The Dark Knight Armor

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UPDATE 7/11/2019 Here is a great urethane neck piece to go with the mask which is very welcomed because I dont want to screw up a 200 dollar cowl with glue/ subpar TPU. However I want to parametrically design it after the fact, aka copy on Fusion , so if your patience is strong then wait a year and i’ll upload it. https://tigerstonefxshop.com/collections/neck-pieces/products/the-dark-knight-rises-tdk-tdkr-neck-armor-for-your-batman-mask-cowl The Dark Knight Armor set. Originally from Jumpman971. All parts have been remixed, made manifold, and ready to print. ( for a 6 ft. tall man ) The chest piece has been a particular pain but I was assisted by ' Print Very Good ' Paul on YT>> Nice guy ! First off, this is a marathon... Even though I had allot more work to do than you will have to do, its allot of pieces, allot of odd shapes, and allot of filament. Its totally worth it and I can't wait for my next full body armor print BUT be prepared or don't start. I recommend 2 or 3 printers working together to get through this in a reasonable amount of time. Print the left and right sides next to each other at a slight slant ( 75 degrees perhaps ? ) with supports with the long sides on the Y axis. When there is a mirrored piece I only uploaded 1 side to save us both time. Also download the original ' COMPLETE.BLEND ' from Jumpman971's thingiverse so you can see the model in Blender. ( Also get blender ) ( Im pushing this out before a throat piece is remodeled because I have a 2 week vacation coming up and I'm busy this week... I won't make you wait 3 weeks just for that, I will upload when I can, or please do me a favor and make it manifold ) The leg pieces and side leg pieces should be printed at about an 85% size, I didn't bother adjusting since were all different sizes, and you REALLY should measure yourself and adjust the size of EACH print to match yourself. The arms... are in separate pieces ( Scabbards ? ) and will be difficult, I printed the lower side in TPU to give myself some flexibility. Also Ive found some pieces don't perfectly contour to my arm/leg/ribs although most do, but when they don't get a heat gun and heat up the inside and bend slightly to match your body contour. The chest piece is a perfect fit for me at 360 mm length BUT I have a big shoulders, and a muscular chest so MEASURE your chest. Also when done you will have to heat gun the inside center and slightly bend to be less curved to fit snug. I didn't fix that in Blender BECAUSE I'm done. Its perfect as far as design. Perfect. I printed my armor with Carbon Fiber Polycarbonate from Priline. I cannot recommend them enough. HOWEVER it'll require a modified HotEnd and HeatBed so I won't add settings unless requested. ( Print with that filament if you know whats good for you! ) Its great for long prints because it just doesn't fail... It never failed. I paid the extra $ for it and the extra $ for shipping to Asia. And its worth it. I have an S4 400X400X400 print area and it was very handy for these prints. It can work for a 300X300X300 but you'll need to get creative diagonally and honestly It will be hard. I recommend an upgrade if you REALLY want this to turn out perfectly. Anyways this is a long time coming, and I've put allot of time learning Blender to remix this awesome Dark Knight armor. It was a mess .. A MESS when I found it, although beautiful. So at the very least leave a nice word, check out ' Print Very Good ' on YT, Paul will answer any question about Blender or Cura and he's spot on. ( S3D is better though ) I will answer questions about anything you guys need about this since I've spent the last 4 months perfecting this, I can safely say I know more about this armor than most people anywhere. Good luck... You ... Will ... Need it ! And 1 more thing >> Practice your Bale Batman voice, I see these kids in bad Dark Knight armor winning cosplay contests talking like squeaky little jr. high girls... I will Batarang you from Japan if I hear of it XD