Adalinda: The Singing Serpent

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UPDATE: Someone pointed out that perhaps there was too much geometry for Adalinda. To keep people happy, a decimated version has been uploaded. Adalinda briefly appeared on CNBC as a demo model at the NYC 3D printing conference. Many thanks to Anoroc for letting me know and for using her in his demonstration:-) "Once a century, Adalinda flies to the top of the highest mountain in the realm and sings for her love who died so long ago." I am sure dragons can sing. Here is Adalinda, a female dragon whose song is the most haunting of all. For a while now, I've had it on my mind to build a dragon that doesn't require supports or assembly, and here she is. Tolkien style Dragons are not generally shaped to avoid overhangs, so the design took some experimentation and thought as I didn't want to compromise too much with shapes. To print Adalinda successfully, you will need to use lots of cooling when printing her with PLA. With ABS, an enclosed environment is preferred as too much cooling will cause the model to crack. Adalinda was built with an open mouth and hollow throat because I wanted her to really look as though she is singing, so don't be surprised at the partial hollow when printing. Adalinda was sculpted using Blender.