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[Heatedwazn]

Hi all,

 

The names Wyatt and I was looking to join the 501st with my father. We have both been fans of Star Wars for a long time and I recently was able to acquire a 3d printer.

 

Does anyone know if Galactic Armory is considered a good source for STL files? I bought access to their files for their non-Star Wars stuff and saw that they have a Rogue One Trooper file. Would that be a good set to use for my trooper? I didn't find anything on the forum with an initial search.

 

I have attached the image of the rendered suit. Thanks in advance for the help.

[gmrhodes13[Staff]]

Hello and welcome to the forum, I've not seen any approved with that particular armor, there are some build threads with 3D files, check out the ROTK build area https://www.whitearmor.net/forum/forum/162-rogue-one/

 

Good luck with the research

[TheRascalKing[TK]]

21 hours ago, Heatedwazn said:

Hi all,

 

The names Wyatt and I was looking to join the 501st with my father. We have both been fans of Star Wars for a long time and I recently was able to acquire a 3d printer.

 

Does anyone know if Galactic Armory is considered a good source for STL files? I bought access to their files for their non-Star Wars stuff and saw that they have a Rogue One Trooper file. Would that be a good set to use for my trooper? I didn't find anything on the forum with an initial search.

 

I have attached the image of the rendered suit. Thanks in advance for the help.

 

It is not a very accurate model, unfortunately. I would look at Mr. Paul's files, PewPewCraft, or Akira Yuming, all of which are a little better. Printing an entire wearable suit and painting it is a HUGE undertaking though and much more difficult than building a vac-formed ABS ANH kit. It should also be done in ABS or PETG at a minimum and sliced in as few pieces as possible, so ensure your printer has the capability to do so!

Edited June 13, 2025 by TheRascalKing

[Heatedwazn]

4 hours ago, TheRascalKing said:

 

It is not a very accurate model, unfortunately. I would look at Mr. Paul's files, PewPewCraft, or Akira Yuming, all of which are a little better. Printing an entire wearable suit and painting it is a HUGE undertaking though and much more difficult than building an ABS kit. It should also be done in ABS or PETG at a minimum and sliced in as few pieces as possible, so ensure your printer has the capability to do so!

Thanks for the information. I have a Centauri Carbon so the print bed is decently sized (cant do a helmet in a single section but close). Its also advertised as being able to print both those filaments but I was considering doing ASA as from what I have read it seems to be more heat/UV resistant. Is there a reason to do ABS or PETG over it? Although I also have access to Carbon fiber reinforced PLA if that is good as well.

 

 

Edited June 13, 2025 by Heatedwazn
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[TheRascalKing[TK]]

That should be a decent machine to print - enclosed and able to be heated are important for many of the better materials. Lots of debate on the topic, but ASA's UV resistance is generally negated by the fact that you're going to have to paint the whole suit anyways and it's a little more expensive and harder to print than ABS. PETG can be a little more flexible but can be "sticky"/stringy/hard to print at times as well. Depends on what you and your machine are comfortable with printing but ABS has been a good choice for me and is generally an industry standard. Carbon PLA can be brittle and less heat resistant so I'd stay way from it.

 

The better your machine is calibrated, the less sanding you'll need to do, but be prepared to do a TON of sanding and surface prep just due to the surface area a full set of armor represents alone. There should be no visible print lines anywhere for you to be approved.

 

I'd look at @MikeRadness's EIB submission thread for some tips and @BigJasoni's printed build thread as well to get an idea of what you're on for, though it was much harder years ago when the available files weren't as good. Research is key!

[Nairy[Staff]]

Welcome Wyatt!