Category: Phase 2 Clone Trooper (e3)

Assembly Time…

In order to assemble these pieces, I first used bent staples and my soldering iron to “tack weld” all of the parts together. Then, I used extra PET-G and my soldering iron to “weld” the seams together…

The back panel pieces, assembled…

An inside view of the back panel pieces. You can see the staples used to “tack weld” and help strengthen the weld…

The front panel pieces, assembled…

An inside view of the front panel pieces. You can see how the braces work, and the staples used to “tack weld” and help strengthen the weld…

Abdomen…

I will only be doing sporadic updates on this build; mainly milestones…

The two pieces that make up the Abdomen…

Groin…

I will only be doing sporadic updates on this build; mainly milestones…

The butt plate and cod piece…

Helmet…

I will only be doing sporadic updates on this build; mainly milestones…

The helmet, and all of the pieces that go on it…

Chest…

I will only be doing sporadic updates on this build; mainly milestones…

This part was just a few millimeters too big to fit on my build plate, so I had to cut it into two pieces. In order to help strengthen the connection, I added some support braces to the interior…

Back…

I will only be doing sporadic updates on this build; mainly milestones…

This part was supposed to be all printed as one piece, but the polar vortex cold overnight caused it to come loose from the build plate. This resulted in a major misalignment. So, I had to stop the print…

And then restart the print at an approximate spot so that I can make it one piece later…

Here are the two parts, cut where they should (hopefully) match back up…

Belt…

I will only be doing sporadic updates on this build; mainly milestones…

All lot of parts make up the belt…

Legs…

I will only be doing sporadic updates on this build; mainly milestones…

All of the parts for the legs…

Arms…

I will only be doing sporadic updates on this build; mainly milestones…

All of the parts for the hands up to the shoulders…

Upgrade Time…

My oldest son is a Clone Wars fanatic, and has always wanted his very own suit of Clone Armor. Since he’ll be turning eighteen next year, he was also wanting to join the 501st Legion. I had looked into buying a set of vacu-formed armor, but the price was just way more than we could afford. For a while now, I’d been wanting to add a second printer to my arsenal, and found a lot of great reviews on the Elegoo Neptune 3 Plus. The build plate is almost double the size of my first printer, which will allow me to print most parts in one piece, including helmets. I was able to buy this new printer, and ten kilograms of PET-G filament for about half the cost of the vacu-formed armor. To me, that’s a win – win situation…

After getting the new printer all set up, I began printing out the Clone Armor. I decided to go with the Phase 2 Clone Trooper armor files from Galactic Armory….

This first part is one of the pieces of hand armor..