Samurai / Ronin Full Armor Set

Samurai / Ronin Full Armor Set

I started this project a few years ago but never completed it. The Wearable Armor contest was a good opportunity to complete it and share it with everyone here. All parts were designed with Blender 4.1 and the .blend file is provided. Goal of this project is to provide other designers with a basis they can modify and customise. I hope everyone has a good time printing this armor set and would love to see remixes of it. Happy printing :)

Armor Set includes:

- Bracers

- Shoulders

- Chest & Back

- Mask

- Strawhat

- Chainmail & attachable plates

Swords & Scabbards in the photos are not included in this set.

Scaling Guidelines: The model in the picture has a height of 1.78m and weighs about 74kg. Before printing I suggest exporting the stl files from BambuStudio or Blender and scaling to fit your measurements in a tool like Armorsmith. Most parts are designed to be forgiving if the scale it slightly off. The most important one to scale right is the Chest & Back since it will not look correct if it is to small or large so pay attention when scaling this, especially the width.

Keep in mind the split chest pieces and the shoulder “fin” part have holes that fit 1.75mm filament for pins (created with bambustudio). If you scale those parts ensure the holes are sized back to their original radious otherwise filament will not fit properly as pin support.

Priniting Guidelines: The armor pieces in the photos were all printed with H2C (PLA SILK+ SILVER, PLA MATTE DARK BLUE, PLA SPARKLE GOLD and PLA BASIC BLACK only used for the mask mouth).

All pieces are carefully oriented in the 3mf files. Some are pushed slightly lower than the plate to ensure the print has a stable surface area on the printbed and doesn't fall. Default settings have 2 walls but if you want something more sturdy then I suggest increasing to 3 walls.

Some parts, like the Strawhat pieces or the top Chest piece, have additional supports to ensure the print is stable when they reach some more excessive angles.

The Bracer includes some that parts are connected with one another like the main forearm parts and the finger parts. This is done to make it easier to print. The parts are meant to be split once printed and attached together with laces. You can skip this for the forearm parts since it wont affect how the armor looks but finger parts need to be split. BE CAUTIOUS when seperating them to avoid breaking the parts in the wrong places.

If you print with more demanding materials like ABS or ASA you will need enclosure. The warping of these materials will make a lot of these parts pop off the print bed. Ensure the temperature is high enough inside the enclosure. If your printer does not support chamber temperature setting turn up the bed to heat up the chamber before starting the print. You might also consider increasing the brim or adding a raft.

Assembly Guidelines: For the assembly I used the following materials:

- Any 1.75mm filament for alignment pins

- Super glue (prefarably gel but liquid works)

- 20m of flat lace (~1.5cm wide)

- 5m of elastic lace (~0.5cm wide)

- 24 Self Tapping Screw BT2x6(OPTIONAL)

Connecting parts with Laces All parts are designed to be tied together with laces to look closer to traditional japanese samurai armor. The picture below has a closer look at the chest.

You can tie the pieces together however you like but this pattern is one example that definitely works. The 1.5cm lace should be used for the Shoulders, Chest, Back and for attaching Chainmail connecting the chest and back.

For the Bracers, I suggest using the 1.5cm lace for the forearm pieces and the 0.5 elastic lace for the Hand and Finger pieces.

Assembling the Strawhat The Strawhat is created by 1 middle piece and 6 outer pieces. The one in the photo was assmbled by glueing all pieces together with superglue. There is the option to use Self Tapping Screws (BT2x6). Holes for the screws are already modelled. BE CAUTIOUS when inserting the screws not to seperate layers.

Assembling the Mask Mask requires superglue to attach the 2 claws. Do a dry fit before applying the glue to make sure they are in the correct position.

I used 1.5cm lace for the mask.

Assembling the Shoulders