How to Finish & Paint your 3D prints: Fill, Sand, Prime, Paint.

Learn how to Post process a 3D printed helmet going through all the steps start to finish, glueing the pieces together, using UV resin and baby powder to coat the helmet, Sanding, Priming, and Painting to a Glossy finish. Also see how to print a transparent visor out of resin.
So follow along and you should be able to create your own props in no time.
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Chapters:
Resin & Sanding 0:53
Resin Visor 16:47
Paint 20:13
Interior & Lighting 25:00
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[@SRFArtandAudio]

11:11 - genius. Thank you for sharing the plans! Also, killer job on this project. Love Metroid and you knocked this out of the park.

[@DaveRigDesign]

Thanks, glad you liked to build. Shaking paint is so much easier this way :)

[@MDigitalProductions]

Used your Baby powder resin method for a project last week, it's so convenient, my next project is gonna be finishing a stormtrooper helmet, so this video couldn't have come at a better time! Thanks once again for sharing your process!

[@DaveRigDesign]

Awesome. Glad it helped. I think I'll need to do a Stormtrooper helmet at some point, I think it's a requirement for anyone printing helmets :)

[@jeffjohnson6763]

You are a wizard Dave. I started using the resin/talc technique after watching your videos, and my sword of omens is coming along nicely, with a lot less hassle. Using resin and mesh to strengthen the seams? Brilliant. Can’t wait to give it a go.

[@DaveRigDesign]

Awesome!!!! Glad I can help. Resin & Mesh is a fiberglassing technique but I didn’t have any glass mate on hand so window screening had to make due :)

[@corty1980]

Great work Dave, I know how much work is involved in doing helmets having done a Blue Beetle and Iron man helmet myself with the sanding being especially very time consuming when doing FDM prints.

[@DaveRigDesign]

Thanks 🙏 So much sanding….. But the resin does really speed things up :)

[@roypeters1545]

I like the face version going to try it with my airwolf helmet

[@DaveRigDesign]

Ya, it was a after thought but I had high hopes for it. I think if the visor didn't distort the image so much it would have worked, but then again I wasn't expecting the visor to come out so clear :)

[@andyb7754]

Very interesting project, well done. I raelly liked the video except when you didn't have gloves on and touched the project while painting. Do yourself a favor and get some 3mm gloves if you need to touch it to see how smooth it is. No matter how clean your hands are they still have body oil on them. The project came out great. Thank you for sharing. I like it with the face.

[@DaveRigDesign]

Thanks, The face really shows off how well the visor turned out, Too bad it distorts the image so much and makes it look freaky :)

[@atlasgo4201]

I turn all notifications on. Go bro

[@DaveRigDesign]

🙏 I’ll have a new painting video coming up soon so stay tuned :)

[@bobbyb3486]

Great video!

[@DaveRigDesign]

Thanks 🙏

[@DefaultMando]

Can you do a drop test of baby power resin vs resin only on a 3D print?. If resin cracks will propogate over more simulated damage strikes. I am very curious about this.

[@DaveRigDesign]

A few people have asked this on other videos. I can look into it. My guess is the resin would just create small crack lines and possibly flake off at the impact point.

[@DefaultMando]

@@DaveRigDesign I look forward to the possibility of you showcasing some experiment results. I hope you have a fantastic rest of your day!

[@threshanimations7430]

Hi Great video! I prefer the faceless version too. I was wondering what the baby powder used for? I'm looking to smooth pla or worbla with tinted resin as well but am concerened about inhibition or tacky feeling resin. The sponge looks really useful too. Have you found a way to clean or reuse the sponge? Any information would be really appreciated. Thanks!

[@DaveRigDesign]

Thanks :) The powder just thickens the resin so it coats better and makes it easer to play it where you want and it not running everywhere. I have a earlier video comparing resin with and without powder kzbin.info/www/bejne/i3e1k4edaJyHmpo To deal with the tacky feeling, after curing I just wipe down the model with isopropyl alcohol and that takes care of it. For the sponge brush, they are so cheap I just throw them out. I was able to keep the same brush for multiple days though but it was starting to fall apart. Basically you can use the same brush for a while as long as it's not exposed to UV light.

[@lcasey6597]

will the resin method work on filament printing lines also

[@DaveRigDesign]

Yup. That’s the main reason to use it. I have a video on my channel showing this in detail

[@maverick-_-hunter]

Really cool video! (Possibly) stupid question: Is it possible to airbrush resin?

