How To SCALE 3D Printed Cosplay ARMOR

[@Chriss_Workshop]

Hope this video can help you all out! Sorry for the dark scenes. My camera wanted to balance out the monitor instead of the whole scene. I'll fix that next video!

[@Chriss_Workshop]

Lights were on. Camera light balance just hates me when a bright ass monitor is in the background

[@UmbralStrix]

I'm finally trying my first printed armour build, this has helped immensely. Thank you!

[@BoredMan_XCI]

I knew armor smith would be a good investment, but I don't think anyone has mentioned the ability to adjust and and export files like that. Sold. Thank you.

[@Jayy8Bit]

9:55 YES. This is EXACTLY what I was looking for.

[@JGDeRuvo]

You could also position the part vertically on the cura print bed and position all but the sizing ring portion below the bed plane. Cura will then only print what’s above the plane. No cutting requires.

[@kinney83]

Great content. Had this on my watch list for a while. Finally got a 3d printer, thank you for providing the knowledge in this video. Subbed and will binge the rest of your content. EVA and wonderflex are gonna be so jealous, but they all have their uses.

[@Chriss_Workshop]

Hey thanks very much! Glad to help a fellow maker

[@RavenRockMachine]

Hahaha "working out one hand". Great video man!

[@Chriss_Workshop]

Thanks. Yeah godzilla needs balance or something

[@adventuresin]

Amazing thanks for the really helpful information on Armour Smith. I'm looking at the same file so this was a massive boon.

[@adventuresin]

Also just realised you're the same person I was chatting to on Facebook about this cosplay!!

[@Chriss_Workshop]

Im so glad i could save ya the headache of printing it only to find out its kinda jacked lol

[@Chriss_Workshop]

I get around lol

[@WarrenPenner]

Thanks for this Chris! Just starting to place parts in Armorsmith and find their tutorials sadly lacking.

[@Chriss_Workshop]

I wont say im close to being a pro, but glad i could help a little 😅

[@ryanel-fadle2557]

I really like how simple and detailed you made this video, thank you. Cant use armor smith as its not on Mac unfortunately so I think I will try loading a body model into Shapr3D and size that body as me then go from there, thank you though as you have helped the process a lot.

[@Chriss_Workshop]

Im glad i could help!

[@vt.b3nis376]

Definitely gonna be coming back to this channel once i get my printer monday! thank you so much!

[@TheCNCNoob]

How's your first 3 days with the printer mate?

[@vt.b3nis376]

@@TheCNCNoob Its awesome! A lot of tinkering and adjustments were made, and I’m certainly going to be buying more accessories for it, but I’ve had some really cool prints so far. Made this cool katana that I melted the pieces together with a soldering iron that turned out great!

[@TheCNCNoob]

@@vt.b3nis376 That's awesome! I'm currently working on a 5 foot sword, 2 weeks of printing lol

[@DukeFavre]

Love how you shave and take of yourself! looking good man!

[@kegelschneckenmett2026]

Godzilla scales weeeeeeeee^^

[@Chriss_Workshop]

Quiet you ;)

[@JordanBuilds3D]

I hope one day (in a covid free world) I could wear a suit to a movie premiere. That'd be so cool.

[@Chriss_Workshop]

Ugh i know right! One day

[@redneckgamer6447]

This was a great video it really helped me understand 3D printing more

[@KamakaziUnicorn]

Bobbie sent me... haha. Definitely want to try to print bigger stuff myself!

[@Chriss_Workshop]

Hey good luck man. Its super pleasing to print and assemble large projects

[@future_projects_workshop464]

Dude!!! Nicely done 🔥

[@Chriss_Workshop]

Appreciate it

[@demolition3612]

Very interesting, good information, thank you

[@bjohns3961]

i print a peice lengthwise too when im doing the ring test

[@julianruan1093]

Yooo helped me out greatly thanks bro!!!!

[@smarrtacus8391]

Came here from franks discord, subscribed pretty interested in seeing what you do with the software man good little rundown 👍

[@Chriss_Workshop]

Hey thanks for that! Just wanting to help us all however i can

[@J.D.Vision]

Could you make a tutorial on how to do the same thing for Action Figure bodies?.

[@Chriss_Workshop]

you dont really scale action figure bodies. unless you mean put the armor on the action figures? its literally the same process

[@yoinkysploinky5102]

Why dont you have more subs????? You've earned mine!

[@Chriss_Workshop]

Thanks so much! I guess its a slow burn. I've only been doing this since October 2020

[@cocopup7]

I am sizing some forearm bracers and they get less wide where the wrist goes but I can't make it to the size of my wrist due to my head being larger. I go larger and it is too loose. Scaling to my arm distorts the overall look of the print making it look fat rather than uniform. I was just wondering how to get it where my hand fits through and the bracer/gauntlet doesn't spin on my wrist.

