Custom made 3D printed Portal gun from model ripped straight from the game

Melissa sez, "Here are some of the best pictures as well as a demonstration video of my custom-made portal gun. I wanted the gun to be as accurate as possible, so I used 3D printed parts that were ripped directly from the game files! After months and months of hard work, I was able to make the gun of my dreams! I took it to Comic-Con, and people loved it! I also met another girl who had the NECA gun, and it's easy to see how some of the details were lost from the game in order to make the NECA gun easier to manufacture."

Awesome Custom-Made NECA Portal Gun (Thanks, Melissa)

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sosumi

Best. Thing. Ever.
gramturismo

I’ve been wondering for awhile “Couldn’t people just extract assets from popular games and print their own props/action figures?” I guess I have my answer now.
- peterblue11
  
  yup was wondering same thing. this also made me think people will now pretty much be able to print off their own action figures / collectables. so i spose sales of those might decline soon. of course hardcore collectors will continue but average joe might rather reprap one out quickly.
  - http://www.nathanhornby.com/ Nathan Hornby
    
    Itd still be significantly more expensive to print your own than buy one. But I guess that.l change at some point.
traalfaz

Well, come on, post the STLs to Thingiverse. We’re waiting.
peterblue11

so straight from the game , yea? how r those inter-dimensional holes workin for ya then?
mccrum

Cave Johnson here. You are hereby immediately ordered to return Aperture property back to our offices.

I promise your complete safety and that you will not be hurt.
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sockdoll

I wanted the gun to be as accurate as possible, so I used 3D printed parts that were ripped directly from the game files!

Brilliant! We’re definitely living in the future.
http://twitter.com/smknghrtdesigns SmokingHeartDesigns

I already have the ‘gun’ of my dreams.
- ImmutableMichael
  
  But does it make holes?
  
  Ummm, upon reflecion I retract that question.
planettom

I looked through the links a bit, but couldn’t determine — what kind of 3D printer were these parts made on?
- gramturismo
  
  It said she used Shapeways and it also cost almost $600, a bit too rich for my blood.
  
  http://techgeekgirl.deviantart.com/gallery/38517858#/d50j9pi
robuluz

Sweet.
KapCarl

This is really impressive. You should get together with Chris Myles who has a great video tutorial for 3d printed Personality Spheres from Portal 2. http://blog.objet.com/2011/06/06/objet-3d-printer-used-to-recreate-portal-2-personality-spheres/
NikFromNYC

As Rome burns, men be boys.
http://avarana.blogspot.com MarlboroTestMonkey7

While the game’s gun was actually scanned from a real portal gun.
http://www.facebook.com/Eagon Eagon Logan Siahaan

This is cool but I dont think this is fully extracted model from the game…..viewing the 3d prints from shapeways
http://www.facebook.com/henry.elbaum Henry Sfdgbdfgadfgb

where do you find the model in the game files? I’ve looked but I can’t find it

EDIT- I found it, but it looks like it’s a .si0 file, and I have no idea how to open it, can anyone help me?