Neil Merryweather
SMF Supporter
If you tilt him back about 20 degrees the support would be on the back and underneath rather than the face, and much easier to remove, and to make good.OK this is the Dark Knight from Thingiverse by MustangDave
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On the printer bed - a little bit of stringing between his ears, but nothing to worry about. I still haven't used the glue stick on this magnetic plate - the print stuck well.
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Looks more like Predator than Batman! The supports added hold up the chin. nose & brows.
Again, the supports are a real pig to remove and there's surface detail & texture lost
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I'm really going to have to get this support business figured out - otherwise the bust is pretty good
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The tweaks I've applied to the settings seem to have worked, the layer lines are not apparent under normal light.
I'm going to have another go at this, paying extreme attention to the supports & make them as light as possible. I must also calibrate the Z-axis stepper motors- it may be that one side is slightly higher than the other. Of course this will mean re-levelling the build plate, but I'm getting the hang of that. I'm happy with progress so far, and I may venture into printing some of my own creations. They will be engineering orientated, the sculpting side of CAD modelling ( using Blender ) are a total unknown to me
Dave
It's all about the orientation.