Surprising Egg (Prints Inside)

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Here's a funny little Surprise Easter Egg, which can house any design you want inside, and then can be cracked open like a real egg to reveal the thing inside. The original idea is for people to create their own surprises so, remixes and makes are welcome! The shell is 0.8mm thick and breaks somewhat easy, just don't fill the whole inside area to allow the shell to bend inward when breaking (use a corner of a table or similar to break the egg). The egg has a built-in support, so no need for supports in slicer (unless your own design needs them). The design was revised on 15.3.2020 to use less material and allow more height on the surprise inside. There are four different sizes: Quail Egg 40mm (23mm platform), Chicken Egg 65mm (38mm platform), Swan Egg 120mm (72mm platform), Ostrich Egg 190mm (114mm platform). Some ready models are available to download, including Pavel the Ghost, Stanford Bunny, and Heart Pendant. The Baby Yoda in the thumbnail picture is from MarVin_Miniatures. To create your own eggs in Meshmixer, follow these steps: Import the desired sized egg; align it to the center (Edit, Align); perform a vertical Plane Cut (Edit, Plane Cut, Rotate 90 degrees); select "Slice (Keep both)"; Separate Shells (Edit, Separate Shells); Hide the other side of the egg from the Object browser (View, Object browser, eye icon); Import Your other .stl file; align it also (Edit, Align); Scale it if needed (Edit, Transform, Scale Y/X/Z); Move it so that it barely touches the small pin on the egg's build plate (Edit,Transform and move using the arrows); Unhide the eggs other half, and select all from the Object browser; Combine (this appears when you select all parts); Export your new .stl (File, Export); Print the thing and surprise someone! Toss a like, post a make, and maybe follow me over at the IG's at https://www.instagram.com/superbeasti/.