I Electroplated a 3D Printed Iron Man Helmet and it's out of this World!

2024 ж. 3 Мам.
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Challanging journey of #Electroplating a 3D printed prop, like this iron man helmet. Watch as I navigate through the process of creating electroplated 3d prints, share tips, and highlight key considerations. The results are so convincing and unique that the effort can be worth it. #cosplay #3dprinting
These are the ingrediens I used for electroforming/electroplating in this video.
Chemicals for the prints:
🛒 Copper Anode: amzn.to/42XdwZS *
🛒 Bright Copper Electrolyte: amzn.to/3zk2S1F *
🛒 Conductive Copper Paint amzn.to/47cpbpR *
🛒 Palladium Electrolyte amzn.to/3DDr8hD *
🛒 Gold Electrolyte (Pen) amzn.to/44NNwRp *
My Power Supply:
🛒 PEAK Tech 30A: amzn.to/3V5rdo7 *
Optional:
🛒 Gold Electrolyte (Pen) amzn.to/44NNwRp *
🛒 Gold Electrolyte (Bath) amzn.to/3QJoInD *
🛒 GRAPHITE Paint amzn.to/3YtPZhD *
🛒 Galvanic Degreaser amzn.to/3rV4v5r *
(*) These links are affiliate links. From time to time, I recommend products I know well and use, and, as a result, I may receive a commision if you purchase them using the affiliate link. Puchasig from affiliate links is at no extra cost to you.
▶ Chapters
00:00 Introduction
00:23 Creating the FDM Print and mockup
01:18 Preparing the printed Iron Man helmet before electroplating
03:40 Making 3D Prints conductive
05:08 Electroplating / Electroforming 3D Prints
10:04 Painting electroplated parts
11:35 Electronics for the iron man helmet
11:55 Conclusion
▶ Model usedfrom Jafjay: www.printables.com/de/model/3...
▶ A lot of awesome Iron Man stuff: @FranklyBuilt @ALEXLAB

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  • Mate, who cares about delervering content FASTER, it's the end result that truly speaks out. Truly amazing and I wish I had talent like you ❤

    @malcolmden3357@malcolmden33572 ай бұрын
    • Avbb😊🎉❤😅

      @JoanHeller-qe8dg@JoanHeller-qe8dg13 күн бұрын
    • AbbqifhqksndnxnznKzmzmfj🎉💗😭😂

      @JoanHeller-qe8dg@JoanHeller-qe8dg13 күн бұрын
  • These projects always stun me what people can recreationally do now with off the shelf equipment, we should be ina golden age for practical effects in movies yet everyone uses CGI.

    @ZontarDow@ZontarDow2 ай бұрын
    • 💯

      @hen3drik@hen3drik2 ай бұрын
    • Those two go together like a fish and a motorbike.

      @KarriKoivusalo@KarriKoivusalo2 ай бұрын
    • @@KarriKoivusalooff the shelf equipment and practical effects?

      @taylor92493@taylor924932 ай бұрын
    • Neither CGI nor practical effects are superior, both are good. CGI is not "easier" than practical effects, in the background you have a ton of overworked artists making the CGI work. The fault of CGI's bad rep comes down to bad management and or direction, imo.

      @typistkid9012@typistkid90122 ай бұрын
    • CGI is more commonly used because changes can and WILL be done in post

      @inoob26@inoob262 ай бұрын
  • This is mind blowing. Seriously amazing! And that hair!!!

    @UncleJessy@UncleJessy2 ай бұрын
    • 😅 that hair! Btw, are you at the RMRRF? You could witness it there 🥳

      @hen3drik@hen3drik2 ай бұрын
    • Hi there @UncleJessy - yeah! It blew my mind too! You know when I am going to do something electroplated? Never! Ha ha ha. But it looks awesome!

      @GeekDetour@GeekDetour2 ай бұрын
  • I'm really hoping a company tries to make a electroplating kit for 3D prints to increase the accessability to the consumer market. Once it's readily available and easier to use, there's so much that can be done with it! From metal plating gundam frames to making truly metal feeling cosplay like this! Great videos.

