3d printed skull holster . . .

[Chakotay]

I made this holster for Halloween on a whim... The skull is 3d printed out of white ABS so as it wears it will just show off more of the "bone". 

 

[blue62]

Very nice, quite unique

[sideforce]

Awesome

[noobleather]

WOW !!Awesome build!! I would love to shoot cowboy single action with a couple of holsters like that!

Any details on the skull print? and attaching it to the holster??

Do you sell the skulls? What other skull designs have you printed?

[Chakotay]

Thanks! The skull was from Thingiverse. It's Celtic style, so it has scrollwork on it which I thought would go well with the tooling:

https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2834954

I had to modify it in Meshmixer by cutting off the back and giving it the curvature of the holster. I also added a flange:

then sliced it in Slic3r:

 

The holster is fully-lined. I cut a window in the outer leather smaller than the flange. Once the liner was glued on I sewed around the flange to "lock" it in.

I then dyed and weathered per normal.

[wizard of tragacanth]

That is a gorgeous project.

I am not a skull guy myself, but the whole design works.

I love everything about it... the muted colors, the unfinished edges, the carving, the "antique" buckle matching the colors... everything.

nick

Edited November 14, 2019 by wizard of tragacanth

[dikman]

Now that is different! Nicely done.

[chuck123wapati]

AWESOME!

[Eddie Q]

Wow Mister, that came out awesome !! Love the color contrast as well !!

[chrisash]

Old and new perfect combination , well done

[RemingtonSteel]

Very Coooooool! Lovit