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The Build Log

Every guide we publish is listed here, along with shop news and release notes for the kits.

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Character Builds

ACTIVE BUILD Din Djarin

CHARACTER BUILD 01

Din Djarin

Guides and parts for the full Din Djarin costume.

Din Djarin is the Mandalorian from the series of the same name. The full costume is a helmet, chest and shoulder plates, gauntlets, thigh and knee armor, a cape, and a flight suit underneath — plus the working props: the Whistling Birds darts and the MandoPuter forearm display. I print the armor in PETG from Chamanleon FX’s files and I’m writing up each piece as I finish it, in the order listed below.

  1. 01 Whistling Birds Gauntlet — Install
  2. 02 MandoPuter Forearm Display
  3. 03 Helmet Fit & Padding
  4. 04 Belt Charges
  5. 05 Armor Plates
  6. 06 Cape & Soft Parts
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Helmets / Full kits (S–XL) / Make-a-Mando

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The Armorer

The Armorer keeps the forge for the covert on Nevarro. Where Din's kit is plain beskar plate, hers is built around the gold-horned helm, the fur mantle, and the hammer and tongs she carries in place of a blaster.

Guides and products for this build are still in development.

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FUTURE BUILD

Bo-Katan Kryze is next in line after that: Nite Owls blue plate, the owl-crested helm, and twin WESTAR-35 blasters.

No guides yet. The printable files are already on the bench.

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Skills & Techniques

Guides that aren't tied to one character: finishing, shop setup, and tool teardowns.

SERIES

Armor Finishing Guide: Raw 3D Print to Bare Metal & Beyond

How we take a raw print to a bare-metal finish: smoothing away the print lines, paint, and two paths to chrome.

Series overview →

GEAR: sandpaper / filler primer / respirator

  1. 01Slicer Settings for
  2. 02Raw Print to
  3. 03Smoothing: Primer, Guide
  4. 04Seal, Color &
  5. 05Chrome: Graphite &
  6. 06Color & TopIn production
  7. 07WeatheringIn production
  8. 08Maintenance & Care

Optional step Mirror Polish — Between paint and chrome, wet-sand and compound the clear to a true mirror. Skippable, but the deepest chrome starts from a mirror.

Wet sanding station: utility sink on a stand over a 5-gallon bucket with recirculating pond pump

GUIDE

Wet Sanding Station

A cheap recirculating pond-pump setup for wet sanding without the dust.

GUIDE

Paint Booth Build

A filtered spray booth that fits a garage corner.

GUIDE

HVLP Teardown

What's inside a budget HVLP spray gun and which parts affect the spray.

GUIDE

Airbrush Teardown

How to strip and clean an airbrush without bending the needle.

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News & Release Notes

FROM THE WORKSHOP

Current News

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Kits & Parts

Raw PETG prints from our own printers. Armor pieces come in four sizes, Small (95%) through XL (110%).

SHOP EVERYTHING HELMETS FULL KITS (S–XL) MAKE-A-MANDO

WORKSHOP GEAR WE ACTUALLY USE: sandpaper · filler primer · respirator · pond pump · nitrile gloves

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