Empire Strikes Black HTPLA with Silver Glitter

Metallic Black PLA Filament

$5.00 USD
HTPM170-ESB

Shout out to Fillamentum for creating the popular Vertigo Grey. Also at the top of their craft, we appreciate other folks who make good stuff. After all, a little healthy competition with some banter and encouragement makes for good fun! Inspired by both popular filament and film culture, we present to you Empire Strikes Black HTPLA , a premium metallic black PLA filament with silver glitter.

We hope you find similar inspiration in this color as it connects to your likes and interests. We took special care to attain maximum sparkle while maintaining the rich, black color and avoiding any shift towards grey. It takes a delicate balance of saturation, concentration, and material selection to reach such greatness. We hope you appreciate and enjoy the quality and craft that makes Proto-pasta stand out among filament manufacturers.

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At ProtoPlant's discretion, returns and replacements will be accepted within 90 days of purchase.  Please check the material label before opening your product.  Only sealed product can be returned. Shipping of items for exchange or refund is paid by the customer. More information about returns and replacements can be found in our terms and conditions



This ain't no stinkin' grey. Strikin' back with Metallic Black!

Created from our highest quality, translucent HTPLA v2, this stuff is black and sparkly!

Print with the ease of standard PLA with standard hardware and temperatures, but make fun, mesmerizing prints that stand out. Celebrate good times by printing toys, treasures, and keepsakes. If you want to make a print more fun, just add some metallic pop! Our metallic finish contains no actual metal and has little risk of clogging or wearing your nozzle, and it won't make a glitter mess, but beware the printing is sure to be addictive! Metallic particles are relatively small but have some orientation effects, giving top/bottom surfaces more shine than sidewall, so have some fun playing with orientation to see how the result changes! We recommend 0.2 mm layers for the best result.

Heat Treating

Like our other HTPLAs, Metallic HTPLA can be "Heat Treated" to increase crystallinity for "Higher Temperature" resistance compared to amorphous PLA, ABS, and co-polyesters like PETG! Glittler Flake HTPLA prints translucence, but turns opaque when heat treated (or crystallized). With a more crystalline structure, heat treated HTPLA parts can hold form to near melting, though temperatures where the material is practically useful vary greatly depending on geometry and load conditions! For this improved the performance, your prints should be baked in an oven until you see a change from translucent to opaque with reduced gloss. This visual change indicating the improved performance! We've seen the change take place in 5-10 minutes on thin walled parts but can take an hour or more. We've had good luck in a quality, at home convection oven at 110C (225F). Parts will get very "floppy" before becoming more firm, so please leave supports on your parts or support them and bake them on a flat, non-radiating surface (like glass, ceramic, or composite).

For this improved performance, your prints should be baked in an oven until you see a change from translucent pink to opaque pink with reduced gloss. This visual change indicates the improved performance! We've seen the change take place in 5-10 minutes on thin walled parts but can take an hour or more. We've had good luck in a quality, at home convection oven at 110C (225F). Parts will get very "floppy" before becoming more firm, so please leave supports on your parts or support them and bake them on a flat, non-radiating surface (like glass, ceramic, or composite).

Printing

In our experience, good results were achieved using standard PLA parameters ranging from 195-225C nozzle with standard build surface preparation (blue tape, glue stick, or BuildTak). No heated bed required but up to 60C is okay. Beware, if the bed temperature is too high, your part base could actually heat treat while printing, increasing warping and decreasing adhesion. Some shrinkage will occur in the heat treating process, so dimension critical parts may need to be scaled appropriately (as much as 2.5% in our experience).

  • No abrasive fillers so expect normal wear with standard nozzles.
  • Available in 1.75 & 2.85 (3) mm diameter on a 500g diameter recyclable cardboard spool
  • Usable on most PLA-compatible printers, such as Lulzbot, Makerbot, FlashForge, Dremel, Ultimaker, Printrbot, and more!


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01/20/2023
Ann W.
United States United States
I recommend this product

Black with a Sparkle

Love this color for extra special sparkle to my black prints.

03/06/2023

Protopasta, Filament by Protoplant

Thanks for making your prints extra special with Protopasta!

KS
05/19/2022
Konnor S.
United States United States
I recommend this product

Amazing quality filament

This is very high-quality filament and it hides layer lines. Printed at 210 and 60 for bed temperature.

Protopasta, Filament by Protoplant Empire Strikes Black HTPLA with Silver Glitter Review
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05/19/2022
Konnor_3D
United States United States
I recommend this product

Amazing quality filament

This filament is very high quality it hides layer lines. I printed on 210 and 60 bed temperature.

Protopasta, Filament by Protoplant Empire Strikes Black HTPLA with Silver Glitter Review
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10/27/2021
Steve R.
United States United States
I recommend this product

Smooooooth as Silk!

My overall experience with Empire Strikes Black HTPLA was Superbly Supreme! Your filament flows so smoothly out of the nozzle onto the bed it’s a sight to see. No matter what I am printing, the finished model is always amazing. My paints and finishing products take well to it, I never get a nozzle clog with it and I’m always asked what filament I’m using! I had a friend over who brought some friends over and one of them made the comment “I bet he paid over $500 for that piece” haha it was just a 3D model I made and finished using your filament. After I explained the whole thing we all got a laugh out of it. I would consider your filament to be Superior to all other filaments on the market and well worth the Price! I will always be a customer! Ohh, keep the stickers coming!! I have them stuck all over the place including on the Fridge! Beautiful stuff Porto-Pasta, please whatever you’re doing, keep it up because I can’t wait to see what you’re going to come out with next! I highly recommend all of Proto-Pastas filament to anyone looking for high quality, consistent production!

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04/05/2021
Robert E.
United States United States

Awesome product

High quality stuff, and great service , stellar price & fast shipping.

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