Beginner Tips for Scaling 3D printed cosplay helmets and armour // Meshmixer Tutorial

We have all been there. We have found a model we want to 3D print, you excitingly wait for it to print and then, it doesn’t fit and you have wasted all that time and filament! In this video we will go over some beginner tips for scaling your 3D printed cosplay helmets and armour to help you get that right fit. It will cover the use of cosplay callipers (thanks Uncle Jessy), measuring and scaling in Netfabb basic and Meshmixer and printing test rings using Meshmixer.

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UNCLE JESSY COSPLAY CALLIPERS:
- Thingiverse Cosplay Callipers (Ender 3 size printer):

BIONICAUTHOR3D: Moon Knight Helmet 3D model

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Chapters:

0:00 Beginner Tips for Scaling your 3D printed cosplays
1:00 Accurately measuring using cosplay callipers
1:48 Measuring 3D models - Programs to use
2:19 Measuring and scaling 3D models using Netfabb Basic
4:31 Measuring and scaling 3D models using Meshmixer
6:25 Printing of test rings using Meshmixer
8:57 Exporting STL in Meshmixer

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Problems scaling your 3D printed cosplay helmets and armor? How to scale your cosplay helmets and armor. Tutorial and tips on scaling 3D printed cosplays.

[tardiscommand]

Guilty as suggested at beginning of video. I’m here after 18 hours printing lol

[michaeldooley]

this is by far the best video ive seen on YT for scaling, and its done by a fellow aussie!! even better.

[malcolmhja]

This is actually a video I can see that has alot of effort put into it, great job!

[ray]

Lots of good tips on this video especially doing a slice of the helmet to do a test ring.

[Zetherian]

I just got my ender 3 and this is probably the best explanation I've seen, thank you!

[realdand]

I am sorry but your channel is criminally overlooked! ;) Followed for sure and keep up the great work! :)

[KurtisJoseph]

I have an SV 03 I have been wanting to get working to do cosplay. I did a cold pull on the machine and filament is wedged in the hot end assembly somewhere it seems. I do have an Ender 3 though. You know.... I am going to give it a shot and chop the files up. Why the heck not? Some work is better than no work. Great channel from what I have seen so far! Keep it up! I have a few machines to get working right.

[dekebell]

This was great (and EXACTLY what I was looking for)! Thanks for sharing!

[almonies]

Sweet, thanks for the video. I have printed a helmet yet. These are great ideas

[techsavvyhero]

Great tips! thanks for sharing. Subscribed! :)

[ImBarelyMe]

I’m honestly so lost whether it’s best with this red hood rebirth mask I wanna print if I should have it right on my ears but too loose everywhere else, or squeeze my ears and stuff in 😵‍💫

[AstrocyteCosplay]

Check out this new video with a quicker method for scaling your 3D printed helmets.

[msz]

Thanks for your efford. About scale.. YOu showed how to make bigger object but I have problem with making objects smaller.. I need 1/6 scale so I enter 0, 16 for X+Y+Z and do not works.. So I enter for example 0, 5 or other <1 value and do not work... Help please

[junior]

good morning ... how do I scale a batman helmet?

[AstrocyteCosplay]

~ QUESTION FOR COSPLAYERS ~
What are your 3D printing sizing fails? Share with us here!

[kevinhutchinson]

nice video. very informative. Question: when moving or rotating the cut plane, is there a way to enter in an exact numerical value? Dragging is ok, but I need to enter a value... is that possible?

[MrBeardedWombat]

This is awesome stuff thank you. I had a question, I am trying to print a help the helmet fits but the hole where you stick your head through is too small. Is there a way to adjust the size of only that portion?

[seekertosecrets]

I tried uniformed sizing in the past and it was not a good fit for me. I get the fact that it is needed to keep it's over all shape, but what about taking into consideration of the padding?

[Nosferaotu]

Printed the entire helmet for Darth revan. Loaded the wrong file. Doesn't fit me. But fits my wife.