by DeeRam

My 3 year old loves Elephants...

My daughter has an elephant that she loves. This was 3d scanned and I made the design around the finished 3d scan. You'll hopefully agree that it looks lovely as a finished product. My bugbare with it is that all my friend have wanted one, so I've spent days more printing it. Most of the parts are 7 hours minimum.

Days of time and effort went into making this and then making it printable, so please feel free to drop me a bitcoin or 4, or something a little more sensible. This will let me persuade my wife the time and effort is worth it, not to mention the 3d Printer.

I've included supports, which I made in Meshmixer that work.

I'd suggest putting the STLs together in your software, to check sizing and scaling issues with upload/download.

Any questions, please ask away. Happy printing

Many thanks
D

Print Settings

Printer:                          

Geeetech i3 B

Rafts:                          

Doesn't Matter

Supports:                          

Doesn't Matter

Resolution:                          

0.1 or 0.2

Filament:                                            basic amazon, nothing special PLA                                                                                

Notes:

I've added custom supports already, it should print well for you.

Ears and trunk print with rafts, be careful CUTTING raft off, do not tear off.

I used super glue to weld the parts together.

LED string battery lights used in picture.

Post-Printing

Cut off the supports of course, clean up the scraps or veins, spray, glue and mount.

How I Designed This

My daughter has an elephant that she loves. This was 3d photographed and I made the design around the finished 3d scan. Lots of time and effort, so please feel free to drop me a bitcoin or 4, or something a little more sensible. This will let me persuade my wife the time and effort is worth it.

Many thanks
D