Black Widow Infinity/Civil War Belt Kit
Black Widow Infinity/Civil War Belt Kit
3D
Published 2018-04-27T12:13:41+00:00
To celebrate the release of Avengers: Infinity War, I'm releasing several new Black Widow related objects. Follow my profile to keep up with newly posted models!
As the first of this series, I'm releasing a collection of items for the tactical belt.
The most interesting part of this kit is the belt buckle. It is a fully functional quick-release belt buckle inspired by Black Widow's belt in Civil War and Infinity War. It's a quick one hour print and as it is a functional part, you don't have to bea cosplayer to make one and use one. Here's your chance to make one and wear it when you go see the movie!
I made a short clip to demonstrate the buckle in action: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YDP1wmz_lnc
I printed mine as two objects. Part A is actually three unconnected hulls, but you have to print them together, as the separate parts would be impossible to assemble. It fits up to a 38mm (1.5") tactical belt, although I suspect you may be able to scale it up and still make it work just fine. I wouldn't scale it down much, as it may stop working due to printer resolution issues.
The belt wrappers can be added over a typical 38mm tactical belt to recreate the shiny/smooth surface seen in the films. I used black flexible filament from Hobbyking. The "S" model is just there so you can test print settings without wasting too much filament. A typical adult full size belt would require two "M" size prints (for top and bottom) and there's an "L" version that is slightly longer.
The belt guides are held in place by the guides and tool pouches. These can be a tight fit, so if you have issues fitting them over your belt, try printing slightly larger or use some silicone spray lubricant (after painting and weathering though, because the silicone may cause issues with paint sticking to your printed parts).
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Print time for the belt buckle was about 1 hour on my printer using my high quality settings. Depending on your printer, you may be able to print much faster. I used Simplify3D for slicing and I haven't tried other slicers.
I used Hobbyking silver PLA (really inexpensive and prints really beautifully) for the silver parts, used matte black spray paint to give them one coat of paint. Once the paint was dry to the touch, I used a cotton pad dampened with nail polish remover (pure acetone was too aggressive in removing the paint) to remove most of the paint and give the parts a weathered/worn look. It's a very quick process with no sanding and just one coat of paint and a quick wipe and in my opinion produces really decent looking props.
In theory, the two belt buckle parts could be printed together (just reset the coordinates for the parts and move them to a suitable place on the print platform), but I haven't had a chance to try that yet. It should be good challenge for your printer and slicer. Let me know in the comments if you tried this and how it worked for you.
| Date published | 27/04/2018 |
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