The hardest part of a themed machine like this has to be keeping one consistent finish across every added part, and the maker handled it with a repeatable process. Each custom piece was printed in resin, then processed, painted and weathered, with sponge-stippled chipping and rust layered on top. Vallejo and Citadel paints carried the whole treatment from start to finish.
The base machine is an Original Prusa i3 MK3S, kept as a working FDM printer but modified for display. The sci-fi dress-up parts were drawn in CAD and printed on Original Prusa SL1 resin machines. Standouts include motor covers styled as miniguns, custom spool holders, an LCD frame, and an extruder carriage wearing a painted cyborg bust. The power supply housing carries its own painted decoration, and the frame itself was redone in bright teal and yellow.
Assembly gets just as much care: cable chains and sleeved wiring run through the build, along with an LED illumination arch and light beneath the heated bed. Out front, stylized lettering spells out 'Cyber PRUSA' with a smaller line below it, and the whole surface carries that weathered, battle-worn character.
The trade-off built into the project is display styling on a machine that still has to print. It came together after someone suggested a cyberpunk-themed printer, and the result works as both a showpiece and a functioning FDM machine. How those two roles share one frame is the thing I would most want to see tested with real print time.
Project by Prusa 3D. Watch it on their YouTube channel: