BikerScout007's Shoretrooper Officer Build!

[BikerScout007]

I already have a completed Shoretrooper Captain, and this is the same other than two parts so I thought, what the hell?

First up is the Left Forearm, which I 3D printed and then painted according to @Laubi's great paint diagram:

 

Using the indentation as a measurement, I was able to determine the yellow stripes are approximately 1 inch by 2 inches (25mm by 50mm).  Nobody has made a stencil for these yet, but they were easy to tape off with painter's tape.   

The center stripe is not quite 1 inch; it only sits on the cover strip and doesn't bleed over to the rest of the forearm.  

And here is the completed piece.  Just needs some weathering!

 

[Chopper]

Damn that Mr. Paul print just looks so good.

[cdraudt17]

What material are you using to print?

[BikerScout007]

10 minutes ago, cdraudt17 said:

What material are you using to print?

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07TRPPGT7/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o05_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Duramic PETG.  Took a bit to get it dialed in but once I did my Ender 3 Pro prints it like butter

[BikerScout007]

The other piece I need to swap is the back armor. So i printed and assembled a new piece, then painted with Sahara Beige.

The back box needs to be painted Ford Nordic Blue. First I used Maskol to create the paint chips you see in the game. Then taped off the parts of the armor that stay beige.


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[Tarok]

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07TRPPGT7/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o05_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Duramic PETG.  Took a bit to get it dialed in but once I did my Ender 3 Pro prints it like butter

Nice! I’m a fairly new Ender 3 user. Are you running it stock to print PETG? What setting to you print to?

 

 

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[BikerScout007]

13 hours ago, Tarok said:

Nice! I’m a fairly new Ender 3 user. Are you running it stock to print PETG? What setting to you print to?

 

 

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I have made a few upgrades to my Ender 3 Pro -- new motherboard, new extruder, new bed springs and upgrade to Capricorn tubing.  I'd say of those 4, the Capricorn tubing is the most important, because the high temperatures needed to print PETG wreak havoc on the bog standard Bowden tube Creality includes.  In fact I just had to change the one on my CR-6 SE because the tube had pretty much melted from printing PETG.  

Settings are a little trickier because they really go by the filament more than anything else.  Every time I get a new brand of filament I print a temperature tower to see what temp it best prints at.  I've been using this brand called Duramic that I discovered on Amazon when the brand I usually buy (eSun) was out of stock.  It was really finnicky but once I got it dialed in it prints like butter!  Very smooth prints.  I print that at 240 hot end and 85 bed.  I also bought a Creality enclosure because I was having issues with prints curling up at the bottom as they cooled down. 

I use Cura 4.7 to slice.  I always use tree supports when supports are needed and I print with a brim.  Sometimes I will print with a raft when the object is really tall and thin.  

I hope that helps, if you have any specific questions just ask and I'll do my best to answer.  I've only been doing this since May so I am still a novice.   

[BikerScout007]

Painted, weathered with foam added and greeblie boxes inserted!


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[Aradun]

Looks great Mickey! What do you do to prep your pieces after printing for painting? Do you sand, fill, sand, fill, etc. to take care of the print lines or does the PETG minimize the need. Your pieces look really good and you get them done pretty quick from print to paint so I’m just wondering.

[BikerScout007]

6 minutes ago, AradunFF said:

Looks great Mickey! What do you do to prep your pieces after printing for painting? Do you sand, fill, sand, fill, etc. to take care of the print lines or does the PETG minimize the need. Your pieces look really good and you get them done pretty quick from print to paint so I’m just wondering.

Depends on the print of course, but I used a variety of things.  Of course sanding, but I'm pretty lazy so I used a mouse sander instead of doing it by hand    I've used XTC 3D to fill lines, and either DAP Plastic Wood-X or plain old Bondo to fill holes.  

And of course Rustoleum Gray Filler Primer does a lot of the heavy lifting when it comes to removing print lines!  

Looking to get a bigger printer one day so I can do these bigger pieces in one go instead of in pieces!

[BikerScout007]

Realized I messed up the paint job a little. The area around the greeblie boxes are supposed to remain beige! Fixed.


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[BikerScout007]

And that's basically it. Just a Captain with a different paint scheme on the back and left forearm. I've submitted the CRL to the LMO for approval!


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[Aradun]

Looks great boss. Nice work as always.