Mad Manor of Astabar - Moon Skulls

prusaprinters

I'm DM'ing a run of Mad Manor of Astabar, which hinges on collecting 8x human skulls etched with the symbol of the 8x moon phases. I thought it'd be fun if my players could actually hold and examine the skulls, so designed the moon symbols & imprinted 'em into scaled-down versions of DanLuc's human skull. References: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:224912 http://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/138937/The-Mad-Manor-of-Astabar Print Settings Printer: Creality CR-10 Rafts: No Supports: Yes Resolution: 0.1mm Infill: 20% Notes: Here's how I printed it: Print surface: AnyCubic Ultrabase, heated to 80C for the whole print. Filament: 3D Solutech Natural-color 1.75mm PLA Extrusion temp: 220C first layer, 210C for the rest Slicer: Simplify3D Infill: 5%, fast-honeycomb Cooling: 0% first layer, 80% at layer 2 and above Supports x-distance: 0.2mm Supports y-spacing: 1 layer above, 1 layer below I was a little amazed that it worked okay with only 5% infill, but I'd recommend going with more - the bottom/internal edges of the symbols would really benefit from some infill to rest upon. I had a couple small gaps within the symbols due to lack of internal support (ie: infill). I printed all 8x skulls at once, as a single process (ie: layer-by-layer, not model-by-model), and it took about 14 hours start to finish. So, estimate about 2 hours per skull. Support came away without too much trouble, but the teeth were kinda hit-or-miss. I lost a lot of teeth while removing the support. That being said, I don't really care - it just looks the skulls look less obviously-identical. Each one's missing a different random combination of teeth. Aside: I've found that 3D Solutech filaments tolerate way higher temps than you'd expect of PLA. Most notably, at anything less than 70C, the PLA wouldn't stick to the Ultrabase at all. At 80C it sticks like glue, and completely releases itself as the plate cools to ~30C. Category: Toy & Game Accessories