Petit Prince

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Here is my representation of the "Little Prince of Saint-Exupery". As the theme of the competition for which I created it clearly stated it, I “take inspiration from the original characters of Saint Exupery's book” ... but let's be honest, he did not draw very well. Representing his Little Prince in 3D is not an easy task. So I did my best to create a character representing the Little Prince and his Fox as drawn in the original book and not inspired by the film or any existing characters. I paid particular attention to the laying of the fox and the prince to highlight the flower so dear to his heart. In the replay of this classic I took to revisit my childhood. I loved this exercise. I put a lot of time of creation, patience, concentration, reflection and pleasure to realize this work. Inspired by the way Saint-Exupery describes him, I tried to give the little prince his air of innocence, but also of anxiety, questioning and perplexity in the face of life. I used mostly "Medium VR" for this piece. If you want, my creation allows inserting a LED light under the base. This light illuminates the flower and the dome that covers it, allowing the light to radiate from them. The interior of the base should be painted with black paint so that the light only comes out of the hole provided for this purpose. Also, a white LED light gives better results than yellow ones imitating a flame... but that's a matter of taste. The little prince is decomposed into different parts to be assembled at the end. This allows great flexibility in how to print, in the choice of color of the impression materials and greatly helps with cleaning and finishing. This is my first attempt to decompose a creation for it to be assembled at the end, I hope everything will go well for you. It's necessary to clean the parts of the supports traces so that an assembly perfect can be made. The assembly can be done with epoxy or any other glue for PLA. For those who want it, I also provide a file of my complete project not decomposed, but cleaning the impression supports may be laborious. The flower and dome are printed in transparent PLA. I have also provided two versions of the dome for the flower, one semi-open to allow well see the rose and one closed in case some of you can print it completely transparent (otherwise the givré effect of the transparent filament prevents seeing the rose). For the rose and its stem, I used a sharpie pen instead of paint, this allows light to pass through. The parts are already placed in the right orientation for printing and you must use supports to make this project. If possible, I advise you to raise the parts 0.6mm from the base for printing, this makes it easier to clean the supports. I have done my best to make this work as simple and accessible as possible, but it requires a minimum of effort on your part. You will be rewarded, however, for the greatest pleasure of your eyes and those of your loved ones. I hope you will appreciate this project and that you will have a lot of fun making it. Your comments and photos of your creations are welcome. Good luck !!