The Midnight Serenade - Dynamic Woman Sculpture

Bring a touch of elegance and dramatic flair to your desk with 

“The Midnight Serenade”

This sculpture was inspired as an explosion of paint coming from the fire red dress. It was not easy to paint over black PLA, so I wonder how it would come if printed in red and paint the black areas instead! This could also be a cool multicolor/bicolor print, with obvious increase in print time and materials. Let me know if you are interested in a multicolor profile! 

This sculptural piece features a graceful woman standing beside an ornate lamp post, with a flowing dress that mimics the movement of paint, that flows gently over the base and edges of the platform.

The design captures a unique, hand-painted aesthetic that creates a bold visual contrast between the deep black structure and the vibrant, flowing red elements.

Perfect as a centerpiece or an artistic addition to any collection, this model stands out with its intricate details and dynamic silhouette.

ATTENTION: I have tried a lot of supports configuration, and I had a few instances in which the supports under the dress have detached from the base. IF that happens to you, converting the tree supports to strong should solve the problem. I currently left them in organic because I had a few successful print with them so I know they can work well, and this decreases materials used and print time. 

Size model (can be scaled up or down): 151 x 127 x 197 mm.

I will share with you bit of the story behind the failures and swearing while prototyping this model

I had a major problem with the “smoothness” of the base, due to an error setting in Top Surface Layer Width to a very low value, which once corrected achieved a smooth as expected flat surface of the base / platform.

After solving this, I had supports failing under the dress, after I had adjusted the length of the cloth there and sculpted so that it would require less support. I even considered making it touch the ground at the tip of the folds, but then I would lose some dynamics that goes with the shape of the dress floating so, instead I have adjusted supports.

Worked well and the dress was going good, but by changing the supports, I had not noticed that now a support generated to hold her head, was arising from her hip! Which failed mid print, crashing miserably on the build plate. You can well spot the line where I stopped the print (in the painted one) as for sure it would have failed the head. So.. to not waste it, I printed the rest of the model from the layer after cutting it in BambuStudio. 

Aaaaaanddd I didn't think of the lamp post now being on a ridiculous base, to which the brim I added was insufficient! 

So… this is what I ended up with! 

Now is finally all fixed and ready to go!!!
I hope you guys enjoy this model :)