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Game of Thrones Fan 3D Prints His Very

Own Replica of Oberyn Martells Blade
by Whitney Hipolite[1] February 12, 2015

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image from GoT S3-4 behind the scenes book

If there is a TV series that I have become obsessed with over the last four years,
it would be Game of Thrones[3]. The fantasy drama, which takes its viewers back
several hundred years in time to a period when royal dynasties still took part in
ravishing battles, has piqued my interest more than any other show I have
watched in the past decade. In less than 3 months April 12 to be exact Season
5 of Game of Thrones will premiere on HBO, and my anticipation leading up to it
will continue to build until this fifth season officially kicks off.
Within the 3D printing space, we have seen numerous attempts at recreating
costumes of characters from movies, video games and TV shows. The
customization aspects of the technology allow for unique fabrication of such. For
one avid fan of Game of Thrones, named Nimi Becza, 3D printing gave him a way

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of creating, not a costume from the TV series, but a replica of one of the shows
main characters weapons.
For those familiar with Game of Thrones, you are most likely also familiar with
Oberyn Nymeros Martell. This is the character that Nimi Becza takes a liking to
the most, so much so that he has created an entire costume for himself of Martell.
Recently, however, he decided that he wanted to add a weapon to his costume, a
blade that Martell himself carries on him.
I created the blade with the intention to add it as an accessory to my Oberyn
Martell costume, Becza tells 3DPrint.com. The most difficult part was
actually finding a reference image for his dagger. The best I could gather is an
image collage from the new GoT S3-4 behind the scenes book and a split
second screenshot from Oberyns first scene in season 4.

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Beczas 3D printed replica dagger

Evidently this was enough for Becza, whose replica turned out extraordinarily
accurate. After creating his base model in SolidWorks[5], he then sent the design
to his friends at a company called Print My Props[6], who printed the dagger out in
3 separate pieces. Then, in order to create small details on the weapons hilt, a
mix of 2-part epoxy clay was used.

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Beczas dagger modeled in Solidworks

Finally I sanded the whole piece down, painted it with chrome (blade) and
charcoal (handle) spray paint, Becza tells us. Once everything was sealed
and dried, I glued the tiny red teardrop shaped plastic gems on it. My daggers
sheet follows the same pattern I initially created for my belt. Both are tooled
vegetable tanned leather, dyed and antiqued. My necklace for this costume is
also 3D printed actually.

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Becza and his spear

Becza outsourced the 3D printing to Print My Props, simply because they do a
great job with their printing, and because of the simple fact that he doesnt yet
own a 3D printer himself. That will soon change though, as Becza tells us he has a
3D printer on its way, and he intends to use it to 3D print Oberyns sword as well
as redo the spear that he had already created.
This is just one more example of how creative some people have become when
given access to 3D modeling software in combination with 3D printing. Becza
created a replica of a weapon which many people hadnt ever saw before.
1. http://3dprint.com/author/whitney-hipolite/
2. http://3dprint.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/oberyn1.jpg
3. http://www.hbo.com/game-of-thrones
4. http://3dprint.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/oberyn5.jpg
5. http://www.solidworks.com/
6. https://www.etsy.com/shop/PrintMyProps

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7. http://3dprint.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/oberyn2.jpg
8. http://3dprint.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/oberyn4.jpg

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