I Wanted an accurate and symmetric helmet with nice sharp corners, that could be printed without supports. So far only printed slices 2,3 and 4 (everything needs to be mirrored to print the second half). This is meant to be wearable, but haven't got to the point of knowing if it fits me or how things would work when rescaling. Actually considering adding internal detail and lense retainers.
Printer:
Anet A8
Rafts:
Yes
Supports:
Doesn't Matter
Notes:
printed with brims at .3mm layer height in PLA. Needs good bed adhesion. these are big pieces that lean quite a lot. There have been a few external problems, but there is supposed to be a great deal of post print work to do in order to get this piece to completion
friction welding parts together. Filling using epoxy putty and sanding to remove model facets. probably strengthening and finishing with resin. light sanding and then painting
Lots of remodelling from files from various sources. using 3ds max i built a whole set of smoothing groups and mesh smoothed everything with these to tessellate the surface but still maintain the sharp corners. basically just extruded the inside and relaxed all the faces to get an internal surface that would support the rest of the structure. Sliced the whole thing into radial sections so to further allow support free printing.