[@DaveRigDesign]

I've heard people talk about it and that it is super dangerous if you don't take the proper safety precautions. Spraying resin into the air doesn't sound fun. You would need a full protective suit and enclosed area. Also its too thick to spray so not sure what happens to is if you thin it. Sounds like a bad time all the way around :)

[@mr.rajikon3911]

So I have a 50w 395nm UV light and using sunlu ABS like water washable resin.. when I apply and try to cure it stays wet. Like nothing happens... what am I doing wrong? Should I get a more basic resin?

[@DaveRigDesign]

What is the nm your resin cures at. My elegoo resin cures at 405nm and I think that is normal for most. So the issue could be your light is at the wrong wavelength.

[@mr.rajikon3911]

Ah wow. I didn't think of that. The bottle says 405.. thank you.

[@theajtruth]

The face needs to be angled differently, also the face needs black lines to feel more game like

[@LelandHasGames]

I think it looks uncanny with the face insert. And I mean that in a good way.

[@DaveRigDesign]

Ya, from some angles it looked ok, but other were weird due to the visor warping effect.

[@LelandHasGames]

@@DaveRigDesign I feel like the visor came out looking really good! I think it's pretty much impossible to get it looking absolutely perfect. I love Metroid and I just got into 3D printing. Been struggling a lot. Been trying to print with ABS.

[@DaveRigDesign]

@LelandHasGames ABS it tough unless you have an enclosed printer. I would stick to pla if your just starting out until you get the hand of thing, it’s way easier to work with.

[@LelandHasGames]

@@DaveRigDesign I had some success with ASA and I've had lots of success with PLA. Most of my filament is ABS though. :/

[@Phyrior]

Funny enough: If you hadn't done any painting to the face and just put it in fresh from the print, she'd be a perfect SA-X.

[@DaveRigDesign]

Might have actually looked less creepy also :)

[@RandyBurgertime]

Yeah, I know what you were going for with the face, but that thing looked creepy. Much nicer without.

[@DaveRigDesign]

Ya. It was close but not quite right.

[@davidedulcetti1]

Face

[@pelaotool]

no face, with face it feels like her head was just cut off by someone

[@DaveRigDesign]

lol, yes… maybe it would be as bad if I was a better painter :)

[@seawolf000uk]

love the video but that dreadful music. would be better without in my humble opinion.

[@DaveRigDesign]

Dreadful!!! That cuts deep… Glad you liked the video though :) Can’t please everyone with the sound track but there needs to be something or it’s really flat when no one is talking.

[@theajtruth]

But it's metroid

[@afjer]

​​@@DaveRigDesignI like it. Some people don't like older retro music I guess.

[@THUND3RP1TBULL]

Thank you for making this video, Hopefully i can use this method u use to make armor more better now, your totally awesome!

[@DaveRigDesign]

Thanks. Hope your armor turns out awesome!!!

[@offearth3d]

Post Process however you all ike but please use nitrile gloves and respirators when working with resin! I see so many unsafe uses of this stuff and its TOXIC!

[@DaveRigDesign]

Not sure if you noticed but I was wearing gloves...

[@offearth3d]

@@DaveRigDesign not when you were putting the reinforcement mesh in. It’s just for me as a professional, I don’t want to pass off bad safety practices to the new comers in the hobby.

[@DaveRigDesign]

Well I don't wear gloves when I use a fork and knife and manage to not get my dinner all over my hands. It's Resin, not uranium. If your not physically touching it, gloves don't do anything to protect you. People need to use common sense when working with different products and not wrap everything in bubble wrap. If everything is super dangerous then nothing is.

[@petercallison5765]

@@DaveRigDesign Sanding resin is when you need the respirator the most.

[@MartinzW]

With face but put some extra filter in front of face so it's less visible in the light and only if you look closely you can see her

[@DaveRigDesign]

So what your saying is add the face but blur the screen so you can’t see it :)

[@MartinzW]

@@DaveRigDesign Yeah, that could work. Something that gives depth and mystery of the wearer - focus is largely on helmet so face details shouldn't be that clearly visible.

[@spoonisinthedraw]

Thank you for sharing this whole process! I learned a lot

[@DaveRigDesign]

Thanks and You’re welcome. 😀