Crown of Winter, ASOIAF - Assembly Guide

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Introduction

In this Assembly Guide, I’ll be offering help and advice to get the most out of your Print It Yourself or Raw Build Kit for the Final version of Robb Stark’s Crown of Winter from A Song of Ice and Fire (ASOIAF & GoT).

Check out the links below for the available versions:

Print It Yourself
Raw Build (Coming soon!)

This guide is here to offer technical help to you in a build, if you would like to see more of this item check out the Overview.

Whether you’re building this unofficial replica for decoration, or if you’re looking to use this as a cosplay prop, the information in this guide should assist you in making the best-finished product you can!

Difficulty:

Easy – An exceptionally easy project, most or all of the parts assemble in a very obvious manner. You’ll have difficulty going wrong on this project. Accessible to all build enthusiasts!
Normal – This will mostly be a straightforward project. Some of the finer details may need to be checked against this Assembly Guide, but most build enthusiasts should have no issue creating a great looking finished model.
Heroic – This will have a fair few tricky moments. It will need more care and attention to get the best out of it when compared to easier models. I would not recommend this for a first project as the difficulty could be frustrating.
Legendary – I do not recommend purchasing a piece of work that I have deemed as Legendary Difficulty unless you are an experienced builder or maker. Projects of this nature will need a lot of work, time and patience to complete. Technical knowledge about the material used will help, as will a versatile toolkit.

Package Contents

Raw Build Mini:

All components are printed in water washable UV resin (colour varies) on an SLA Printer, cleaned then cured. When fully assembled, the approximate specifications are as follows:

Height: 100mm
Width: 110mm
Depth: 135mm
Weight: 95g

Breakdown of each component:

Circlet
Large Spike
Small Spike

Circlet
Infill: 100%
Weight: 50g

Large Spike
Infill: 100%
Weight: 3g

Small Spike
Infill: 100%
Weight: 3g

Raw Build Support Rods

The support rods recommended for the Raw Build versions are:

Nine 2mm * 50mm

Print It Yourself:

A single purchase of the Crown of Winter will grant you files for the master, miniature and life-sized versions and a BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence.

The following STL files with the respective [FILE_NAME] will be instantly delivered upon purchase:

Master [CW_MASTER]

Miniature [CW_MINI]

Circlet [CW_MINI_CIRCLET]
Large Spike [CW_MINI_SPIKE_L]
Small Spikes [CW_MINI_SPIKE_S]

Life-Sized [CW_LS]

Circlet [CW_LS_CIRCLET]
Large Spike [CW_LS_SPIKE_L]
Small Spikes [CW_LS_SPIKE_S]

Print It Yourself Support Rods

Mini

The support rods recommended for the Print It Yourself version are:

Nine 2mm * 50mm

Life Sized

The support rods recommended for the Print It Yourself version are:

Nine 3mm * 100mm

The crown is resting in an earlier verison of the crown via the support rods — A better image of the life sized support rods coming soon.

Licence Type:

With my 3D files, you will also receive a non-transferable Creative Commons Licence. As standard, this will be the CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence, although other types are available upon request.

The “human-readable” version of the licence type can be found here.

I would like to highlight the Non-commercial part. “Non-commercial means not primarily intended for or directed towards commercial advantage or monetary compensation.” If you are using any designs of mine as part of your work (such as a cosplayer) then this is absolutely fine, and actively encouraged! Or perhaps you made an item a while back and now want to sell it on? You didn’t buy the item for the primary purpose of selling it on, again this is absolutely fine!

However, if you are purchasing the STL files with a view in mind to sell the output, raw or finished? This will require a commercial licence.

Assembly

Unique Build Infomation:

With any model from this line that I send out, I include an extra small spike. This is both to try another colour, or to replace one in case something goes awry.

The metal rods at the bottom of the spikes are an area that will not be exposed on the final model. I recommend using this to support the item during painting and varnishing.

It doesn’t matter what happens to a bottom couple of millimetres, they’ll be under the line of the circlet and invisible.

The corresponding area can be used on the circlet as well, but you might need to be a little more creative…

Support Removal:

I remove the majority of support material to check the part has printed properly and looks good. While I do remove the bulk of the support, I do not remove every part; areas highlighted below will definitely need attending where the support was attached:

Circlet

Areas around the underside of the runes and upper lip of the circlet will need attention.

Once the support is removed, I recommend you work the runes a little with a thin file. This is true of the miniature and life sized as small parts of support are very likely to still remain.

General Information:

Small hand tools are used in the support removal and some small marks may be present
Ensure you wear eye protection when removing support material as it takes just the smallest amount of force to ding a shred of plastic into an eye
Material colour is subject to change
Take more care when sanding any resin products, both in terms of waste material and the ease of accidentally ruining the finish
I make all the holes for the support rod with an additional 0.5mm tolerance on the diameter, and 2mm on the length
If the metal rods you have are quite shiny, I’d recommend a gentle sanding with low grit sandpaper to help glue adhesion
All support rod holes on Raw Build Kits are drilled and checked with the correctly sized rod to ensure a good fit
All support rods displayed are not essential and only included if explicitly stated
Consider lighter support materials, such as tubing or wooden dowel, if weight is a consideration. On a shelf? No issue. AFter eight hours carrying it around? Every gram makes a difference
For the Print It Yourself versions, I try and ensure that no single part is longer than 250mm
If you have a larger printer and would rather the files used in the Raw Build, feel free to message me before or after purchase

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