Build-A-Spartan with OFiveTwo!

[Noonz17]

chest is on standby till i can find a way to print it on 250mm^3 but tuning scaling on leg armor and I am pretty much done printing!

 

[spartan114x]

View attachment 351599chest is on standby till i can find a way to print it on 250mm^3 but tuning scaling on leg armor and I am pretty much done printing!

Curious how you ended up printing the chest. I also have a small printing area and am looking at four pieces for the front and four for the back.

 

[ArcticDrake]

I ended up splitting mine in 4 sections to fit on my bambu printer, going to use bondo putty for any gaps or warped section.

 

[Noonz17]

Curious how you ended up printing the chest. I also have a small printing area and am looking at four pieces for the front and four for the back.

I sliced it into 8 pieces to fit on my printer, 4 back pieces, 4 front, which sucks, but I found if I use brim for bed adhesion and tree supports, my success rate of prints skyrocketed and dropped a lot of time. I also had to slice the thigh armor into 8 pieces, which just came out great lol. I also have a friend printing the chest too since he has a bigger printer and his will probably be better quality, but I wanted to try it myself as well.

 

[Noonz17]

I ended up splitting mine in 4 sections to fit on my bambu printer, going to use bondo putty for any gaps or warped section.

yeah, slicing makes post-processing harder, good to keep that in mind, I have gaps on my thigh and shin pieces, but nothing a little filler and putty can't fix lol

 

[Noonz17]

whats yalls recommendation for gluing pieces together? don't want my suit falling apart mid con lol

 

[spartan114x]

I sliced it into 8 pieces to fit on my printer, 4 back pieces, 4 front, which sucks, but I found if I use brim for bed adhesion and tree supports, my success rate of prints skyrocketed and dropped a lot of time. I also had to slice the thigh armor into 8 pieces, which just came out great lol. I also have a friend printing the chest too since he has a bigger printer and his will probably be better quality, but I wanted to try it myself as well.

I am attempting the same. Gonna take almost a day each!

 

[ArcticDrake]

whats yalls recommendation for gluing pieces together? don't want my suit falling apart mid con lol

Depends on the material, for pla I hear some people use plastic epoxy with super glue. I'm making mine in asa so I use gorilla glue gel on the seams then abs glue on the interior for additional strength.