Cyrus's
3D Fabrication Portfolio
On my first day at Florida State University, I walked into the Innovation Hub and asked the director, “Can I 3D print a suit of armor?”
Instead of brushing me off, he showed me how. He even set aside a printer and walked me through the process, even though I had never touched a 3D printer before.
That moment set the tone for how I approach all my creative work. What started as a simple question opened the door to a whole new world of 3D fabrication and eventually led to my job as a 3D printer technician at the Innovation Hub. There I worked on projects for films, for the campus, a few wild experiments of my own.
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Torchlight Scale Model
The Torchlight LED Wall Studio had an irregular shape that came from it being a converted Music recording studio belonging to the "Allman Brothers Band" before being donated to Florida State University.
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The tight space made it difficult for productions to plan out shoots efficiently, even more so with our Jeep Cherokee permanently inside for filming driving plates. My solution was to make a 3D Model.
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The wall was 16.25 Feet tall, and 65 feet in Diameter, and the goal of the model was to be 50:1 scale to comfortably sit on a desk.
I tried a few variations, at first I traced the blueprints in Illustrator and laser cut the floor out of card stock, then modeled the wall in Fusion360, printing it then attaching it to the base.
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The next version was entirely 3D Modeled in Fusion, and in one piece, utilizing a chamfer to secure the thin wall to the base and making sure it'd still retain it's shape.
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Additionally I designed and cut vinyl stickers for the model that indicated it's scale, along with other accessories at scale, such as people, our Jeep Cherokee, and other film gear.
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The Torchlight wall was taken down July 2025.
Trophy
Tasked with designing the trophy for FSU's annual 48 Hour Horror Film Festival, I wanted an excuse to try out laser to give it more professional and readable text. Using the Logos of the designated organizations, I designed the trophy topper to look like a tombstone, cut it out of acrylic. I then modeled a box for it to fit into, and borrowed a pair of zombie hands from thingiverse to complete the bursting out look.​Finally, with a piece of gold two toned acrylic, I plate the plates for the trophy, and it gave it the final touch needed to look complete.
Shield
This was an evolution of another project I did, having made a lot of shields, I wanted to do one out of metal. Made out of 16 Gauge steel, and cut out of 6 square feet, including the strap holders, was cut into shape with a stomp shear, beverly shear, and band saw. Smoothed out with an angle grinder and dual action sander. For the straps, I cut leather straps assymtrecitally for right and left arm placement, and used copper rivets to secure them to the shield then later angle grinded the nubs down through the surface.
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For the paint job, I wanted to pay homage to Jack Kirby and Stan Lee's original Captain America shield that debuted in Captain America #1, and my University, Florida State, by swapping out the white for Gold, as our colors are garnet and gold.
Made in the Penland School of Craft Iron Studio.
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Popcorn Bucket
Inspired by the 2024-2025 popcorn bucket craze, I wanted to take it to the logical next step, and turned myself into a popcorn bucket.​ Using photogrammetry, I made my head into a 3D model, and then measured a popcorn bucket, and designed a template in Fusion360, using the negative geometry to remove the space from my head to be an accurate popcorn bucket.​
It's modeled with a taper, bigger at the top than at the bottom as to fit a standard Large Popcorn bucket, and has my logo on the inside of it. This was part of a larger initiative to make my head into other household objects, including a tissue box, shot glasses, and so much more, much to the detriment of those around me.
Batman
Florida State University has what's known as "Tallyween", the multi week long Halloween celebration, and for my final year, I wanted to design a costume that would be comfortable and look for the entire duration.
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Being a huge fan of Batman, I decided to use @Yosh_Studio 's model, but converted into something wearable. I designed straps and foam into the model so not only would it be comfortable, I would be able to take it off in a manner of minutes if I needed too, thanks to magnets and buckles.
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Being printed in multiple parts, the Chestplate had the risk of breaking even though the parts were joined together, so the foam served the dual purpose of providing more surface area for the parts to adhere to, as well as comfort.
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Finally I used a Vinyl Cutter and made the iconic logo.
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Display was also important to me, so I used a preexisting design for a helmet mount, but wanted to display the rest of the suit, so I designed in Fusion a suit holder that was similar in concept.
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Overall this project was a lot of fun to make, but also really lead me to make some great memories with my friends, thus earning it a spot on the list.
