He-Man Shield Replica

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Update: I just rebuilt and configured the piece in a different way, and you may want to print from this since I feel it's much better. I finally got access to the toy and was able to do some more measuring and testing. I printed the back and clip with a .4mm nozzle and .15mm layer height, 100% infill and no supports. The face, I printed with a .02mm nozzle and a .04mm layer height. It took less than 4 hours to print with supports on the interior and 20% infill. Here's my first Blender project in many years. I used this as a way to get back into modeling objects again. Also, one of the first things I designed from scratch to be 3D printed. I came up with multiple revisions for this piece, and it could use a bit more work. I had my 3D printer less than a week before I decided to give this a try. This was for a friend, and he's satisfied with the results, so the pics of the finished piece are of an early version. If I had to print it now, I would try a few different print settings to come up with better results. One important note: since I wasn't fully aware of sizing from Blender units to true metric size, I had to revise the original file. So there may be a bit of scaling and sizing needed. If anyone in the community wants to devote time to helping me correct the issues, He-Man fans would appreciate our efforts. I don't collect He-Man, so I don't have the toys to work with to run out prints in order to get it right. Please take your time examining things in your slicer to ensure sizing is correct for your needs or taste. My friend preferred it a bit larger. It's a bit on the thick side compared to the original. If you'd like to help continue development, please give feedback and I'll try to upload changes to help refine this. The clip on the back is an approximation of what the original looked like. We had problems with it not breaking, so we had to conform to the limits of printing and materials. The project is close, useful and good enough for someone who's not concerned with accuracy. Certainly not a re-pop or could ever be confused by one.