    @AsimPaints@AsimPaints2 ай бұрын
    • It's tricky. A lot of the chemicals used in electroplating are toxic, quite expensive and there can be shipping restrictions. Additionally, companies with expertise use proprietary brightener formulas to get optimal results and they are very secretive about them. This means they can charge a lot. The stuff that Hen3Drik uses is from Tifoo which is a brand only available in the EU and is incredibly cheap and seemingly high quality compared to what we get in other countries. Here in Australia, there's a company called Caswell that sells a bunch of different Electroplating kits - one for Copper, one for Nickle, ones for Brass or Chrome etc. They're REALLY expensive. You can also DIY solutions yourself at least up to a point - for Copper, you need Copper Sulfate crystals (which is a topical medicine used with horses and can be acquired really cheap from equestrian or rural supply stores) and Sulphuric Acid (often sold as a paving cleaner or pool acid, but very quite dangerous to ship). Likewise you can make Nickle baths using NIckel Sulfate and acid. The tricky components are the brighteners and additives to make a really clean finish, these are the proprietary chemicals. There are some online recipes to make your own brightener or sometimes the electroplating companies sell the brightener separately - so you can save cash by DIY'ing the bulk copper or nickel solution and just paying for the brighteners. There's heaps of info online about this, a lot of DIY videos and plenty of advice. But the process is tricky, there's often a lot of trial and error around getting good results and doing large pieces like Hen3drik does takes a lot of experience and expertise and a lot of expensive electroplating solutions!!

      @bluelotuslandscapes@bluelotuslandscapes2 ай бұрын
    • “Accessibility to the consumer market” is a recipe for disaster. This is some industrial-accident grade shit.

      @AwestrikeFearofGods@AwestrikeFearofGods2 ай бұрын
    • @@AwestrikeFearofGods eh, resin 3d printers were only realistically commercially available until the technology caught up. Hoping some innovation could do the same for this.

      @AsimPaints@AsimPaints2 ай бұрын
    • ​@@AsimPaints،،،،،،،

      @amgadgamal1384@amgadgamal138421 күн бұрын
  • Outstanding work, please don't rush videos trying to make more these clearly take a lot of time to be this good it's worth the wait.

    @leesmithsworkshop@leesmithsworkshop2 ай бұрын
    • I‘ll do! 🫡

      @hen3drik@hen3drik2 ай бұрын
  • Hold my beer

    @ALEXLAB@ALEXLAB2 ай бұрын
    • This video was an homage 😉

      @hen3drik@hen3drik2 ай бұрын
  • Looks Gorgeous, I would not have said it looked easy. The amount of work put in to that is absolutely shown in the final product!

    @C4WebConsulting@C4WebConsulting2 ай бұрын
  • Stunning work! Thank you so very much for sharing your plating process with us. That helmet is a masterpiece!

    @NunoLanca@NunoLanca2 ай бұрын
  • I used what I learned from your electroplating videos to plate a few prints. My first projects were going for oxidized copper or bronze patina, so mistakes were "on purpose". I used scrap copper wire for the anode. I found more predictable results with bottled or distilled water. Thanks so much!

    @MichaelsCrazy@MichaelsCrazy2 ай бұрын
  • wow, super impressive results, and a tremendous amount of work. Thanks for posting!

    @MattSimmonsSysAdmin@MattSimmonsSysAdmin2 ай бұрын
  • stunning result - i've had the idea to do something similar since I first found your videos and started learning how to electroplate.

    @i_am_not_a_pro_but_lets_try@i_am_not_a_pro_but_lets_try2 ай бұрын
  • Beautiful results! I'm always amazed at how stunning your electroplating projects turn out. You make it look so easy! Incredible work as always 🙌

    @zumuvtuber@zumuvtuber2 ай бұрын
    • I can tell you long stories of failure and mistakes ☺️.

      @hen3drik@hen3drik2 ай бұрын
  • Every project is a level up from the last. It’s such a joy watching you work. Keep up the amazing work!!!

    @offearth3d@offearth3d2 ай бұрын
    • Thank you, I’m thrilled what you’ll do with the magneto x!!

      @hen3drik@hen3drik2 ай бұрын
  • Insanely cool process and the results are great!

    @RonaldFinger@RonaldFinger2 ай бұрын
  • Fantastic build and a criminally underrated channel! Nice to see yourself and AlexLab cross-promoting each other’s work.

    @DTRedmond@DTRedmond2 ай бұрын
  • This looks absolutely insane. The whole process looks really involved but turned out amazing

    @KleineKassiopeia@KleineKassiopeiaАй бұрын
  • Fantastic tutorial! Saving my life with a project coming up.

    @EarthStory@EarthStory18 күн бұрын
  • Oh wow, launched today. Thanks! Nice tutorial👍🏻

    @OMNI_INFINITY@OMNI_INFINITY2 ай бұрын
  • Your specific talk about PPE makes me so happy. Safety is so important no matter what you do and I appreciate you taking a moment to emphasize it.

    @sunilpermaul7876@sunilpermaul7876Ай бұрын
    • Thank you. I can see in analytics that viewers attention drops hard when I come up with this. Nevertheless I’ll keep saying it again and again. 😊

      @hen3drik@hen3drikАй бұрын
  • This looks incredible!!! I commend you for working with those acids!

