https://www.myminifactory.com/object/3d-print-star-wars-storm-trooper-vii-fully-wearable-helmet-12992
Fully Wearable Star Wars VII Storm Trooper Helmet
I have 90% of the parts printed off my 3D printer (not all shown here). Today I completed rough sanding 80% of the parts, but I need to go in with my standing tools to pick out the edges around the mouth area...it needs to be sharper. Then I just have to rough sand the rest, and then glue/bond/weld the ELEVEN parts into TWO parts (front & back). Then scrape & rough sand again to erase glue/bonding fill in all seams. Then primer-fill & dry to allow for final standings. Sand, sand, sand...drill out more air holes near where my mouth goes that will be covered with fabric and then mesh.
If I do that all the parts should look something like this when it is unpainted:
- Mask off areas around the five or six silver parts...paint the silver parts
- Mask off areas around the black parts...paint the black parts with a few coats
- Mask off the black & silver parts very precisely to paint teh helmet white several coast between light sanding.
- Mesh around the air holes on the inside, mesh around the grimacing mouth of the helmet.
- Get my solution to the lens in there
I will hold the back to the front using Neodymium magnets. It will not be movie accurate, but it is damn nice IMO. Fun fact...you don't realize how big these helmets are until you make one.
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