Hylian Shield

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This is a full sized Hylian Shield I made for my Link cosplay. The body is pieced together with 18 different parts. All of the front pieces are separate so they can be painted before being glued in place. The handles on the back are interchangeable so that this works either left handed or right handed. The holder is meant to go along with the scabbard so that the shield can hang on your back at an angle like in the game. It is held in place with magnets so that you can take it off while wearing it. If you print the holder, it gets trapped between the two strap loops on the back of the scabbard. Master SwordScabbard [Edit 1/20/2019] Per request, added "Hylian Shield Single Piece.123dx", which contains the entire shield before I cut it into the puzzle pieces. This version does still contain the pegs for placing the other parts on the face. Print Settings Printer Brand: SeeMeCNC Printer: Rostock MAX Rafts: No Supports: Yes Post-Printing The 18 body pieces were glued together with Gorilla Glue. I put blue painters tape along all seams on the front to keep the glue from coming through. Clean the excess glue from the sides and back. Next, smooth the print out to prepare for painting. You can try XTC-3D, wood filler, spackle, or whatever works for you. Or even try filler primer. Then sand smooth, prime, and paint. After priming, I taped off the sides where it will be chrome and painted the blue. After that was fully dry, I taped off all of the blue and did the chrome. I left the back of the shield with just primer. For the chrome pieces. first paint them gloss black. Then use Spaz Stix Mirror Chrome. All of the front pieces were smoothed and painted, then glued in place for the last step. I actually left off the bottom wing pieces and filled the holes in with spackle, but you can use them if you'd like. The pieces for the handles were glued in place with Gorilla Glue. It is designed to trap nuts inside the pieces that are glued to the shield, and then use screws to hold in the handle. Unfortunately, I can't remember what nuts and bolts I used and I can't find the packages. I used brown nylon webbing for my forearm on the left side. For the handle, you have 2 options. If you are never going to mount the shield to your back, you can use the "handle.stl" piece. If you want to use magnets, print "handle_with_magnets.stl". I used N50 1/2 x 1/8 inch Neodymium Disc Magnets, 8 on the handle and 8 on the mount. Make sure that you glue them all in the correct orientation. If you print the holder, you can use small hinges to connect the two pieces. I got them from Lowes, but I can't remember exactly which ones they are. How I Designed This Designed in 123D Design.