kalkamel
Master Member
While I found Season 3 of The Mandalorian a big disappointment, there were a handful of things from it that I did like. One of which were the Praetorian Guards featured in the last two episodes. The helmet in particular, with its Corinthian style design, felt more like a natural progression of the Royal Guard helmets in ROTJ compared to the ridiculous looking Lobstermen seen in TLJ.
So a few days after that penultimate episode aired, I found this file on Printables: Printables
This was modeled right after that episode and while there are some inaccuracies, I thought it captured the look fine. Plus, it's free. And besides, more accurate 3D files weren't available yet at that point.
So I downloaded it and fired up my trusty workhorse, the Anycubic Mega X. I split the model vertically right at the centre so I can print it in two halves (to cut down on printing time) and printed them without centre support.
Once printed, I glued the two halves together. This was taken after I sanded the layer lines down with an orbital sander.
After a few rounds of filling, sanding and priming, it was ready for the base coat.
I used a color called Monza Red but it ended up looking a tad dull for my liking.
So I sanded it down and reprimed.
I used another shade called Signal Red and I thought it looked way better. A 1K gloss clear coat made it super shiny. I added a visor made from a thin plastic sheet with 5% auto tint. Here's the completed helmet.
There are more accurate paid files out now (Great Ape just released one) but for now I'm happy to add this to my collection of helmets.
Thanks for reading.
So a few days after that penultimate episode aired, I found this file on Printables: Printables
This was modeled right after that episode and while there are some inaccuracies, I thought it captured the look fine. Plus, it's free. And besides, more accurate 3D files weren't available yet at that point.
So I downloaded it and fired up my trusty workhorse, the Anycubic Mega X. I split the model vertically right at the centre so I can print it in two halves (to cut down on printing time) and printed them without centre support.
Once printed, I glued the two halves together. This was taken after I sanded the layer lines down with an orbital sander.
After a few rounds of filling, sanding and priming, it was ready for the base coat.
I used a color called Monza Red but it ended up looking a tad dull for my liking.
So I sanded it down and reprimed.
I used another shade called Signal Red and I thought it looked way better. A 1K gloss clear coat made it super shiny. I added a visor made from a thin plastic sheet with 5% auto tint. Here's the completed helmet.
There are more accurate paid files out now (Great Ape just released one) but for now I'm happy to add this to my collection of helmets.
Thanks for reading.
Last edited:
