Storm trooper(s) STL or OBJ files

xiionn

xiionn

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I know this has probably been hashed a million times, i have searched but found nothing really.....does anyone have screen accurate, or at least something that can be made to be.....of the original stormtrooper, with or without shoulder guards, but preferably with.....and any other stormtroopers. I am seriously thinking of getting a 3d printer JUST for making star wars stuff.

I have looked, i have seen some that look good, but are silly money for a file, not knowing if they are entirely accurate, seen dozens that on first inspection look fine, but actually are miles off.

Surely there must be some accurate files out there, for free, or not daft money. Blender and 3DS Max has been around for yonks!
 
You can work something out from the Battlefront model. Some parts like arms are mirrored, but the chest, ab section cod are asymmetrical.

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Where do i get that model? Not sure i have the skill to break that down and get thicknesses, but i could have a go i suppose!
 
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If you’ve not got a 3D printer and haven’t tried 3d printing, I would suggest you buy a 3D printer and start printing small items first before you go big on full size helmets, it’s a very big learning curve and at times very very frustrating
 
Thanks for the advice. Its the armor i cant find. I was planning on starting with some of the smaller armor bits and getting an idea how to work the printer from there. I have an engineering degree and used what we calle3d rapid prototypers (Now called 3d printer) so im not a total noob, but that was some time ago and things have moved on a LOT since then.

I cant find decent armor for a stormtrooper for the life of me!
 
I uploaded it here:

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Stormtrooper Armor by TooMuchGarlic

Battlefront game model Low-poly Stormtrooper armor and helmet in 1:6 scale with Rogue One hand guards from the Shoretrooper model to make ANH hand guards. Thanks to Corra_Ashu for the original model
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I'll probably not have it up for long.
 
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Thats the most accurate ive seen so far visually. Its 1/6th scale so i guess you have to scale it up. What other issues might you face trying to 3d print. Anything 3d printed is going to need to be filled, sanded and most likely for durability sake, coated in resin....how will the low poly affect that on a standard desktop printer?
 
I am not sure how accurate you really want it, but keep in mind a 3D printed Original Trilogy armor can only be so accurate anyway considering the original was vac-formed ABS.
 
Thats true.

Think im more concerned with tidy print and not mahoosive cleanup, rework after the print to make something at least look decent lol
 
You may want to look into the quality you can get from 3D prints now. Resin SLA printers have come down in price but have a very small build volume. You will have to subdivide the STL and glue all the pieces together. I have no idea how strong the prints are, but I could imagine that 3d resin doesn't have much more strength than regular resin, so that would not make it practical to make a stormtrooper costume from.
PLA on an FDM printer would be much stronger, plus you can print larger pieces, but you would still have to glue most pieces together. One problem with FDM printers is that they leave layer lines that must be sanded and filled in. This takes a lot of elbow grease. It could take weeks of sanding and filling.
The PLA prints should be at least 2-4 mm thick, and after they are all glued together, you will probably have a fairly strong, but heavy armor set, unlike most armor which is vacuformed styrene or PVC sheets.

TazMan2000
 
I like the idea of heavy to be honest. Its meant to be armor lol

SLA machines are smaller unless expensive. If i knew of a maker zone with a big one, id use that though because it would only need reinforcing with a little fibreglass on the insides and it would be plenty strong....not to mention you'd save many, many hours of sanding!

As it is, i will most likely be condemned to the usual rigour of sanding/filling/priming/sanding. I have decent workshop tools, so that will cut out a lot of time, but it will still take many, many hours.
 
Coming from someone who owns a set of TK armor, I would NOT want to be encased in something that's 3D printed. The ABS plastic that the TK armor is made from has a nice flex to it when you're moving around. For example, the shin pieces (a left and right side for each shin) are glued with a cover-strip in the front, and velcroed in the back. You open up the back in order to get your foot/shin in, and then it flexes back and the velcro holds it in place in the back. The ab/cod piece is also flexible, which makes it nice when trying to bend over or see things/people who are small or low to the ground.

I don't think 3D printing a suit would be comfortable AT ALL to wear. The normal TK honestly isn't very comfortable, and, although made of a more flexible ABS, is still very restricting when it comes to movement.

Just my 2 cents.

SB
 
Thanks for the heads up.

I think a semi flexible cod/butt peice is just sensible for sure! Flexible ab peice is probably a good idea as well.

There are a fair few reasonable flexible filaments to use in 3d printing. For certain peices i was going to go with a semi-flexible TPU with a Shore A Durometer of 90, should offer decent flexibility yet maintain its structure pretty well.

The only issue is a decent gloss paint, that is flexible.
 
after the cost of the printer and the filament you will be into it for more then the cost of the armor. I am currently printing a C3po to go with my R2D2 the printer was $850 and the filament for the c3po will be about $200

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I'd say, 'Go for it'.
If people can print and wear an Ironman suit you can do a Stormtrooper.
If you intend on trooping, you may want to visit some sites like the 501st to see if they have any recommendations. One of the benefits of having a set of STLs is that you can print replacement panels if one ever gets damaged severely.


Not certain if the above is 501st approved but it looks pretty good.

TazMan2000
 
TazMan2000 said:
I'd say, 'Go for it'.
If people can print and wear an Ironman suit you can do a Stormtrooper.
If you intend on trooping, you may want to visit some sites like the 501st to see if they have any recommendations. One of the benefits of having a set of STLs is that you can print replacement panels if one ever gets damaged severely.


Not certain if the above is 501st approved but it looks pretty good.

TazMan2000
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Thats my thinking. I want the printer anyway, and there are a lot of budget printers which will do well, and with upgrades being almost universal you cant really buy a stinker nowadays.

There is so much i would print, just so that i can cast, in both metals and plastics, not even taking armor into consideration.....helmets, and buckles, odds and ends. replacement parts for all the things that break in my workshop etc.

Was going to go with something around 300x300x400.....but im seeing some 400 machines that have ok reviews which arent too bad. For armor, i rekon a bigger hot end or itll take an age to print!
 
Take a look at the Phrozen XL. There are a few other large resin printers in that price range too. You can find reviews of them on youtube.
 
Im not sure about resin. It obviously has its pros. next to no finishing work needed (If the print model is 100% which it almost never is!) But the list of cons......price, price of resin, maintenance and cleaning parts, and its toxic lol....

Think regular 3d PLA has a lot of cleanup, but it can be done inside in a studio, and materials/printer is way cheaper.

If SLA printers come down in price, and resins....it will be something to think about for sure
 
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