Portal Fan Shares Impressive 3D Printed Portal Gun Replica

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For such a short game, the first Portal game was stocked full of iconic imagery and designs that fans have become obsessed with. The clean, pseudo-corporate sci-fi aesthetic of the game was so unlike what gamers were used to at the time that the iconography of Portal, things like main character Chell’s orange jumpsuit or the titular portal gun, are still highly desired items for cosplayers and collectors.

Portal was released in 2007 by Valve as part of the Orange Box collection of games that included Team Fortress 2 and Half Life 2. Portal was essentially a stocking filler, a way of apologizing for the long delay on the real prize at the time in the Orange Box,Half Life 2: Episode 2. It was a pretty big surprise then when Portal exploded in popularity, getting re-released individually and its own dedicated sequel,Portal 2, in 2011, while Half-life 3 remains elusive for now, apart from Half-life: Alyx in 2020.

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Since the game's release there has been no shortage of enterprising Portal fans creating art or replicating their own items inspired by the games. Valve itself did release a limited run of portal gun prop replicas, but they’re hard to get and wear a hefty price tag when they are available, so fans like Reddit user u/The_Kid_Pyro have had to search out other ways to get their own portal gun.

With the use of 3D printing, this Reddit user was able to create with detailed accuracy to the game's data all the components of the portal gun. From there it’s just assembly, painting and rigging the lights. 3D printing has exploded in popularity over the past few years. The availability of affordable, quality personal use 3D printers are the dream of pop-culture replicators and