AdamFX
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I've been working on this for sometime. It began as a very high quality 3d scan of a replica helmet with a bumpy cap (Not RSprops). Once scanned in, I began restoring it to closer match the sharpness and details seen on the original screen used helmets. There is still work to be done but I wanted to do a test assembly of the parts and 3d print it as a test. In 3d, I have all the parts separate like the original helmets so they can be assembled virtually to achieve the varied assembled looks of the original helmets. For those wondering, My goal was to make the best 3D stormtrooper helmet but not for printing 1:1 scale helmets. That's best left to vac-forming and the masters at RS Props. I'm much more interested in making a very high quality 3d model for 3d artwork and 3d printing for figure statues.
The first 3D print test turned out quite nice. The picture below of me holding the larger print in my hand is more representative of the quality of the print than the other photos which picked up specular highlights and got overexposed by my iPhone. I haven't done any clean up work on the test prints. I'm happy with the results so I'm going to continue to finish up detailing the helmet parts. BTW this is a solid 3d print but I did experiment and printed out the face mask as it would be on the real helmet (thin plastic). It's possible that I could print each part so that it could be assembled like a real helmet but it would depend scale because thickness of each part could make it quite fragile but it may be worth it for the look. I have to experiment further once I'm done with the individual parts.
Thanks for checking it out. This has been a 3 year project believe it or not. I've busy with work (3d artist obviously). I've moved on it fairly quickly this year as I started to get serious about finally doing something with what I started a while ago. After doing the test print, I'm pretty motivated to finalizing it and painting. I'd like to do the armor, maybe even a full figure although I have not scanned in any armor to do that so It's probably a long way off. But thats the dream
The first 3D print test turned out quite nice. The picture below of me holding the larger print in my hand is more representative of the quality of the print than the other photos which picked up specular highlights and got overexposed by my iPhone. I haven't done any clean up work on the test prints. I'm happy with the results so I'm going to continue to finish up detailing the helmet parts. BTW this is a solid 3d print but I did experiment and printed out the face mask as it would be on the real helmet (thin plastic). It's possible that I could print each part so that it could be assembled like a real helmet but it would depend scale because thickness of each part could make it quite fragile but it may be worth it for the look. I have to experiment further once I'm done with the individual parts.
Thanks for checking it out. This has been a 3 year project believe it or not. I've busy with work (3d artist obviously). I've moved on it fairly quickly this year as I started to get serious about finally doing something with what I started a while ago. After doing the test print, I'm pretty motivated to finalizing it and painting. I'd like to do the armor, maybe even a full figure although I have not scanned in any armor to do that so It's probably a long way off. But thats the dream
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