Happy Star Wars Day everyone!
This seems like a good day to start posting about my little project.
I am making a set of 3D printed Rogue One Stormtrooper armour. Once it's ready I hope to join the 501st UK garrison.
I've studied every thread on this forum on the subject of 3D printing and R1TK armour (including all thirty pages of discussion on the CRL).
This ain't my first rodeo: during lockdown I sculpted, moulded, cast and painted a full-size wearable Boba Fett helmet:
Work In Progress Boba Fett helmet gallery
Fnished Boba Fett helmet
The next year I did a Mando helmet:
Mando WIP
Mando Final
Last year I 3D printed a Rogue One Stormtrooper helmet from Nico Henderson's files:
I enjoyed that project so much that I just decided to keep on going, so here we are!
After looking at lots of files on CGTrader and other sites, I settled on a set of files by Alain Rivard. These looked more accurate than the Akira Yuming files which everyone uses. Turns out, they are but they have their own problems which I may get into later.
To supplement these files I also used tk421jag's Thermal Detonator from Thingiverse
Plus the sniper knee from the Akira-Yuming set as it is much better than the Alain Rivard piece.
Also, Big Jasoni's Belt boxes:
I also plan to print out the excellent Hovi-Mix parts from chrioboy:
Finally, I obtained the updated Nico helmet files from TKModder421 and printed a second helmet:
Since the start of February, I have
1) Printed out all the pieces
2) Filled, sanded and primed the abdominal section.
I have a long way to go, and I expect this project to keep me busy for the rest of the year! Unfortunately it's been raining Loth-cats and banthas here in the UK recently, which has slowed me down a bit: it's hard to work up enthuiasm for shed time when it's as wet and muddy as Mimban outside. However, today was nice and sunny, so I got some photos.
Everything:
Abdomen piece (nearly finished!)
Helmet:
Chest and Back:
Belts and Butts:
Arms:
Legs (big pieces):
Legs (small pieces):
More to follow!