Rose with Stem & Thorns & Sepals & Hip for Valentine's Day

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I decided to create a more complex rose by taking a basic one and adding various features. I made both open and closed versions available. The thorns can be printed in different colors, including single color, 2-color glued, or dual-extruder designs. I added a vase inspired by Microsoft's Rose design, which I found more appealing than the original rose. Additionally, I fixed small pin holes on the stem. To support my projects, please consider visiting and sharing my Working Lego R2-D2 YouTube channel at http://www.youtube.com/MyL3G0, where I make a few dollars from advertisements. Instructions: Create a Rose with Thorns & Stem & Bits I didn't modify the rose itself, but created everything else from scratch. Printing Information: I printed all parts at .2mm layer height without any supports or raft, using 10% infill (though most of the design doesn't actually need much infill, you might get away with less). To print the open and/or closed roses, follow these steps: Print a set of sepals (leafy structures) for each rose. Remove the supports when finished. There's an option without supports that works better on some slicers, as well as one with fatter supports which may be necessary for other slicers. Next, print a stem for each rose. Here it gets tricky: Easiest is simply printing the 1-color stem. Alternatively, you can print a stem with holes for the thorns so that they can be printed in different colors, although they don't fit well and may require some adjustments. There's also a dual-extruder thorn version which seems to work better but uses more filament due to the tall walls. Finally, print a pin (or use 3mm filament sections). The original rose was designed for 3mm filament, so you might need to either shrink the pin or file the holes slightly. Alternatively, simply glue them together. Assembly: If you printed separate stems and thorns, attach the thorns to the stem, probably requiring a bit of filing. Put the pin into the rose, then attach the sepals, followed by the stem. Before assembling everything, test it first to see if you need to file any holes. To support my projects, please visit and share my completely unrelated yet cool Working Lego R2-D2 YouTube channel at http://www.youtube.com/MyL3G0 - I make a few dollars from advertisements.