Custom 3D Printed Arcade sticks

Hello guys, in this thread i am gonna document our workflow on how we make our custom 3d printed sticks.I have already finished one and i am in the process of making 2 more for 2 customers, i will start by posting pics of the first finished stick and then i will post updates (almost daily i hope) with the progress on the second one

this is the first one "Caveman Stick" :
In general this stick is kinda like a proof of concept. its not polished design wise also in post-processing i could make it look like a stone even more with the paint and it was a quick print... but it came out good enough for a first try

Stage 1 is the Design
i made the basic shapes and measurements in 3ds studio max and i sculpted it in Zbrush :




Stage 2 is the preparation for the model to be 3d printed but i dont have any photos of that stage on this stick. I will make sure i will post the process for the second one.

Stage 3 is the actual printing, again no photos of that stage for this one

Stage 4 is the assembly of the 3d printed parts and the basic paint with the primer :



Stage 5 paint it to look like a stone ( Sorry for the bad quality ) :






Stage 6 finalising the look and adding the arcade parts :










Bonus an HDR Version




I learned a lot from this one and its my main stick now.
In the next post i will start documenting the creation of the next stick.