    @ryanpooley@ryanpooleyАй бұрын
  • Wow that end result is beautiful!

    @jafjay6024@jafjay60242 ай бұрын
  • Wow that looks great, thanks for the walk through!

    @grimmx@grimmx2 ай бұрын
  • Amazing results....as usual!! Alway fun to watch a master at work. Thanks for sharing!!

    @davesenor3146@davesenor31462 ай бұрын
    • Thanks!

      @hen3drik@hen3drik2 ай бұрын
  • Another amazing creation, congratulations, all that hard work you are doing is creating some great results. Please keep posting, it’s always wonderful seeing your work.

    @daveb9067@daveb90672 ай бұрын
    • Thanks

      @hen3drik@hen3drik2 ай бұрын
  • Looks amazing! You can get flexible LED eyes so you don't need to hit them with the heat gun. Makes that bit a lot easier

    @conor418@conor4182 ай бұрын
  • It would take such an incredible amount of work, but imagine printing and plating the entire suit. That would be crazy. You could win every Halloween costume contest everywhere. lol

    @tatecheddar@tatecheddar2 ай бұрын
  • Downright gorgeous. Don't worry about trying to make content faster, I love seeing the results that you get from taking your time

    @xugans99@xugans992 ай бұрын
  • Amazing work! Can you elaborate on the selection of palladium vs. alternatives?

    @AwestrikeFearofGods@AwestrikeFearofGods2 ай бұрын
  • Electroplating is really cool and your work is amazing!!

    @mtsa_lekod@mtsa_lekod2 ай бұрын
  • Great video!! I really want to try it out, thanks for sharing!!

    @CardboardManpropsDIY@CardboardManpropsDIYАй бұрын
  • I recently got into electroplating thanks to you. I've plated 5 copper rings so far and looking into moving into palladium and gold. I wasn't able to buy nickel so would have to stick with pen plating for palladium and gold

    @GamersComputer@GamersComputer2 ай бұрын
  • This was amazing, I’m glad Alex Labs posted a link, I’m 100% subscribing

    @marshallerickson493@marshallerickson4932 ай бұрын
  • This is a masterpiece. Thank you so much for sharing this with us much appreaciated!

    @scienceofart9121@scienceofart9121Ай бұрын
    • Thank you for your nice words

      @hen3drik@hen3drikАй бұрын
  • One for your best and most enjoyable videos sir! ❤

    @woofguy@woofguy2 ай бұрын
  • Immer wieder faszinierend, wie gut das aussieht !

    @lertsek101@lertsek1012 ай бұрын
  • Beautiful work! Well done! 👍

    @mirozen_@mirozen_2 ай бұрын
  • Wow, that's awesome!!!

    @clarkso65@clarkso6521 күн бұрын
  • Wow, what an amazing job! Thanks for showing the process of doing this, and I don't think I even start to understand how long this would take. I think I will likely stick to metallic looking paint myself :D Kudos, though! I can tell you put a TON of work into not only your manufacturing, but also your videos.

    @majorredbeard@majorredbeardАй бұрын
    • Thank you for these nice words

      @hen3drik@hen3drikАй бұрын
  • this man is truly a man of talent well done my man!

    @kevinjiang9980@kevinjiang99802 ай бұрын
  • Incredible work. Amazing!

    @larsbecker2003@larsbecker20032 ай бұрын
  • Awesome stuff once again. Congrats, man!

    @waldo6347@waldo63472 ай бұрын
    • Thank you, Waldo!!

      @hen3drik@hen3drik2 ай бұрын
  • I've made this suggestion a few times, I don't mean to spam you, wont bug you again about it! But man, it would be amazing to see a Gold plated Adeptus Custodes, maybe even collaborate with a Warhammer KZheadr, Squidmar would be a good fit. You plate it, they paint it. It would be huge.

    @VikingFireProject@VikingFireProject2 ай бұрын
    • Hi, i never missed your post. I actually look it up once in a while considering whether to do it or not. Give me time😉

      @hen3drik@hen3drik2 ай бұрын
    • It does seem like it would be particularly difficult to execute, but I have faith in your skills! Thanks Hendrix!

      @VikingFireProject@VikingFireProject2 ай бұрын
  • You should use a guide coat between each sanding grit. It makes it much easier to see where you haven't sanded or what needs to be sanded more.

