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(Dire Base atm but is a problem with all of them)

  Any way to make the muzzle walls thicker just in the slicer? I use 0.8 nozzle for main base and jaw and the muzzle was only 2 walls thick with 0.8, switched to 0.4 and it's now 3 walls but still too thin and fragile. Both pla and petg breaks in the muzzle with slight pressure. I don't particularly enjoy using tpu or flexible pla for these prints so I'm at a loss of what to do here. 

I know that on a finished head any cracks to the base would show no damage on the outside(unless crushed hard I guess) if a head is well made, but I would prefer to know that the suit's skeleton won't crack under slight pressure. Particularly at the muzzle

At 3-6 walls thick they shouldn't be brittle (they're 3 in some areas, supported by a framework of 5-6 wall thick reinforcement in other areas). If you're having issues with brittle/cracked prints in areas that are 3+ walls thick, you may be having extrusion issues or your filament may be humid (moisture causes most filaments to bubble and pop)

if you're worried you can also coat the inside in plasti-dip or similar material (which can sort of self-heal minor cracks)

Any ridged headbase will not be indestructible without being extremely thick/heavy (be it 3D printed, resin cast, or fiberglass/carbon-fiber) so if you want a base you can step on, you'll need to use foam.

It's only cracking at the muzzle where there's only 3 walls, interior, exterior and middle. It's really weird and I've never seen other bases be so thin at that part that's why I was asking. 

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I only get cracks when my printer is having issues, or my slicer profile is bad.
Every design has been test-printed successfully (that's how I take photos) and I have used several of these (including the dire wolf) for finished heads