[@Chriss_Workshop]

You can always scale up until your hand can squeeze through, and then line the insides with foam so it doesnt move much on your arm

[@brokenshoe1775]

Do you have any vids regarding the sort of profile youd use for printing armor. Im not new to printing but new to this specific application , i kinda just really want some Mjolnir armor but have literally no idea where to start. Any more info or links to other vids youve done regarding how u print these files as i found this crazy helpful and useful thanks so much for all your work man

[@Chriss_Workshop]

I dont really do profiles. Everythings so default. I just lower infill % so i dont burn through filament

[@ProjectShinkai]

I'm literally 3d printing master cheif armor as we speak.

[@nolanalex]

Here from you last video met you on discord awesome when I decide to build a iron man suit ima get the software ypu just used

[@Chriss_Workshop]

I recognize you haha. I cant wait to see it :)

[@AlexParton]

Can you do one of these specifically on multiple types of helmets?

[@Chriss_Workshop]

Sure. Though i have to make multiple helmets first

[@AlexParton]

@@Chriss_Workshop yeah I guess just trying to get a better understanding of how to scale in armor smith different helmets since they aren’t all round.

[@Chriss_Workshop]

You can also do the old method without armorsmith. You can check out my "how to cut and slice" video but in short, make a ring of your helmet and print it at different scales to figure out how large you need it to be

[@AlexParton]

@@Chriss_Workshop yeah just trying to get a better sense on how to use this to scale helmets for measurements like 20 inch, 21 inch, 22 inch etc.

[@MadBomber536]

Where did you get the Godzilla suit? I'm interested in getting it.

[@Chriss_Workshop]

Check the description

[@TheEvanight]

I don’t know if anyone else asked, but what filament did you use?

[@Chriss_Workshop]

Just normal PLA

[@TheEvanight]

Thank you

[@turbo3089]

How did u get rhe front and back as one piece

[@Chriss_Workshop]

Imported everything into meshmixer. Combined into one file. Then exported as a new model

[@benjaminkappler8240]

What's the best 3d printer for the price?

[@Chriss_Workshop]

Not really sure since theres SO MANY haha. Frankly Built just uploaded a great video on the subject that may help

[@AlexParton]

With some of the files from Nikko you'll get a helmet and its cut into two pieces already (Darth Revan for example) when importing them into armorsmith it doesn't put them together as one helmet. How would you go about getting the helmets lined up correctly so that you can do the free form transformation?

[@Chriss_Workshop]

So with that i usually use slic3r. You can go into the settings and turn off the auto positioning. What that does is place the model usually in the same position it was in when it was first made. So you can throw the parts in slic3r and it'll auto assemble the model for you. From there you can export everything as one solid stl

[@AlexParton]

@@Chriss_Workshop thanks! So let’s say I do this, import it to armor smith to scale, is there a way to then export it and separate the model back to the two individual stls? Would that be be done in slic3r too and then exported to slicing software individually?

[@Chriss_Workshop]

Yep! Once youve exported from armorsmith, throw it back into slic3r, right click, split, and your all done

[@AlexParton]

@@Chriss_Workshop Thanks! I just tried to do a starlord helmet using armor smith and it came out a little small. Will need to play around more with armorsmith more. If you have more videos on that for other helmets and such it would be great.

[@Chriss_Workshop]

Working on a halo one right now 😁

[@DatFunnyPerson]

My question is why do you cut the parts? Why don't you just move them below the bed in cura? And just start printing from there

[@Chriss_Workshop]

That is a viable option. However not everyone remembers, or tries to remember, what height they sank that part into the bed at. Which can mess with ya when trying to assemble the part later only to find you have it split at 2 different heights. Also for larger objects that may not work. What if your wanting to print a test ring for your hips? I dont know about you but im wider than my machines. So i have to cut a ring at the waist, then cut that ring so the segments can fit on my bed. Im just saying, at times, you find you need to cut because the model is too wide, so sinking into the bed may not be an option

[@Ken-br6cu]

hey, may i ask you a question at 8:47 which 3d model program is it please?

[@Chriss_Workshop]

That is armorsmith. I wanted to show a few programs to give people options on what they'd like to use

[@astralfilms6814]

I buyed a detailed male human body model and adjust it roughly to my size and using in it blender. its the best way for me soo far. so I can see and fix/design while modeling. I find it way cheaper and accurate to be honest.

[@kainoctis7724]

Ive got armoursmith and i didnt know you could do this 😬😂 i always got annoyed at the model as its not 100% accurate to thr human form

[@shivenbutani9397]

First

[@JonathanCase12345]

Dang, I thought armor smith was wayyy overpriced, but it’s only $30 USD

[@Chriss_Workshop]

Yeah it honestly isnt bad at all. I jusy know some of us would rather stick to free software

[@SqualidsargeStudios]

You do know you don’t have your hand open like that when putting things like that on -_-

[@Chriss_Workshop]

Huh?

[@Chriss_Workshop]

you mean that at the start my fingers are splayed out while putting on the bracer? correct, you dont have your hand open like that. that was done like that because i was on camera so i overdid it a little bit. however, no matter how i shaped my hand, be it like an italian praising some pizza or like a fist trying to hulk smash into my bracer, it still binds at the knuckles, and still scrapes my hand as i try to put it on