GANDALF bust

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First, a quick printing horror anecdote (can be skipped)

Those of you with a resin printer, have you ever printed something without the screws on the resin vat? First time I printed this Gandalf I was in a rush to start the print before I left for my shift at work. 9 hours later I come back and find the vat, full with resin, stuck to the build plate, suspended maybe 150mm above the Mono X LCD screen. I looked at it for a few seconds, thinking, "this doesn't look right..." until my mind reached that "OH SHIT!" moment.

Fortunately no damage done, and the fep sheet is fully intact, but it makes me wish these cheap(ish) Chinese printers would tell you when you are about to so obviously f up :D

Anyways, a Gandalf bust has materialized!

Second, yes, a hat would have been nice, but alas, it was not meant to be. Apologies! 😓

Printing info, FDM

He comes in 2 main parts. Bust, and base. Neither of which require external supports when printed on FDM. You just plop it down, make sure the infill supports any internal floating geometry (most importantly the hood at the back), and print. The base can probably be printed without any infill at all, if so inclined.

Printing info, resin

I'm continuing the experiment with providing Lychee Slicer Lite Scene (*.lyt) files with supports. This time at 100%, which should be good for larger printers like the Mono X, and also at 50% and 57% which fit smaller printers like the Phrozen Sonic Mini.

The 100% one I have test printed myself, and it resulted in a successful print on my Mono X (when you actually screw the resin vat in place first..), but I just want to be clear, and I'm putting it in bold just because it's important:

These pre-supported files don't guarantee a successful print. There's too many variables (resin type, printer, temperatures, etc) to take into account, so please use them for what they are meant to be: a time saver. Always use your own previous experience and look through the supports, hollowing, and holes settings. Add some if you think there's too few, remove some if you think it's excessive.

Make sure you have all the .stl files downloaded. When you open one of the .lyt files it will most likely give you an error message. This is normal. You just have to point Lychee to the .stl file. In the picture below it asks for *_eyesCC, but you can also choose the *_eyesCV if you want to print that version.

With the 50/57% versions I haven't parented and added braces to the supports. You might want to do that before printing after you have made any adjustments. (I unfortunately can't provide technical support for the slicer, but Lychee has a very active Discord for help with these things, and also some informative videos on their YouTube channel.)

Edit: Oh yeah, I prefer to print the base directly on the build plate, and I've added a couple of pressure relief holes to do so. If you want to do otherwise, feel free do do what you think is best :)

Aaaaand...

That's all for now, I think? Yeah, that's about it. I hope you all are doing great. I've spent a little bit more time in the Discord lately, and it's fun chatting with you guys! Stay safe and healthy, both in body in mind, and I'll see you next time!

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