Scout Trooper Helmet Finished!

 I finally completed my project to make a scout trooper helmet. It took over 45 hours of printing time (printing at .3 mm layer height) and over 10 hours of sanding/painting/other work. It ended up costing around $55 as well. But it's finally finished! (and to boot, because it covers my mouth and nose it counts as a "facial covering" so I can wear that in stores instead of a normal mask like all the pleeebs).

The process and materials I used to make it are using modelling acrylic to fix any major issues; sanding it down, gradually getting to 400 grit sandpaper; using 2 in one primer/spray paint; painting the details with not-spray-paint; using thick foam weather stripping to add comfort and support; and using window tinting as a visor.

         

         

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

the window tint blurs lines a bit. Makes it hard to read but its good enough.

Now, as cool as it is, it's not perfect. There are a lot of things I would do differently if/when I make another. Mostly, I would copy the process of the youtuber 'Galactic Armory.' He makes these things for a living and has got the process down to get the speed and ease and quality he wants. Here's a quick rundown.
Use Bondo putty to hide the layer lines
Sand the bondo carefully using a powered sanding tool
use filler/primer to fill any thing missed by the bondo and to prime the surface
buy actual helmet pads rather than using weather stripping
buy a tinted face shield rather than window tint so I can see more easily

All in all, it turned out really well. It's comfy, it didn't cost too much, and it looks flipping awesome.

Here's a Loink to galactic armory: The Big Baby

Loink to video where he covers his process: Mando helmet

Here's the Money shots:

(the first two pictures are before the paint job and visor were added)

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Large 3D Print Project

 I've had a 3d printer for a while now (the FLSUN QQS). Ever since I got it I've wanted to make something big and useful. So I decided to try to print the helmet of a Scout Trooper from Star Wars ep 6.

I of course did a few test prints to work dial in the settings. I was using Cura and doing these tests on a new full roll of white PLA. The manufacturer was Overture and boy oh boy, it sucked! Under extrusion galore. I went looking around online to find out why and I came across an old reddit thread explaining that the user was also experiencing under extrusion with Overture PLA. The user decided to weigh the Overture PLA against a higher quality PLA brand and found out that the Overture stuff weighed less! Apparently this stuff is less dense than other PLA brands. Yuck!
I also tried printing it at .4 mm layer height but it never seems to work. I ended up printing the whole thing at .3 mm layer height and just doing that immediately helped. I turned up the Flow rate to 110% and the extruder temp to 220 C for good measure (the upper rating for overture pla).

After doing the test prints I was ready to print all the parts. I decided to try to print the thing in 4 sections. The Top half of the helmet, the bottom half, the mask and the visor. I cut the helmet in half using blender and removed the built in water marks (the link to the guy who made the model down below). I also cut a small concave area for my ears using the boolean modifier. 

Each of these 4 pieces took more than 8 hours to print. The mask was the fastest at 8 & 1/2. The visor took 9 hours, and the two halves of the helmet took 11 hours each! I had the speed at 60 mm per second for inner walls and infill, 30 mm for outer walls, and the infill as cubic and 12% density. I even scaled the models down by 5% to fit my head better. I knew it was gonna be a long print time but I guess I wasn't expecting 10 hours average per part!

At this point all the big stuff has been printed and I only need to print the details. I'm in the process of sanding and painting all the big stuff right now. Enjoy some pictures!

Yoink this guys Loink: Biker Scout Helmet (Scout Trooper) By SurfinBird132

These pictures are not exactly in order.

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Rap-bear poo - what even do Raspberry Pi?

I recently got my hands on a raspberry pi 3 B. It's the first time I've really interacted with a raspberry pi so I have no idea of its capabilities nor exactly how to use it. I started to do some research but I'm not sure where to start.
I also have a 3-d Printer so I decided to take my Pi and use it as a remote way to control my printer using a thing called Octo-Print.
Basically the pi acts as file storage and as a printer monitor. So you can send the files you want to print over wifi and then start printer, monitor the print, and even tweak settings. Pretty neat.

Loink to Oicto Proint: Octo Print Doody-doo howchoo