Titania

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Meet Andromeda: the fearless warrior fairy queen. Descendant of Poseidon, the Greek god of the sea, she guards her realm from invaders and malevolent spirits. She’s depicted here riding her blue dolphin through the night on her way to vanquish the many-headed wolf king. Strong, stunning, and resolute, her gaze is fixed forward on the epic battle to come. The crux of this sculpture lies in the dynamic posing that brings the warrior queen to life. Inspired by La Figura Serpentinata (literally, serpentine figure), the queen’s limbs and torso twist in opposite directions, forming an almost spiral pose that affords captivating views from all angles. The posture is further accentuated in this sculpture by the dramatic and wild flow of the fabric and hair, and the uneven positioning of the dolphin on which the queen sits. The electrifying movement is juxtaposed against the serene, poised expression of the fairy queen. Her gaze speaks of unwavering confidence. She’s breathtaking, but not for admiration. Her beauty is a functional beauty, derived from her power and strength...and her muscles are dynamically moving. Andromeda's figure was modeled in pose from a stick figure armature, rather than using the T-pose as a starting point. This was done deliberately to have realistically moving muscles. Andromeda’s character is designed with full facial features, to better display in print. The costume was initially draped with Marvelous Designer, and finished in ZBrush. The hair echoes the folds and drama of the clothing, almost a character in and of itself. This model is designed to be a large print. The combined pieces are 27cm from flipper to flipper, and 23cm from the ground to the tip of the spear. Each piece is optimized to fit in the build volume of a Form 2 printer, which is 145 x 145 x 175mm. Recommend print settings: 50 micron layer or finer on a Form 2 to get all the detail in the print. The shells are keyed to fit into each other, with the keys tapered for an easy fit. Each large piece is hollowed out for cost considerations. The surface shape of the outer geometry is too irregular to be created using a simple extrude. Instead, each inside shell has a lower resolution than the outside shell, which also helps keep file sizes small. The sample 3D print was printed in white resin by CIDEAS using a 3D systems ProX 800 SLA printer at 100 micron layer. It was primed afterwards with grey spray paint.