Display helmet generator
21 desk-sized helmets in 8 styles, from a horned Viking helmet to a spaceman with a gold visor. Set the height, the stand and the colours, and every one prints without supports.
How it works
- 1
Pick a helmet
Knight great helm, Viking, Spartan-style Corinthian, Roman legionary, samurai-style kabuto, astronaut, steampunk diving or sci-fi visor helmet — 21 ready-made starting points in the library.
- 2
Set height and stand
Height from 60 to 200 mm, stand included. Add a round or square plinth; the Viking, Roman and kabuto helmets always sit on a head-form stand.
- 3
Choose the details
Horns and a nose or spectacle guard on the Viking helmet, crests on the Corinthian and Roman, twin blades or a crescent on the kabuto, a low poly finish for the Viking — and display piece or pen cup.
- 4
Download and print
STL for one colour. For a painted helmet, the 3MF keeps every colour part separate, so Bambu Studio or OrcaSlicer opens it ready to assign AMS slots.
The 21 helmets
A helmet you can wear does not fit a 250 mm bed, so these are display pieces: a hollow shell standing on its rim, a helmet on a head-form stand, or a pen cup or planter.
- Knight great helm — display
- 120 mm, with a pointed sugarloaf top, eye slits, diamond breathing holes and a face cross.
- Knight helmet on plinth — painted
- The great helm at 150 mm on a round plinth, in steel, brass trim and plinth colour parts.
- Knight helmet pen holder
- 110 mm, open at the crown into a 68 mm round well with a closed floor.
- Viking helmet with horns
- 120 mm, with brow and crest bands and a nose guard, on a head-form stand with a round plinth.
- Viking helmet — no horns
- 110 mm, with a spectacle eye guard, on a head-form stand.
- Viking helmet — painted
- 150 mm in 4 colour parts: steel cap, brass bands, bone horns and a dark stand.
- Viking helmet pen holder
- 120 mm on its stand, the crown open into a 31 mm round well — a pen cup or small planter.
- Low-poly Viking helmet
- The 120 mm horned helmet in flat facets about 5 mm across.
- Spartan (Corinthian) helmet
- 120 mm Greek helmet with almond eye openings, a nose guard and a horsehair crest.
- Spartan helmet on plinth — painted
- 160 mm on a square plinth: bronze shell, red crest and dark plinth.
- Roman legionary helmet
- 130 mm with brow ridge, cheek guards, a flared neck guard and crest, on a head form and round drum.
- Roman helmet — painted
- 150 mm on a square drum: steel bowl, brass trim, red crest and dark stand.
- Samurai helmet (kabuto)
- 130 mm with a ribbed bowl, brow peak, layered neck guard, turn-backs and twin crest blades.
- Samurai helmet — painted
- 150 mm with a crescent crest: black bowl, red neck guard, gold ornaments and a light stand.
- Astronaut helmet
- 100 mm spaceman helmet with a framed visor, ear pucks and a neck ring.
- Astronaut helmet — gold visor
- 120 mm with a white shell, gold visor and grey neck ring and trim.
- Astronaut helmet planter
- 100 mm, open into a 72 mm round well with a closed floor, for a succulent or pens; no drainage hole.
- Sci-fi helmet
- 110 mm with a wraparound chevron visor, a crest fin, ear pods and jaw vents.
- Sci-fi helmet on plinth — painted
- 140 mm on a round plinth: grey shell, dark trim, teal visor and plinth.
- Steampunk diving helmet
- 120 mm copper dome with a grilled front port and side ports on a bolted breastplate with a gear emblem.
- Diving helmet — painted
- 140 mm: copper dome, brass breastplate, teal port glass and dark studs and gear emblem.
Painted helmets without a brush
Set the colours to painted and the helmet is split into colour parts — metal, trim, crest, visor, horns and stand — so each part is simply a filament slot. The painted presets use 3 or 4 colours, which fits one AMS.
The low poly Viking finish is one colour by design: the facets do the work.
Printing tips for a 0.4 mm nozzle and PLA
Print each helmet upright, exactly as exported. The closed helmets (great helm, Corinthian, astronaut, diving and sci-fi) stand on their rim with a pointed ceiling inside, so the dome never prints as a flat roof however round it looks outside. The open-faced ones (Viking, Roman, kabuto) sit on a smooth head form on a plinth, so their brims, cheek guards and neck guards rest on something.
Eye slits and holes have 45° chamfered or pointed tops, raised bands are bevelled underneath, and horns and crests leave the shell at a self-supporting angle. The result needs no supports at any height from 60 to 200 mm.
- Supports
- None, for every style, stand and height.
- Orientation
- Rim or plinth down on the bed, face forward.
- Pen cup and planter
- A round well from the crown down to a closed floor; the planter has no drainage hole.
- Height
- 60 to 200 mm overall, stand included.
Questions
Can I wear these helmets?
No. A wearable helmet does not fit a 250 mm bed, so these are display pieces from 60 to 200 mm tall, stand included — for a desk, a shelf or a games table.
Do they need supports?
No. Closed helmets print rim down with a pointed ceiling inside, open-faced ones sit on a head-form stand, and every hole, band, horn and crest is shaped so nothing overhangs.
Can I print a helmet in several colours?
Yes. Choose painted and the helmet is split into colour parts for an AMS; the 3MF keeps each part separate. Every helmet also works in one colour, and the low poly Viking is one colour only.
Can a helmet hold pens or a plant?
Yes. Set the use to pen cup and the crown opens into a round well with a closed floor — 68 mm on the knight pen holder, 31 mm on the Viking and 72 mm on the astronaut planter. There is no drainage hole, so water a plant sparingly.
Can I sell the helmets I print?
Printed items are covered by the commercial licence from the Pro plan upward, and the library is in the Ultra plan. The digital files themselves may not be redistributed.
Which plan includes the helmets?
They are part of the parametric object library in the Ultra plan, which also includes everything in Pro.
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