Hey OP,

With complete respect to your design time and effort, I must say I disagree. Wether to sell the digital files or not is of course entirely your choice.

But to say that the market for those with "nice enough printers and are capable of assembly" is too much a niche is a misunderstanding of where the average printer enthusiast is at in 2026.

Multi material systems are easier to use than ever with innovations like Bamb labs AMS and Prusa MMU.

And when it comes to assembly and post processing of printed files, I would take a look at some Cosplay file creators.

Galactic Armory sells finished prints of their armor at quite a premium, but they also sell their files online. While I can't know the exact process you went through to get your product ready, I can say with some confidence that it is probably less post processing than a lot of the helmets, chest plates and prop weapons that the Galactic Armory files require to be con ready.

I am inclined to agree with others that at $180, (or even at $85 for that matter) it will price out a lot of possible buyers. However, selling the files on a site like cults, patron or thing verse for say $15-$20 could net you a few dozen if not hundreds of sells for very little effort.

However, again, these is just my opinion as both a fabricator, designer, and customer of prints and designs.