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Fireball Vase

Added 2022-02-28 03:44:28 +0000 UTC

Hello, my favourite people! :)

I like big dodecahedra and I cannot lie! Okay, these aren't that big, but there are lots of them, and they scale, stretch and stack into a long, thin vase that makes me think of low-poly pyrotechnics, hence the name!

As always with vase mode, the trick is in managing the angles and making sure things aren't inclined too steeply either going upwards or downwards, but all these dodecahedra are well behaved and friendly.

Print Description

Vase mode! This means either set your slicer to vase mode (Spiralize outer contour in Cura), or fake it by using 0% infill and no top layers.

Being a tall, thin model you might want to slow down your printing to keep things neat, depending on your setup.

Print Dimensions

58 x 58mm on the bed and 254mm tall.

Supports needed?

No supports required!

Scalability

Easily scalable!

Print Orientation

As you might expect, the vase prints right-way-up:

File location

You'll find this one on Dropbox at 685 Fireball Vase

Link to dropbox post: https://www.patreon.com/posts/31697592

Further Thoughts

This one was inspired by the recent wave of dual-coloured filaments that are so hot right now. Flat planes tend to show the colour shifts nicely, though these prints of mine were actually done with a terrible old colour mixing nozzle instead, on which the "toothpaste effect" was an unintended consequence!

Happy printing!

xoxo

Sven.