Decided to make my first 3D printed costume. I've done a Deadpool and Ironman in EVA foam. This will be mostly the Arkham Knight outfit but I'm going with a black camouflage under-suit (at least for now) and will be using the Arkham Origins bicep, tricep and thigh pieces. I'll also add a codpiece, but not sure from what so far. I'm thinking I'll do some weathering with wear and tear on the pieces. I may redo the carbon fiber vinyl also. I'm OCD and the directions bother me, plus I'm running into some adhesion issues, even with adhesion promoter.
Batman: Urban Knight (Arkham Knight)
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The symbol was driving me nuts so redid the carbon fiber vinyl. Here is a potential cod piece (I'm not 100% certain I'll actually use it) that actually came from a Halo stl file. I really need to learn to design with some of the apps available. Here's also a shot of some other pieces that are still being cleaned up and prepped.
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More progress (a lot of stuff I haven't taken photos of yet). Here are some of the back pieces. Some have been attached to each other. Having to reprint the large pieces. I've printed two different belt buckles. I like the detail on the smaller one but think I will go with the larger one because it's curved and larger. Have some touch-ups to do on the cowl (still need to figure out the magnetic attachment setup for the back plate). I'm also using the bicep and tricep guards from the Origins costume. At least until I have a muscle suit of some kind.
I'm kind of all over the place with what I'm finishing as I'm working on all the parts at once. I still want to weather these, but mostly finished the pouches. I decided that, instead of permanently mounting the parts to the belt, I created brackets for the belt to slot through. This will allow me to center the parts easier with the buckle being on my back. I made the pouches functional as well using magnets to hold the latch in place. I wish they were a bit wider in order to be able to put my cell phone in one (I have no idea what I'll put in these). I may make a wider one and just paint it all black and place that further on the side of the belt in order to have something to hold my phone.
Some more updates (though there is progress made that I don't have pictures of). First is the cowl. There was an stl file for this and I tried printing it multiple times. There were issues with the file itself (walls to thin), which I corrected in meshmixer. with the size of the cowl, I've had to break it down into 5 pieces to fit on my printer. I tried TPU to make it flexible and I tried PLA. I just couldn't get it to work out the way I wanted. I'm not even sure how many pieces I printed. I finally decided to make it from EVA foam, and made several versions of that. I took my assembled PLA version of the cowl, applied tape to half of it and then cut that into different sections to make paper templates. The first version was done in 6mm foam and much closer to being what I wanted. I still wasn't happy and cut that apart and made modifications to various pieces. Much happier with this version done in 3mm EVA foam. Part of me thinks I may want to do it in 4mm foam. This is going to have to hold up the shoulder armor, back, and chest/abdomen pieces to some extent, so I'd like like it to be tough and still flexible. Will see how it works ultimately as it would be easy enough for me to make a 4mm piece now that I have the paper templates.
I've also made progress on the gauntlets. The most disappointing part was, that in my prints, the edges of the three "spears" didn't print really well. They were really thinner than they needed to be. It would have been nice if I had them as separate parts, but worried that they'd break off if bumped to hard. I corrected the issues with two part epoxy putty and red bondo. I was also bothered at the low poly used on the gauntlets. You could really see it on some portions. I decided to hide that by creating a mix of red bondo and acetone. Kind of a textured steel look. I applied this twice and then rubbed across the second layer before it was totally dry. I've actually got them in primer/filler right now. Need one pass of sanding and another application of primer/filler before painting.
I've also made progress on the gauntlets. The most disappointing part was, that in my prints, the edges of the three "spears" didn't print really well. They were really thinner than they needed to be. It would have been nice if I had them as separate parts, but worried that they'd break off if bumped to hard. I corrected the issues with two part epoxy putty and red bondo. I was also bothered at the low poly used on the gauntlets. You could really see it on some portions. I decided to hide that by creating a mix of red bondo and acetone. Kind of a textured steel look. I applied this twice and then rubbed across the second layer before it was totally dry. I've actually got them in primer/filler right now. Need one pass of sanding and another application of primer/filler before painting.
Some updates. First the cowl. I've completed the pieces that go on the sides. They mount on the back with two purse magnets on each. I may need to add a small standoff on the sides of each to stop the chest piece from sticking out on the top area.
I've also got most of the abdomen and chest done. The textured portion for the abdomen was a yoga mat. I had to create templates for the that and the eva foam that surrounds the individual pieces of the abdomen. I still have an elastic strap I need to add on the bottom to go around back (even though the belt should hold it in place). I have to make some modifications on how the chest mounts. I feel like it sticks out to far right now, but it's hard to really get that piece close to the body (and really shouldn't be too close anyway). I think it's really the design on the edges that make that tough. I'll find a way though.
I've also got most of the abdomen and chest done. The textured portion for the abdomen was a yoga mat. I had to create templates for the that and the eva foam that surrounds the individual pieces of the abdomen. I still have an elastic strap I need to add on the bottom to go around back (even though the belt should hold it in place). I have to make some modifications on how the chest mounts. I feel like it sticks out to far right now, but it's hard to really get that piece close to the body (and really shouldn't be too close anyway). I think it's really the design on the edges that make that tough. I'll find a way though.
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