Expectant Fairy - HueForge 3 Color

Did you know that by joining my Patreon, as a paid access member not only will you be granted commercial rights to print and sell my designs, but you will also get early access to every design I produce?  This design has been available to my paid access Patreon members for well over a month.

To save you looking through hundreds of designs to find what you're interested in, I categorise all of my uploads in collections.  All of my fairy designs (for example) are easy to find in the following collection:
https://makerworld.com/en/collections/8545329-fairies-and-fantasy 
 

One thing that really annoys me when I'm looking for models to print are people who use a source or AI generated image to promote their design - it never looks anything like the end result.  I always provide only photographs of the actual printed design so you know what to expect.

 

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All the settings and colour changes are in the print profile, but should you not have an AMS, after slicing, replace the colour changes with pauses and make manual colour swaps as detailed below.  I'd strongly suggest not changing any other settings in the slicer, as my printing profiles are highly customised to produce the best quality HueForge.

 

If you decide to resize any of my designs, you can only resize on the X & Y axes.  DO NOT RESIZE THE Z AXIS!  If you choose to ignore this instruction, it will change the layer heights that the colours change at and destroy the end result.

 

I have implemented a double layer height modifier.  This will only work if you use my print profile (3MF) and not the included STL!  This one change knocks a considerable amount off the printing time by changing the layer height of the base and border layers only.  It has no detrimental result to the finish of the design whatsoever.

A couple of final things - please don't turn ironing on for the top surface.  This shouldn't need to be said, but HueForges rely on texture and interplay with light.  Ironing will reduce the quality of the image.  It's turned off in my print profile for this exact reason.  Also, please DO NOT simplify the design - you will lose a massive amount of detail.

If you're looking for a stand to display your HueForges, I can highly recommend this one:-
https://makerworld.com/en/models/1474353-hueforge-stand-hex-or-plain 

 

Print at 100% infill with a layer height of 0.04mm with a base layer of 0.2mm

The Model is 180x140mm in size
You may print at higher layer heights below the Min Depth of 0.44mm
The Max Depth is 2.3mm and the Actual Depth is 1.5mm

Filaments Used:
    PLA BambuLab Basic Black Transmission Distance: 0.6
    PLA+ Sunlu Oak Transmission Distance: 4
    PLA Bambu Basic Jade White Transmission Distance: 5.6
This print uses 3 unique filaments

Swap Instructions:
    Start with Black
    At layer #13 (0.68mm) swap to Oak
    At layer #19 (0.92mm) swap to Jade White for the rest.