Burt
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Hey there,
I'm Burt. I've been wanting to make a Warcraft costume for a long time, it's my favorite game/franchise
I really like the simple style and look of the Alliance Soldiers from the movie.
Boerb shared his 3D printing files.
Files: Warcraft Movie Foot Soldier Armor 3D Models [Added Download Link]
I'm using the PropStoreAuction's images as reference.
References: 1 2
I started with the helmet. It was an extremely good print on my Monoprice Maker Select with PLA. Perfect fit, great smooth prints.
PLA prints, to smooth I used filler primer and bondo spot putty. Sand, rinse repeat.
sand smooooooth. nothing wrong with the print, just my own impatience to get layers of filler primer on
threw on a light layer of paint, I'm impatient, I wanted to see the color, then sanded again and this picture is after its been rinsed.
'installed' the nails or tacks, not sure what the proper name is called. These are 'brass tacks' found at Hobby Lobby in the wood isle, pretty great find. I clipped the stem off, and glued each tack on.
This is currently where the helmet is. I need to do another light sanding/bondo on the tacks and I think this is ready for paint. I have a blue wig to use as the tassel that I can't wait to destroy and put into the back of the helmet.
Here's the finger armor. They've been painted with a base matte metallic nickel. I need to do the gold trim which will be painted by hand. I didn't spend a whole ton of time on these, a lot of their 'flaws' will be hidden by the plates themselves and some weathering. I still have a lot of work to do, drill holes into each one, and figure out my strapping system for these, which I will probably do similar to how Weta did theirs on the Propstoreauction's images.
p.s they sound really satisfying when they 'clink' together.
17 hour print on the top side of the gauntlet. This print didn't adhear as well to the print bed(you can see a bit of stringing there), luckily it didn't affect the print at all except for the very tip, which can just be sanded out and is really easy to fix.
Top/Bottoms of left gauntlet. or right, its hard to tell which is which. This is 3DSolutech's PastelBlue PLA 1.75, great stuff.
Handplates/tops of thumbs are ready for paint, and the other side of the gauntlet needs some more sanding.
Printing more parts as I type this and will have more updates soon
Thanks for reading.
-Burt
I'm Burt. I've been wanting to make a Warcraft costume for a long time, it's my favorite game/franchise
I really like the simple style and look of the Alliance Soldiers from the movie.
Boerb shared his 3D printing files.
Files: Warcraft Movie Foot Soldier Armor 3D Models [Added Download Link]
I'm using the PropStoreAuction's images as reference.
References: 1 2
I started with the helmet. It was an extremely good print on my Monoprice Maker Select with PLA. Perfect fit, great smooth prints.
PLA prints, to smooth I used filler primer and bondo spot putty. Sand, rinse repeat.
sand smooooooth. nothing wrong with the print, just my own impatience to get layers of filler primer on
threw on a light layer of paint, I'm impatient, I wanted to see the color, then sanded again and this picture is after its been rinsed.
'installed' the nails or tacks, not sure what the proper name is called. These are 'brass tacks' found at Hobby Lobby in the wood isle, pretty great find. I clipped the stem off, and glued each tack on.
This is currently where the helmet is. I need to do another light sanding/bondo on the tacks and I think this is ready for paint. I have a blue wig to use as the tassel that I can't wait to destroy and put into the back of the helmet.
Here's the finger armor. They've been painted with a base matte metallic nickel. I need to do the gold trim which will be painted by hand. I didn't spend a whole ton of time on these, a lot of their 'flaws' will be hidden by the plates themselves and some weathering. I still have a lot of work to do, drill holes into each one, and figure out my strapping system for these, which I will probably do similar to how Weta did theirs on the Propstoreauction's images.
p.s they sound really satisfying when they 'clink' together.
17 hour print on the top side of the gauntlet. This print didn't adhear as well to the print bed(you can see a bit of stringing there), luckily it didn't affect the print at all except for the very tip, which can just be sanded out and is really easy to fix.
Top/Bottoms of left gauntlet. or right, its hard to tell which is which. This is 3DSolutech's PastelBlue PLA 1.75, great stuff.
Handplates/tops of thumbs are ready for paint, and the other side of the gauntlet needs some more sanding.
Printing more parts as I type this and will have more updates soon
Thanks for reading.
-Burt
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