    @MarcoNoPolo@MarcoNoPolo2 ай бұрын
  • Wahnsinn was man mit viel Wissen, Leidenschaft und Spaß alles so in den eigenen vier Wänden hinbekommt. Tolles Video, hat Spaß gemacht. Und es juckt schon in den Fingern sowas mal selbst auszuprobieren. Natürlich im deutlich kleineren Stil. Vielleicht eine Münze oder so. Ich wühle mich mal durch deinen Kanal und erwähnten Tutorials!

    @mpoxDE@mpoxDE2 ай бұрын
    • God speed! Danke für das Lob, ich wünsche viel Erfolg! 😃

      @hen3drik@hen3drik2 ай бұрын
  • Nice work.❤

    @chriscross7805@chriscross7805Ай бұрын
  • Incredible work! Amazing you can do this with equipment that anyone can buy.

    @theawesomer@theawesomer2 ай бұрын
  • I found your channel week ago and wow, electroplating at hom is my new dream!

    @handznet@handznet2 ай бұрын
  • This is epic ! Doesn't look too difficult to do - thank you for sharing

    @zerokewl88@zerokewl882 ай бұрын
  • Beautiful work as always 👍😊

    @peteredwards2371@peteredwards23712 ай бұрын
  • So many work !! ❤

    @Unnaymed@Unnaymed2 ай бұрын
  • Fantastic work!

    @bottomofthemap696@bottomofthemap6962 ай бұрын
    • Thank you!

      @hen3drik@hen3drik2 ай бұрын
  • You never cease to amaze me. Great work as always!

    @agepbiz@agepbiz2 ай бұрын
    • Thank you! 😃

      @hen3drik@hen3drik2 ай бұрын
  • yo that was realy cool of you to call out other youtubers in your video. I have been asking frank to do this for ayear or so but you did a great job!! well do bro.

    @army310@army3102 ай бұрын
  • You should totally electroplating master chiefs spartan helmet! That would be so sweet.

    @lightchallenger8205@lightchallenger8205Ай бұрын
  • That's such an impressive work

    @lucyferror82@lucyferror822 ай бұрын
  • Wow this was amazing. I wanna try this! Even though you said it's harder than it looks, you broke it down so well it feels way more approachable than when I looked into it before

    @DryerFryer@DryerFryer2 ай бұрын
    • Thanks!

      @hen3drik@hen3drik2 ай бұрын
  • Iron Man helmet is beautiful. Great job.

    @bruceyoung1343@bruceyoung13432 ай бұрын
  • Brilliant! Wow!

    @Category5@Category52 ай бұрын
  • Beautiful well done 🔥🔥🔥

    @prestige_killa@prestige_killaАй бұрын
  • Incredible work - you can tell that was a labour of love - it must have taken AGES to complete. That end result is jist superb though - like STRAIGHT out of the movie. Incredible work, will def share this with my friends

    @logcabingaming3710@logcabingaming3710Ай бұрын
    • Thank you very much!

      @hen3drik@hen3drikАй бұрын
  • Wow, just wow! I might start electroplating my prototypes as well... Cheers, mate!

    @MarkusMahlberg@MarkusMahlberg2 ай бұрын
  • Amazing. I've learned so much from your channel. I'm getting super results of my own. Thank you.

    @heathenxyt@heathenxyt2 ай бұрын
    • That was the plan! 😃

      @hen3drik@hen3drik2 ай бұрын
  • Just Wow!! Amazing!!

    @chrizzog.4585@chrizzog.45852 ай бұрын
  • This came out amazing!!!!

    @That_Stinger_GT5@That_Stinger_GT52 ай бұрын
  • wow this is awesome man

    @Doctor677productions@Doctor677productions2 ай бұрын
  • I've known what electroplating was but never knew the materials and process. It's fantastic.

    @Godric_71@Godric_71Ай бұрын
  • Amazing brother! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

    @MrBETMEISTER@MrBETMEISTER2 ай бұрын
  • Thank You for your video man like for supporting your channel!

    @victorproff3481@victorproff34812 ай бұрын
  • The finished piece looks beautiful! And I'm sure I don't need to say it, but this is actually what they did for the Lightsaber hilt props in the Star Wars Prequels, unlike the Original Trilogy hilts that were made from real world parts, the prequel trilogy props were either machined from metal or made from resin and chromeplated. Whilst not exactly electroplating, I imagine it was a somewhat similar process.

    @SpeedstersUnited@SpeedstersUnitedАй бұрын
  • Amazing Work beautful thanks

    @ricardoparreira474@ricardoparreira4742 ай бұрын
  • YAY...Now do the whole suit!!! 🤣 Great video as always ✌

    @JustGee3D@JustGee3D2 ай бұрын
  • Utterly amazing 🤩

    @FIYARtv@FIYARtvАй бұрын
  • Sehr schön und informativ, danke!

