On our second Iron Man armor build we decided to take a more serious approach to the mounting and strapping for actually wearing the suit. Strapping: For our suit builds, we've found a few tricks to

So you've printed your nice new armour, now the difficult bit, painting! I can't stress this enough, the more time you put into the prep work the better the finish will be, I didn't take progress pict

Harnessing, strapping, and mounting My Video Tutorial The goal : Create something that is adjustable, comfortable, and aesthetically pleasing! This part has been by THE HARDEST BY FAR for me!!! Afte

This is just one example but you could do this to every single part such as shoulders, biceps, forearms, chest, back, abs, cod, thighs, shins, boots and more. If you are unsure about the scale, please

SO… Let’s talk about Scaling… Ever since I started printing Do3d’s suits starting with the MK46 through to the MK85 the question I’ve got the most is probably “How do you scale your suit proportions?”

When I was making the armor, I saw some things that would cause a problem for me, parts that should move with certain movements, like the knees or arms, the upper plates of the hands, and so I used a

Autodesk Netfabb is the slicing/cutting software we recommend. 30 day FREE trial is available at https://www.autodesk.com/products/netfabb/free-trial . If you are a student, the software is completel

Hi All, I've been printing with CR10's for a few years now, so here's some tricks and tips, of course these are just my opinions so don't treat them as gospel ;) Hot End Fan / Heat Creep Ok a common i

This is my process for scaling the files . Scaling the files is one of the most important parts of the process . (at least it should if you want to get into those things perfectly.) Why? The armor

In order to obtain these results its important to be very patient with each step and understand the instructions. There will be step by step instructions on how to get your piece prepped for paint and

Then you ask yourself, when I see all the pieces ready, how am I going to put all this together and make it stay in place? Well, this can be a starting point. There are several ways to do it , velcro

When building our first full suit of armor, a common problem arose when affixing inflexible armor pieces to a flexible body (a person). What needs to move, what doesn't, and how to make such compromi

3D Printing can be a little tricky to start out and with SO much information it can be a very overwhelming hobby to jump into. In this thread i will be slowly creating and adding a variety of recommen

Scaling your armor to fit your body is a critical component to a successful cosplay. Not only can you easily waste hours of print time on parts that are too large/too small, but each piece must balan

Yep. You read that right. I want to explain something that can hopefully answer a lot of questions i get sent and add another option to your choices for making an armour suit. This isn't to disprove o

I've been doing updates and improvements to my armor for a while now, be the biggest critic of your work, and whoever does this kind of thing knows that there is always something better, settling dow

Use a sewing needle in the hinge hole. higher gauge steel! Melt ends to keep the needle in place

Lets me start off by saying this isn't the end all; be all method. This can only be applied to specific types of prints and is usually reserved for Cosplay Armor. However, stay with me and i might jus

Badge3D created this step by step scaling tutorial for everyone. 3D model from Do3D. Scaled, 3D Printed, Finished by Badge3D This video was created 5 years ago by one of our friends (Eric) but it stil