City Dream Elephant

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This is my printable project for @pinshape @mold3D! First and foremost, I'd like to extend my gratitude to the various partners: Pinshape, ZBrush, Mold3D Academy, 3DArtist, FormLabs, Oculus, Medium, Sansar. I was thrilled to take up the challenge that was proposed. I approached each step with meticulous care to achieve the best possible product: reflection on the contribution of 3D printing and its technical constraints, sketches, modeling, printing of the three objects, taking pictures. So, I hope the result will meet your expectations. I am fascinated by the possibilities of 3D printing, such as creating a pre-articulated object (using bridge capabilities). I designed my Avatar with these characteristics in mind and was careful to obtain only one object that can be dragged on the slicer: I drew very small links (0.05 x 0.05 mm section) between my different parts for this purpose; they disappear during the slicing process. My object is netfabbed, and manifold. I would like to share my creation with as many people as possible and have a wide dissemination of it, so the printing parameters are very simple (rule of the 45° angle maximum, ...). This Elephant is an original character that represents my personality: I have always manufactured many prototypes (for my brother, a visual artist, illusionist), furniture for my home,... and at this point, I discovered the Maker movement three years ago. I shared my creations during two editions of the Nantes Maker Faire, where everyone can admire "Les Machines de l'Ile", a fantastic giant animated puppets exhibition. The mental connection with "leFabShop Elephant" was created... I had the first idea for my Avatar: what better than remixing a very appreciated 3D model to discover the world of 3D sculpting? It's my first 3D creation using this technique. I began to draw main volumes and articulation systems on a semi-parametric software (I didn't use the leFabShop Elephant.stl files), as I recreated everything for author rights questions, and because I wanted to have four independent legs and an additional articulation at the knee (this file is available before sculpting: "City Dream Elephant - Mechanical Base.stl"). After that, I sculpted the model like a potter who sculpts clay. There are two definitions of the final work, dependent on your quality resolution. Inspirations: Elephant by leFabShop: https://pinshape.com/items/662... Les Machines de l'Ile - Nantes: http://www.lesmachines-nantes.fr/ Indian fantastical Elephants: https://www.google.com/search?q=indian+fantastical+elephants https://www.google.com/search?q=indian+fantastical+elephants&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8#q=indian+fantastical+elephants Tips and parameters for a good print result!!! All the parts are optimized for these settings: I believe these are the most common features currently available on large public machines and RepRap machines manufactured at home. I hope to soon be able to test more accurate prints with an SLA 3D Printer ;-) Nozzle diameter: 0.35 mm or 0.4 mm - Good for 0.5mm too. Layer Height: 0.2 mm or 0.1 mm Wall Thickness: 0.7 mm or 0.8 mm Infill: 20% Top and Bottom Thickness: 0.6 mm Brim: NO Support: NO I can't use ABS, so it hasn't been tested. PLA filament recommended. 9 hours (540 minutes) of printing job. Enjoy!