Hi all,
First time poster here - I'm currently working on a extra small version of Stormtrooper armor. At 5'2 and 120 lbs I have enough trouble finding well fitting clothing as it is. So, I've decided to 3d print my own customly sized suit. I started from various files I was able to download on the RPF forums, which I believe were originally ripped from a Star Wars app.
I scaled them down to fit over a 3d scanned version of myself, made them high poly and 3D printable and printed out so far the chest, back and shoulder bell armor.
I'm wondering if anyone has input in regards to the fit of what I have printed. A 501st coworker of my thought it looked proportionally small on me but unfortunately doesn't have access to his armor for reference at the moment. What do you think? I have about a 1 to 1.5 inch of space inbetween the armor and my body.
Also, I see that the common way of approaching the yoke is to combine the part that extends over the front of your body with the back piece with glue and bondo. I heard there are issues with that area of the yoke cracking and was wondering if anyone has attempted slush casting the back plate as 1 piece? Would that even be possible?
Another question I have is molding itself. As I have it currently I printed the plates as flat pieces. I did this so the pieces would print quicker and use less material. But I'm wondering if what I should have done was model a lip on the edges of plates, so at least the edges would have a thickness to them when casting. My thinking is it'd make controlling the thickness of my slush casts easier as well. What do you think?
My next steps I believe are resizing and reprinting. After that I plan on moving on to the helmet. Thanks in advance for your advice!
Edit: added larger photos