This is a cool technique for printing multiple colors on a 3D printer designed to print just one color at a time.
You create a separate print file for each color, and print one, change the filament color, print that one, etc. etc. etc… This has five colors and took about 3 hours to print, what with all the changes.
This can be used to print permanent, waterproof designs on dimensional items like boxes and phone cases.
I downloaded the original picture, then did the color separation, but forgot to flip the image before starting, so she’s backward. The printer had some issues up in that upper corner.
Do you mean supports or are you using a printer that uses liquid?
Mine uses solid filament, and since this is flat, it doesn’t need supports.
And since I mostly make small, delicate things, I try to avoid supports completely, because they tend to leave marks.
My company has a metal 3-D machine room that I hang out in when I am trying to avoid people. It has this white stuff on it that the guy has to brush away. I was wondering if it was like that.
hmmm, mine doesn’t do that. maybe it’s something that professional or liquid resin printers do.
I’m happy to avoid people all day now that I’m retired.
ETA: metal 3D? so they’re extruding metal? how cool! mine just does plastic!
I made two copies (about 5x7 maybe) of the photo. I cut up one to use as templates for each major piece. Then glued them to the other copy. All the parts are from a magazine. The black paint is fabric paint.
Thanks for the love ya’ll. I’m loving this challenge because I’m a good copy cat.
