Incredible 3D Printed Metal Iron Man Helmet -- Using Colorfabb Filaments

[dunginhawk]

I did this printed upside down (head to the plate) and cut out about 40% of the filament, and used less than 1 full spool of PLA. Total cost of this was about 11$ given what I paid for the filament (hatchbox PLA).
Did this on my Taz 5, with 1.75mm filament (i inserted an aluminum tube from hobbed bolt to the hotend and it works to guide the 1.75mm all the way without issue).
No heat creep due to a quick 2 second electrical tape mod.
Cant believe it finished the first time. I know the WTFGAMINGBBQ guys had a hell of a time with this print on the older taz

QUality is .2mm, and not great, because i have a z banding issue on this printer. Its actually going back to amazon today, the new one i have here now has none of the z banding issues... so thats good.. Rough sanding, few coats of paint and this thing will be all good to go.

[Sebastian Finke]

I did this printed upside down (head to the plate) and cut out about 40% of the filament, and used less than 1 full spool of PLA. Total cost of this was about 11$ given what I paid for the filament (hatchbox PLA).
Did this on my Taz 5, with 1.75mm filament (i inserted an aluminum tube from hobbed bolt to the hotend and it works to guide the 1.75mm all the way without issue).
No heat creep due to a quick 2 second electrical tape mod.
Cant believe it finished the first time. I know the WTFGAMINGBBQ guys had a hell of a time with this print on the older taz

QUality is .2mm, and not great, because i have a z banding issue on this printer. Its actually going back to amazon today, the new one i have here now has none of the z banding issues... so thats good.. Rough sanding, few coats of paint and this thing will be all good to go.

That actually looks very neat. Have you started sanding yet?

[dunginhawk]

A little bit... I sanded the top of the head down where the most roughness is , because that was on the support/raft... that will sand down well though... I sanded a little bit along the ear sides where the artifacting occured. I know those little bits are starts of layers, even though i have it inside out... not sure how to get those out of there. Either way, i dont think its going to be a hard process to get this ready for paint. 2-3 coats of paint will hide most of it.

[KyleFenn]

Do you know where I can get the file for this? Thanks, Kyle