floating Alien. Once the filament was pliable enough, I sat them on the kitchen counter and forced the Alien to the same level as the Predator. Here they are under a light coat of primer.

Under the coat of primer, the filament print lines are still very visible.

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All I can offer is Mr. Surfacer in many coats to gradually fill in what you can before losing detail?

Now that you fixed the legs and got them sitting right, it seems a shame to get bogged down by this issue.

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It was just a light coat of spray can primer. I will give it a second coat once the temperatures cool down a bit. I am not too worried about the print lines. It is just a desk ornament and I am not going to spend too much time on it. I got it for less than $5 and free shipping. I got it because I thought it was a bit of fun with the Predator consoling the Alien. I will paint them appropriately though but that’s about it.

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Seems to me that they should be sharing a bottle of MD 2020.

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And a C Ration can of cheddar cheese with caraway seeds. A real infantry wine and cheese party.

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Don’t know what the MD 2020 is but will look it up.

Not sci fi but was ordered at the same time with the Predator/Alien. Resting soldier desk ornament. This is the figure in the closeup in the first photo from the original post above.

I do have this one on the way. It should have been delivered with the Predator/Alien shipment a few days ago but was delayed due to backlog. You can leave off the SD Predator which I will do and just have the Alien as a stand alone.

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Temu?? :thinking:
:grinning_face: :canada:

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Close, it was Aliexpress.

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Depening on which circles you hung with in the day, it was either Mad Dog or Boone’s Farm.

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Like the women you spent the night with.

Cheap, sweet and good for a headache the next morning.

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Y’all forgot “Harveys wild Irish Rose” that was the one that would scream at you to drive the wrong way I. The street and that fighting VA cop was gonna be fun.. and it’s only $5.99 a bottle today lol it was $0.50 when I was younger .

17.5% alc by volume Native New York grapes and credited as Americas first commercial wine by some.

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Like the women you spent the night with. Cheap, sweet and good for a headache the next morning.

You guys are too funny. Seriously though, have you been reading my memoirs of the time I was in Phuket and the next morning I woke up on a beach in Bali? No surprise though, read the T-shirt I am wearing when I was in Phuket.

Here I am the next morning on a beach somewhere in Bali all disheveled not knowing where I am or how I got there. At least I didn’t wake up in a tub of ice with stitches by my abdomen.

But, I do have some fond memories, what little there are, of being in Bali.

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Ah. In SF we call them LBFMs.

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LOL! Unlike MD20/20, that one will be hard to translate here!

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I think I know what it means. I had a lot of friends and family stationed in SEA so I think I know.

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A TJ (Tijuana) special. The reason TJ was banned/off limits without a chit in 1996.

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At least you didn’t wake up in the morning with a guy beside you who you thought was a woman the night before! :scream: :wink:
:grinning_face: :canada:

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Two of my favourite shops, although AliExpress quality is usually better than that. Some prints from Temu are really horrible. :scream:
:grinning_face: :canada:

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Hmmm…reminds me of 1 part Welch’s grape juice to 10 parts alcool. Mmmmm, yummy! :face_vomiting: :face_vomiting:
:grinning_face: :canada:

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