Weighted Companion Cube Piggy Bank

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This is a remake of an exceptional companion cube model. The interior has been hollowed out and a hole has been cut in the top for the stopper, which can be downloaded from my profile along with the file for the stopper. I printed the interior with supports and removed them through the hole. I didn't test using bridging to print the top of the cube. This companion cube was printed on a Prusa i3 MK3. This was my first project that I attempted to complete, and I used acrylic paints. I should have spent more time sanding it before finishing, as layer lines are visible on the final product. However, I got a really clean-looking paint job by spending extra effort in meticulously masking off the parts of the cube that I didn't want to be white. For the trenches of the cube, I tried a technique where I thinned out acrylic paint, let it drip into the channel, and filled it in. I tried both matte finish and glossy finish options, and I preferred how the glossy finish came out.