New 3D Print: The Fisherman
I work with many talented people, one of whom is Franco DeRosa, an amazing zBrush / 3d artist. I’ve printed items for him in the past (here, here), and the latest is what he calls “The Fisherman” :
Here are the stats for the final (largest) print:
- Printed on Makerbot Replicator (1)
- Gray PLA on unheated removable glass built plate covered in blue painters tape with raft & supports.
- Total print time: 29 hours, 52 minutes.
- 2 shells, 5% infill, 100 micron.
- 217g gross: 180g for the print, 37g for support.
It filled the build volume laying on it’s back, facing up: This pushed all the support material to the rear, leaving the facial features really clean.
But before I got there, I printed two smaller versions: The medium version was printed straight up, filling the height of the printer (so had more support scaring on the face). The smallest one was the first printed, took about an hour and a half (low-res setting). I printed all of these (2 large versions, one med, one small) front to back: probably 75 hours of straight printing with no problems. Perfect.
