- Member DIN
- S554
Hello once again! I'm not dead!
Since I've done my first Halo suit, I wanted to do better causing me to have this huge anmbition to 3D print an entire suit of armor. This will take MONTHS of straight up printing, and since this is so time consuming, I thought about making molds of the whole suit so I don't have to keep printing a new piece if one should break.
I've looked at silicone molds, and it looks promising, especially the Smooth On Rebound 25 kit. The only issue, is that it's crazy expensive. The helmet alone would take over $100 USD to cast.
Considering I'll be spending a large amount of money and time on quality prints, this is even more money that will definitely be breaking the bank...
I was wondering if anyone here knows the best, cost effective (not saying cheap, I'm saying not outrageously expensive) way to mold an entire suit of 3D printed armor. It doesn't have to be a silicone mold, but anything that gets the job done (Maybe jury rig some redneck vacuum forming?).
Cheers!
Since I've done my first Halo suit, I wanted to do better causing me to have this huge anmbition to 3D print an entire suit of armor. This will take MONTHS of straight up printing, and since this is so time consuming, I thought about making molds of the whole suit so I don't have to keep printing a new piece if one should break.
I've looked at silicone molds, and it looks promising, especially the Smooth On Rebound 25 kit. The only issue, is that it's crazy expensive. The helmet alone would take over $100 USD to cast.
Considering I'll be spending a large amount of money and time on quality prints, this is even more money that will definitely be breaking the bank...
I was wondering if anyone here knows the best, cost effective (not saying cheap, I'm saying not outrageously expensive) way to mold an entire suit of 3D printed armor. It doesn't have to be a silicone mold, but anything that gets the job done (Maybe jury rig some redneck vacuum forming?).
Cheers!