Blackwatch

I dont want to hijack Jasons build topic but PLA+ is not as strong or durable as PETG. I dont use it anymore. The pics of the holes look like a printer issue rather than a file issue.

This has been a project worthy of this Detachment. We put a lot of effort into this. Thank you.

you would have to modify the file to do so unless you can print as section. But then it will be a GML call to approve, we had a shore here that tried to do that and it didnt get past the GML. Also make sure you are sizing the armor on top of the coat. I sold my Jimi coat off when I lost all my weight and the coat was thick enough I wore it in winter here. It added a TON of bulk.

I bought some color remover, but now that I think about it I may just save it for my medic trooper. I can dye a regular white suit with iDye for polyester.

I just got a tacsquad suit and it is VERY dark, much darker then yours here. Almost black. Did you lighten it with color remover?

great looking pouch assortment!

Ive lost 150 myself, down to 220, so I am totally there with you. I actually have an IAT suit I need to sell.

Please make sure to take those buckles off. Buckles are not seen in the comics, only straps and round snaps, and the straps are neat if present. Lt Sunburn has a couple of buckles on his strobe and binoc pouches, but that is a totally different CRL. Also, if you plan to add the cog to the pouch, know that it will not pass L2 approval because it is not present in the comic art. You may want to check with your GML to see if the cog decal would pass L1 approval since that would be a local-level decision on something not seen in the source.

just following up here, a 1.6mm wall is four times larger than what I print in generally (.4). That should be heavy as a boulder and solid with that much mateiral being laid down at four walls plus infil. I have my CR10 and N3 max set to 06 and I can run 3 walls with 9or 10% gyroid , its heavy and very stiff. PETG.

Great we would love to see what they come up with

I spoke to walt a long time ago abt his set, not sure if his kit will work but it actually is one of the larger kits. I was 370 LBS (26 stone) and never could wear armor, but now my limitiing factor seems to be my ribcage which I guess is kinda big. So I started 3d printing and started printing my own armor to fit me. It was a journey for sure, but it was made to fit.

look for flower paint. I tried fabric spray paint and wasnt too impressed, but you may have better luck than I did

That is a virtually identical copy of my boot and a very good find. As long as it fits in that 8-9 inch range you are golden. I shot all of my web gear, webbing glove boots helmet and pouches olive green with Montana Gold Olive. I dont know if you can get that there, but if all your gear matches color-wise, you are set for L2 approval. Good choice on the pouches BTW.

Shayan those were amazingly clear shots, thank you. I love the BTS stuff.

I have this stuff, bought it in bukl and used it. It does have a somewhat glossy finish. Be adivsed not to let that glue inside get too hot (like in an armor tub in south Louisiana in a deserted parking lot in August with no cloud cover and the sun beating you down like the twin suns on tattooine) because the glue gets warm and starts to shift. Other than that, i used a hair dryer to help install it.

I see them twist in pics all the time, because two rivets were used at the ends, making a hinge.

The strenght of 3d prints come from the number of walls. two walls (Perimters) on a print cuts the time in half or less, but its not very strong. I print five walls, and instad of a .4mm Standard nozzle all my printers are set up for .6MM nozzles. I use low infil percentage (9 gyroid or cubic subdivision) , but thats just ice cream to stick the wafers together in an ice cream sandwich. If you take a look at almost any Etsy sale-with exceptions of course- almost all parts like helmets and blasters are printed in PLA. PLA is not strong, not heat resistant, cheap and very easy to print very quickly. You can get it on sale on Amazon for like 12 or 13 USD. Others use PLA+ which has an addititve which makes it a bit stronger and slightly more flexible. There is even a new cosplay filament which is very lighweight and easy to sand. I almost want to buy a roll and print big parts and test them. Just for my own curiousity. Others like myself use PETG, the stuff soda bottles are made with. it is more expensive, requires higher temps than PLA to print, and is somewhat harder to clean up and prep. I print it at 38MM per second vs 60-75 for common PLA. I printed a tasset for my friend Kim sized down to her thigh size and it took 21 hours to print. It will withstand being in her car on a hot day for a few hours. Ive never had a PLA part stand up to my car in the heat. Ive had some really funny (not funny) failures. Hope this helps?

Jason do you think this is something printable or would it stand up? those prongs worry me. Ok, so, we have verbiage on the weapons now, and if anyone is curious, here is where we stand on the CRL proposal. We are literally down to the zap rod. Light. Tunnel. TRAIN?????!!???????

I tried using that Montana Gold color "stealth" it was mentioned early on last year. I find it to be just a bit on the semigloss side, more matt than semigloss, but at least my can was not a true matte finish. I truly appreciate a spray can finish that can give me a proper MATTE finish.

They WERE on mudtrooper.uk but talking to @BigJasoni, he had to take them down. Try Pming Bigjasoni directly.

Good questions-- Fraser? Shayan? You guys got intel on that? it would help all of us if we knew. I have to *IMAGINE* its the pretty standard flip flop hinge but I may be very wrong on that based on how it looks in the series

Thats one of the approved accessories and its not so commonly seen. Maybe I should add one to my new rig since I have to rebuild the whole thing.

looks appropo to me.

Great pics ont he cattle prod! How do you guys get these awesome captures? How about the text on the E11? Are we set on that?

ALICE on BDUs sits much higher, above our hips, i wore the gear during the 80s too so yeah I totally get you. The pockets were configured that way on the BDUs to accomodate the belt. Mine rides really low now covering where the coverall split is