Magic Mushroom

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This is my inaugural upload, and I'm essentially working with a blank slate as far as models go. This small mushroom is printed in two distinct sections. The main body of the mushroom and its cap are separate components. To achieve a smooth surface on top, corresponding bodies within the main mushroom fill the holes found in the mushroom cap. The entire mushroom would be hollow if not for the internal support required during printing, which can be removed from the mushroom stalk to allow an LED to be inserted as shown in the picture. I opted to print the main body using clear filament and the cap with red filament. If printed on the printer bed, there will need to be a significant amount of support material used for this project. You might consider splitting the body into two sections and orienting it for a much lower amount of support material; however, I haven't attempted that yet. Meshmixer may flag errors in the main body's design, but most slicing software seems to handle these issues without any problems, so it shouldn't impact printing.