A method of manufacturing a curved, three-dimensional, ordered micro-truss structure, the method comprising: providing a volume of a photo-monomer; providing a mask between at least one collimated light source and the volume of the photo-monomer, the mask having a plurality of apertures; directing a collimated light beam from the at least one collimated light source to the mask for a period of exposure time, a portion of the collimated light beam passing through the apertures of the mask and into the photo-monomer to form a plurality of polymer waveguides through a portion of the volume of the photo-monomer; removing any uncured photo-monomer to leave behind a partially cured, three-dimensional, ordered micro-truss structure comprising a plurality of ordered unit cells, the partially cured, three-dimensional, ordered micro-truss structure defining an open volume; elastically deforming the micro-truss structure to form a partially cured, curved surface; attaching a first faceplate to a first side of the plurality of ordered unit cells utilizing a polymer adhesive, the first faceplate having an interior side facing the plurality of ordered unit cells; attaching a second faceplate to a second side of the plurality of ordered unit cells utilizing a polymer adhesive, the second faceplate having an interior side facing the interior side of the first faceplate and the plurality of ordered unit cells; post-curing the micro-truss structure to form the curved, three-dimensional, ordered micro-truss structure having a cured, curved surface; and applying a continuous metal coating to the plurality of ordered unit cells, the polymer adhesive, the interior side of the first faceplate, and the interior side of the second faceplate after the attaching the first faceplate and the attaching the second faceplate, the applying the continuous metal coating comprising supplying a plating solution into the micro-truss structure by flowing the plating solution through a first channel of the first faceplate and concurrently flowing the plating solution out of the micro-truss structure through a second channel of the first faceplate. providing a volume of a photo-monomer; providing a mask between at least one collimated light source and the volume of the photo-monomer, the mask having a plurality of apertures; directing a collimated light beam from the at least one collimated light source to the mask for a period of exposure time, a portion of the collimated light beam passing through the apertures of the mask and into the photo-monomer to form a plurality of polymer waveguides through a portion of the volume of the photo-monomer; removing any uncured photo-monomer to leave behind a partially cured, three-dimensional, ordered micro-truss structure comprising a plurality of ordered unit cells, the partially cured, three-dimensional, ordered micro-truss structure defining an open volume; elastically deforming the micro-truss structure to form a partially cured, curved surface; attaching a first faceplate to a first side of the plurality of ordered unit cells utilizing a polymer adhesive, the first faceplate having an interior side facing the plurality of ordered unit cells; attaching a second faceplate to a second side of the plurality of ordered unit cells utilizing a polymer adhesive, the second faceplate having an interior side facing the interior side of the first faceplate and the plurality of ordered unit cells; post-curing the micro-truss structure to form the curved, three-dimensional, ordered micro-truss structure having a cured, curved surface; and applying a continuous metal coating to the plurality of ordered unit cells, the polymer adhesive, the interior side of the first faceplate, and the interior side of the second faceplate after the attaching the first faceplate and the attaching the second faceplate, the applying the continuous metal coating comprising supplying a plating solution into the micro-truss structure by flowing the plating solution through a first channel of the first faceplate and concurrently flowing the plating solution out of the micro-truss structure through a second channel of the first faceplate.