Sayless's 3D Printed R1TK Build Thread

[Sayless]

There hasn’t been much physical progress on the armor itself, but I did hit a milestone I’ve been working toward for the last couple of months: phase 1 of the modeling is officially complete.

 

That means every major component I personally set out to redesign now, well, exists. I've tweaked the chest plate, re-modeled the back insert (as I showed last week), and finally modeled the posterior armor as well as the belts and their ammo boxes.

 

From here, the process formally shifts from modeling... to seeing if all of the parts actually work as intended.

 

The next phase is going back through each piece, test printing everything at full scale, making adjustments for durability and printability where needed, and finalize some additional features to make assembly and strapping a bit easier.

 

So… to keep this update relatively brief, here are a few renders to hold everyone over until the printers inevitably tell me what I did wrong.

 

At this point, I still fully intend to revisit the remaining pieces—arms, shins, hand guards, and the abdomen are all on the list—but they aren’t an immediate priority anymore. Right now, it’s officially “go mode.” My focus is getting everything printed, finished, painted, and assembled so I can finally complete my armor and submit for approval (seeing as I've yet to do that).

 

One other fun development this week: I managed to pick up a resin printer during Prime Day. Naturally, I immediately started reprinting some of the smaller, more detailed components. I have to admit… I get the hype now.

(Printed in Elegoo ABS-Like 3.0+)

 

Alright… I've put off sanding for long enough this time. Time to get back to making plastic dust.

[TheRascalKing[TK]]

Awesome. Resin is messy but 100% worth it for exactly those types of detail pieces. Looking forward to seeing your progress! 

[Platinum Lex]

That looks great, and I'm loving how those resin pieces are coming out. For the pieces you didn't redo, I'm guessing that the abdomen is from Paul's files as they look just like the ones in the workshop/behind the scenes photos, and I think the arms are too. However, you might have mentioned this earlier but I can't recall it, are you using Akira's files for the shins or someone else's?

Anyhow, keep it up, can't wait for the next update after your sanding trip.

[Sayless]

9 hours ago, Platinum Lex said:

That looks great, and I'm loving how those resin pieces are coming out. For the pieces you didn't redo, I'm guessing that the abdomen is from Paul's files as they look just like the ones in the workshop/behind the scenes photos, and I think the arms are too. However, you might have mentioned this earlier but I can't recall it, are you using Akira's files for the shins or someone else's?

Anyhow, keep it up, can't wait for the next update after your sanding trip.

 

You hit the nail on the head about the supplemental pieces!

 

For the interim, and to keep this build on schedule, I’m sticking with Paul's files for the arms, hands, and abdomen. They’re still the most accurate versions available for those sections. Down the road, I do plan to model these myself to improve their overall durability and refine the details specifically for a TK rather than a Shoretrooper.

 

I’m also using Paul's shins (and his molded cover strips). While Akira's shins are workable, the shape is technically a bit off; they're a little too bulbous at the top, whereas the screen-accurate look requires a much more gradual profile from top to bottom.

 

And, I've been a bit "obsessed" with resin printing this past week:

 

There's also been this quick trial run with some free resin I received. Not the optimal layer height, or clear coat (didn't want to waste 2K)... but it proves the concept works.