Metal Gear Solid Customs Thread: SUBSISTENCE

CryptDemon said:

Decided to finally make some replacement shoulder joints for McFarlane ray. Still is the best looking Ray figure produced so far. Shame its built quality is so garbage. I have two of these things and the shoulders on both of them shattered or cracked. Only had red filament, so not ideal. I decided to forego the ratchecting bump in the joint and just make it a tight friction joint instead because the bump kills the teeth on the gear.

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emptyPROXY said:

Better than the 3A version?

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CryptDemon said:

Decided to finally make some replacement shoulder joints for McFarlane ray. Still is the best looking Ray figure produced so far. Shame its built quality is so garbage. I have two of these things and the shoulders on both of them shattered or cracked. Only had red filament, so not ideal. I decided to forego the ratchecting bump in the joint and just make it a tight friction joint instead because the bump kills the teeth on the gear.

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Jay Virtual said:

I believe they're totally different. The 3A one is based off Metal Gear 4 (or Rising) and the McFarlane one is based on Metal Gear 2, which has a tail.



This is really awesome, I have two of these and both have broken joints. Are these 3D printed?

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emptyPROXY said:

Better than the 3A version?

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CryptDemon said:

Yes. I uploaded the 3D files to thingiverse in case anyone wants to print their own or tweak the design. They take about 30 minutes a piece to print.

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Jay Virtual said:

Thanks so much to CryptDemon for the RAY files, I printed them and they fit perfectly on my RAYs. I haven't permanently attached them because of the pins, I assume you have to break the original joint to get them out and reinsert them? Either way this is fantastic for every MGS collector since all those RAYs are as fragile as my ego (meaning they break super easily)

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