    @onlineshaman@onlineshaman2 ай бұрын
  • As always. Geiles Projekt. Super Arbeit!

    @JanosKehl@JanosKehlАй бұрын
    • Danke ✌

      @hen3drik@hen3drikАй бұрын
  • This project turned out very good 👍

    @rensocruz1866@rensocruz18662 ай бұрын
  • That helmet looks amazing! :O

    @LotoTheHero@LotoTheHero2 ай бұрын
  • Impressive work!

    @yusufabdulloh@yusufabdulloh2 ай бұрын
  • Another great video, thanks for inspiring us hendrik ! And good of you to remind people to use PPE !!! Way too many content creators skip over that crucial step. I am still trying to summon the courage to do a gundam kit electroplating :) As for your next projects, maybe something Cyberpunk related ? Loads of chrome and gold in those mods !!

    @startide@startide2 ай бұрын
    • There is always a dip in the stats when the PPE scences are shown. Thanks!

      @hen3drik@hen3drik2 ай бұрын
  • wow this is amazing.

    @IggyBiggy@IggyBiggy2 ай бұрын
  • wow this is so awesome i wanna see a full titanium with gold plating to combat the icing problem :)

    @yvonnestein8398@yvonnestein83985 күн бұрын
  • 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 Amazing!

    @gbshnick@gbshnick2 ай бұрын
  • Looks amazing. Fantastic job.

    @Lemming1970@Lemming19702 ай бұрын
    • Thank you!😊

      @hen3drik@hen3drik2 ай бұрын
  • Amazing finish. I've been developing my techniques for electroplating. For your copper conductive paint what airbrush nozzle size are you using. Mine seem to clog and ended up going for HVEC spray gun

    @chazj1976@chazj19762 ай бұрын
  • Very satisfying. Nice voice, too! :)

    @HawtDawg420@HawtDawg420Ай бұрын
  • Got here from Alex Lab, thanks for the great video.

    @Roland3ld@Roland3ldАй бұрын
  • No mortal human can have the amount of patience and diligence to sand something like this as smooth as you did.

    @ulaB@ulaB2 ай бұрын
    • 😅 Do I see you at RMRRF?

      @hen3drik@hen3drik2 ай бұрын
    • @@hen3drik Sadly no, it's just too far for me - and I already have a US trip planned in summer for Flite Fest.

      @ulaB@ulaB2 ай бұрын
  • Absolutely crazy!!! 🎉 This is outstanding and I can't comprehend how much time you have spent on that 💪

    @WF3D@WF3D2 ай бұрын
    • Thank you for your kind words, Werner!

      @hen3drik@hen3drik2 ай бұрын
  • Do you have a video on how to build your parts spinner?

    @ericbynum9724@ericbynum9724Ай бұрын
  • So cool!

    @Armor3dprinting@Armor3dprinting2 ай бұрын
  • Nice. A very cool project. I will try it creating custom logo for my car.

    @Jarko1401@Jarko14012 ай бұрын
    • Yeah, that would be cool!

      @hen3drik@hen3drik2 ай бұрын
  • Awesome!

    @JezyYT@JezyYT2 ай бұрын
  • Astonishing! What type of ppe do I need? I just bought a couple 3d printers myself. Also, what about using it to increase the strength of 3d printed parts?

    @kainenable@kainenable2 ай бұрын
  • Suggestion? Increase your joint's strength with automotive aluminium bumper staples. A join with metal wires is far stronger.

    @matthewkaiser7803@matthewkaiser78032 ай бұрын
  • Vraiment cool comme boulot ! J'aime !

    @danielstreng@danielstreng2 ай бұрын
  • Love it ! 🔥

    @erikals@erikals2 ай бұрын
  • So Cool! I wish I could do something like this! Unfortunatly the spray methods don't work for me and there isn't a lot of options for copper paint in the US.

    @cynical9325@cynical93252 ай бұрын
  • FranklyBuilt taught me 3D printing. its so cool to see him getting recognized and called out in other channels. awesome video. Do you have a recommendation for doing electroplating and getting a black color?

    @Titian830@Titian83029 күн бұрын
  • Very awesome process. I used to do quite a lot of brass and stainless steel photoetching, but the chemical waste was very hard to deal with. Here in the US, the toxic byproducts are not easily disposed of.

    @JosephO1968@JosephO19682 ай бұрын
  • I've never seen a diy electroplating project!

    @user-lynKx@user-lynKx2 ай бұрын
  • That benchy pin on your lab coat was a nice touch :)

    @curtisdarst5623@curtisdarst56232 ай бұрын
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