Hi everyone, this is NUSensei. In a few of my videos, many people have asked about the
fancy armour hoodies and where to get them from. To be honest, I wasn’t superbly amazed
by these items and didn’t bother to review them, but they’re picking up some interest,
so this will be a quick showcase video.
Note that these shirts aren’t manufactured by a specific clothing company. You can find
them by searching for “3D print shirts”, and you’ll find a variety of online stores
that sell numerous flashy prints, from logos and images to the medieval armour you’ve
seen me wear. I believe they are made in China and sold on numerous online fronts, with availability
varying from store to store. I’ve bought from two different retail sites, and the items
are exactly the same. You’ll occasionally see these items being advertised on Facebook
and other social media. They’re quite eye-catching, but are they really all that good?
First, we’ll take a look at the Knights Templar shirt. This one I got from Monkstars.com.
There are four different shirt options: t-shirt, long-sleeve, hoodie and zipped hoodie, all
featuring the same design. The one I have is the regular hoodie. As you can see, the
Templar design features the red cross on the front of battered metal armour, with mail
patterns on the sleeves. The hood contains the same mail pattern, forming something like
a coif, which is pretty cool. The material is polyester and spandex, being thin and light,
good for cool or warm weather. The pocket is actually one single joined pouch.
From a distance, the hoodie looks pretty good. Up close, you can see that the resolution
isn’t that high. The front of the shirt, especially the cross, looks fuzzy around the
edges. The mail sleeves look better, with nice lighting to make it look more 3D. I do
overall like this shirt, but I did feel disappointed when I first got it because of its fuzzy print
quality.
The second item I have is the Samurai Armour print. This one was from GoPowear.com, though
I’ve definitely seen other variations in other colours, such as blue, on other sites.
The same four shirt types are available. Again, the shirt looks eye-catching from a distance,
but a close-up view really shows that low-resolution print quality. This one is pretty bad. The
cords and lamellar strips are pixelated, and this is especially obvious around the armpits.
The mail sleeves are dark and barely distinguishable. It looks OK from a distance, or if you’re
watching this on a small screen, but it’s otherwise very obvious when you’re looking
down at your own shirt.
It's nice, it's comfy and it has a nice vibrant colour and appeal to it, but the quality of
close is just too...it's just disappointing. I know if you're wearing it, people will still
be impressed by it. But if I want to spend money to get something shipped to me, I do
want a quality product. This one is a thumbs down for me. Just because I'm wearing it,
I'm looking at it and people will look at me, and if I can see pixels when I look down
on myself, it's just not good enough.
That's my evaluation of the samurai armour from GoPowear. I'm not sure if this particular
shirt sold on other websites has the same quality. Likewise for the Knights Templar.
I've only seen these two. From my impression so far, it would seem that the quality of
the prints, or at least the resolution of the print, is just below expectation.
I can't imagine that it would cost much more to print a higher resolution version. We're
not doing photography where we're printing out very large resolution on expensive paper.
I imagine the cost would be very similar when it comes to design. If these were higher resolution
with higher quality and finer sharper prints, this would be awesome.
But from what I've seen so far, it's cool, but it's not impressive. Take it as you will.
I've linked the websites below. I don't necessarily endorse these websites. They just happen to
be where I bought them from years back. You might find better quality products elsewhere.
If you do know of other shops that sell better 3D print like this, then feel free to share
below. I know it might sound a little spammy. People are curious, I'm happy to facilitate
this discussion. "Hey, cool shirts, where can I get one?" That's fine, that's cool.
For those who were curious, that's what I'm wearing. Funny, fun, but not exactly fantastic.
Anyway, I hope you found this helpful and interesting. This is NUSensei, and I'll see
you next time.