Design is to be printed out in separate parts in the corresponding colors to eliminate the need to paint. This also allows everyone to be able to print this design regardless of what printer you are using.
Take a Storm Trooper blend in a Koopa Troopa and add a pinch of Awesome Sause!
Mama Mia!! That’s A Good!!
I Knew I wanted to add some splashes of color to the classic Storm Trooper armor just as the Koopa troopers are seen in multiple colors. I designed these color parts to be printed in a silk PLA to make the colors really POP! I also designed the White armor pieces to be printed in silk white PLA, but after running some tests I really didn’t like the look of the silk white filament, and I switched to a standard finish PLA.
Completely assembled the small version stands roughly 109mm tall, a bit shorter than the Darth Bowser I had designed earlier. Witch is perfect!! To create an army of followers for him.
The 215 version of this design stands roughly 234mm tall and looks fantastic next to the 215 Darth Bowser!
Although I don’t think it would have been possible to add swivel pins to the smaller version, Once I scaled the design up, I added pins to allow the movement of the arms and hands.
With the ability to move his head and arms on the 215 scaled version, I got to say 215 Storm Koopa has got to be my favorite creation yet!! If you haven’t printed a large version of these Star Wars mash ups you’re in for a real treat with this design.
Printing…
Not too much to not here, I did add s to the 215 Front armor Piece but that’s it. Adding the ability to swivel the arms forced some heavy overhangs on this part.
I was sure to run some tests once I designed the side of the helmet. The white grill pieces were sure to be an issue if settings weren’t dialed in correctly. I was able to complete some good test prints of these parts by themselves, but when I tried printing all the white parts on one build plate the white grill parts print quality was just horrible.
I have yet to figure that one out, but I do recommend printing these pieces separately to get a good quality print.
Assembly...
Should be fairly simple, there are a couple of things to be aware of when putting the parts together.
Dry fit everything in place before adding glue.
I highly recommend PLA Gloop. It has a strong bond that chemically welds two pieces of plastic together. Applying a few drops to one side then pressing the pieces together for a few seconds works for me. If you have access to PLA Gloop, I highly recommend trying it out.
Starbond Adhesives make a good CA or super glue alternative at a lower price point. I recommend the Medium or Thick formula. I would defiantly pick up some Accelerator if your planning on using the Thick formula.
In the V2 215 Storm Koopa I would recommend starting by glueing the 4 swivel pins in their appropriate spots on the arm pieces. The black arm pieces were altered for this ability to rotate the arms in the body. I had to make the part of the arm that is inserted into the body perfectly round. You should see a transition on these pieces to help figure out witch end of the arm gets inserted into the body. Glue the swivel pins in this end of the arms as well as the hands. I would let the glue set for a bit and continue on the rest of the assembly before inserting them in place.
In the smaller versions of this design there could be some issues aligning the front "X" decor to the front center of the helmet. I recommend putting the tiniest drop of glue in the center of the X on the silk red part then attach the black part. With these two pieces attached together add both to the front center of the helmet. If you add the silk red part to the helmet first without the black "X”, there could be an issue aligning this to look correctly.
The Shape of the white grills on the side of the helmet do not allow them to be inserted easily into the finished helmet.
Glue the black grill pieces into the appropriate white grill piece first, then slip the assembled grill into the appropriate side of the helmet's center silk striped piece. With both finished grills attached to the center helmet stripe, align the front mask part of the helmet and add glue between these two parts. Lastly insert the main helmet key and lock these parts together.
For the most part I tried keeping the left side parts keyed with triangles, and the right-side parts keyed with a semi-circle to help eliminate some confusion with which side the parts get attached to. This semi-circle appears to work well enough for the right-side parts, but the triangle key leaves some assembly issues. I recommend finishing the back shell, slipping the shell pieces together along the appropriate large triangle key and attaching it to the front chest armor. Then dry fit the smaller arm pieces in place, as well as the larger leg pieces before adding any glue to be sure the pieces are oriented correctly. When adding the white armor pieces to the black arm pieces it helps to have the main body finished so you can get a better picture of how each piece aligns to the next.
Suggested Filaments...
eSUN Cold White PLA -
Although Just about any color Silk PLA would look fantastic with this design. I loved the …
eSUN Silk Cyan Blue - Fantastic stuff
eSUN Silk Red PLA
Duramic Matte Black PLA
CC3D Silk Black
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