OK, if any of you got this badboy, late October, you are up for providing pics:
Adam Ant, Then and now
And this listing gives an exact size for our print attempts 75x78mm :
Another listing gives this:
Measures: 2.9” by 2.9”
Fits a belt width up to: 1.7”
Measures: 2.9” by 2.9”
Fits a belt width up to: 1.7”
I am clicking "purchase", right now, on this
www.ivan.tw
18.99 dollars plus shipping
Sourced at 20 dollar international shipping and 25 expedited. The other locations are similarly priced with a bump up for being resellers, so, about 32 expected elswhere. I purchased one brass, one nickle and one zinc plate and a square buckle that might suffice as the one next to the skull. Shipping stayed at twenty and did not go up for the extra items.
Shipping from Taiwan.
Solid Brass Skull Trophy Buckles
Classic solid brass skull trophy buckle with fine engraved details. Fits 38mm (1-1/2") leather strap.Size: 75mm (3") x 72mm (2-7/8")Finish: ZP/ SB/ NPPack Size: EACHStandard 30 day return policy.Products have like-named colors or finishes are not necessarily the same.Due to manufacturing...
www.ivan.tw
18.99 dollars plus shipping
Sourced at 20 dollar international shipping and 25 expedited. The other locations are similarly priced with a bump up for being resellers, so, about 32 expected elswhere. I purchased one brass, one nickle and one zinc plate and a square buckle that might suffice as the one next to the skull. Shipping stayed at twenty and did not go up for the extra items.
Shipping from Taiwan.
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A caution while searching. There is another very close skull buckle with the bottom left bone hanging farther down, and is not a symmetrical x. This is not Adam's but is better known as a Hell's Angel buckle. They are very close. For costume purposes it would be unnoticed by anyone but us, so if you already have it, wear it.
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For prep, the brass one will need to have the clear coat and black eye ink fill removed and possibly recleared after.
Shipping was very fast. This arrived only days after purchasing and was international, Taiwan to Oregon, USA.
True buckles, sturdy, solid metal with permanent finishes. I have asked the producer, Ivan Leatherworks, if they can produce the brass without the eye fill, black (like the original) as their zinc version is already that way. They responded quickly and said they were considering the request for future runs. I will post again when I have removed the black from mine:
True buckles, sturdy, solid metal with permanent finishes. I have asked the producer, Ivan Leatherworks, if they can produce the brass without the eye fill, black (like the original) as their zinc version is already that way. They responded quickly and said they were considering the request for future runs. I will post again when I have removed the black from mine:
After a looooong time learning how to use the 3d software, I have a solid start on the extremely rare belt buckle with the barber pole twist and spear tip. I will do plenty of minor tweaks to get it AS CLOSE AS POSSIBLE but here is a screen shot of where it is now:
I still need to put the center bar in but will do that last as it deforms from perfectly round as I am working.
joberg
Legendary Member
Last night, I realized that I had done the entire sculpt in programming land which meant I had no real reference to size built in. Now, that isn't so bad uf I wasn't standing there awaiting the printer bed to heat up. I cancelled the print, back to the software, had to SHRINK down to fit a 1.5 belt and went with test run number 1. Needs to be thicker for sure but some of the appparent damage was me not understanding how yo turn the safety brim on so the edges don't rise. But size looks pretty close. I will comp with adam pics later today.
Nice buckle,I remember his white capgun holster on TOTP
Brass one on the horizon ?
Hoping to use this as the impression for the sand mold.
I am working on thickening the full lower level. Far too thin right now. Should have another print by Monday. Still haven't found a true square buckle either so will likely make that one next.
moviebuff5
Sr Member
What belt width?
Weaver seems to have one square buckle for 2" belts, but the corner radius looks wrong.
2" Shiny Nickel, Square Center Bar Buckle, Zinc Alloy, #C-1854-NIC
For use in leather crafting, belt, strap, watch band, pet product, purse, bag, shoe, boot and accessory manufacturing and repair Strapping Size: 2" Total Width: 65mm (2.6") Total Height: 65mm (2.6") Finish: Nickel Base Material: Zinc Alloy
www.weaverleathersupply.com
That is the first one I have seen be truly square. The unique part about Adam's is that it is planar flat across the entire face, or looks to be. No corner accenting or seams. I believe his belt to be 1.5 inch but there is so much room for variance with nothing really solid to measure from.What belt width?
Weaver seems to have one square buckle for 2" belts, but the corner radius looks wrong.
2" Shiny Nickel, Square Center Bar Buckle, Zinc Alloy, #C-1854-NIC
For use in leather crafting, belt, strap, watch band, pet product, purse, bag, shoe, boot and accessory manufacturing and repair Strapping Size: 2" Total Width: 65mm (2.6") Total Height: 65mm (2.6") Finish: Nickel Base Material: Zinc Alloy
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I fixed the non matching point where the loop contacts the barber pole.
And made the bulk about 60 percent thicker. This may cause the central pin to be larger than a standard belt hole punch but can be whittle or sanded after. If I take off the bulk now it will need print support which will add back in the same bulk and need to be removed anyway.
I have scaled it down to have slightly over 1.5 inch width capacity but it can be scaled when printed to any size you wish.
The convenience of having the center at 1.5 capacity is that upping to a 1.75 or 2 are easy calculations when rounded to 116% and 133%, respectively.
I am printing currently but will need to do a spool change mid stream (I am still using the small scrap that came as sample material with my new printer). If anyone wants to take a shot at this, here is the file (below). I have had great success so far with setting highest quality at .12m pass height and ironing set to "on". I wouldn't suggest ironing on anything tall as it knocks the print of the bed but these are short and strong so ironing makes them smooth and without any need for sanding.
This will be a pretty small file so if you want to do any smoothing or remeshing, it will likely help the quality of the print. Let me know if I need to load a higher resolution version.
And made the bulk about 60 percent thicker. This may cause the central pin to be larger than a standard belt hole punch but can be whittle or sanded after. If I take off the bulk now it will need print support which will add back in the same bulk and need to be removed anyway.
I have scaled it down to have slightly over 1.5 inch width capacity but it can be scaled when printed to any size you wish.
The convenience of having the center at 1.5 capacity is that upping to a 1.75 or 2 are easy calculations when rounded to 116% and 133%, respectively.
I am printing currently but will need to do a spool change mid stream (I am still using the small scrap that came as sample material with my new printer). If anyone wants to take a shot at this, here is the file (below). I have had great success so far with setting highest quality at .12m pass height and ironing set to "on". I wouldn't suggest ironing on anything tall as it knocks the print of the bed but these are short and strong so ironing makes them smooth and without any need for sanding.
This will be a pretty small file so if you want to do any smoothing or remeshing, it will likely help the quality of the print. Let me know if I need to load a higher resolution version.
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Hey, sorry everyone, I am a dork. Stayed up late, worked on those corners shown above and didn't notice I was working on a previous file without the cross bars. I have temporarily removed the stl until I put the bar back in on the one with the fixed corners and I will up the resolution to the maximum that therpf will allow on the file as it prints terribly pixelated even when it looks smooth as it really is printing the resolution level I saved it to. Sorry for the hold, I just don't want anyone wasting time and effort on a bad print.
