by conraad
A life size replica of the Royal Shield or Royal Guard Shield from The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. Measures 800mm in height and 460mm in width (unless you want to scale it, of course).
There are a few files included, all based on the same model:
RoyalShield_FullThick.stl: A one-piece model whose minimum thickness is 20mm.
RoyalShield_FullThin.stl: A one-piece model whose minimum thickness is 1.3mm.
RoyalShield_TopQuarter.stl: One of the top quadrants of the FullThin model.
RoyalShield_BottomQuarter.stl: One of the bottom quadrants of the FullThin model.
RoyalShield.f3d: Fusion 360 file which the stls were created from, in case you want to tweak the model.
The quarter pieces are ready-to-print parts for large printers, such as the CR-10. The one-piece parts are useful if you want to split the model in a way differently than I have.
The reason I designed the model to be very thin is to minimize the printing time and material cost while trying to keep as strong as I could (i.e. minimizing the air gap between the front and back walls). I do plan on reinforcing the back of the shield with thin wood slats on the seams, and possibly even using fiberglass.
If you would like a custom thickness (between 1.3 and 20mm), I may be able to provide another version. But please, do respect that I have limited time and may not be able to satisfy your needs.
These are the settings I used for printing. I intend to use the shield for display purposes, so I valued speed and amount of material above strength. If you intend to use the shield for play or it has a higher likelihood of being damaged, these settings probably won’t work for you.
I also printed my shield at 90% scale, since it seemed a little big to me at full size.
Printer: CR-10S
Nozzle Width: 0.60mm (not standard for this printer)
Filament: Paramount 3D PLA – Iron Red
Temperature: 210 for nozzle. 55 for bed.
Layer Height: 0.32mm generally. Dropped to 0.16mm for the heavily overhanging section near the top of the TopQuarter.
Layer Pattern: Vase mode with 5 solid bottom layers
Print Speed: Minimum 15 seconds per layer since I didn’t have a cooling fan.
Adhesion: A wide skirt which I taped to the bed.
My Total Print Time: About 20 hours for the entire shield.
Original design for the Royal Shield and Royal Guard Shield is property of Nintendo.
You are free to use this model for any non-commerical purposes. Go ahead, use it for cosplaying or make any improvements you want. Please though, any attribution to me is greatly appreciated.
