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Necromancer's Bottle (vase mode!)
🕑 Added 2021-08-15 09:23:38 +0000 UTCHey there, wonderful people!
We're back in vase mode land today (that's Spiralize Outer Contour mode for the Cura users out there), and this one's a zig-zaggy snakey bottle that ends up quite rigid as far as vase mode prints go.
This one started in a completely different direction, as another vase that was intended to contrast textures. It was covered in diamond-shaped holes that expanded as they went inwards, which would normally create unprintable pockets, but thin slots running vertically provided a way for the printer to move in and out.
Those lines turned the diamond holes into vertical zigzags, and the idea of stylized zigzag snakes just couldn't be ignored! The gaps were enlarged a little, texture added and interior texture removed, and a bunch of chamfers were added to give shape while retaining that sense of angularity. And then some of those chamfers were removed since they resulted in some tricky angles for a vase mode print to handle!
Printing Tips
This is a vase mode print, so set your slicer accordingly! As you'd expect, the print is oriented base-down, so the top ends up open.
This print probably works best around 200%, in terms of size, but 100% is pretty cute :)
Print Dimensions
This is a vase mode print that will scale pretty well to any size, really (though if you make it much smaller it might lose some detail!)
At 100% the Necromancer's Bottle will occupy 52mm x 52mm on the print bed, and is 75mm tall.
At 200% it'll be 104mm x 104mm and 150mm tall!
File Location
You'll find this on dropbox under 733 Necromancers Bottle
(Dropbox link post: https://www.patreon.com/posts/dropbox-and-are-31697592 )
Further Thoughts
I do keep coming back to vase mode, because it's just always such a satisfying set of constraints within which to work. Every vase mode design comes out differently in terms of weight, rigidity and flexibility, so it's always an exploration and things don't always turn out the way I might expect.
Happy printing!
xoxo
Sven.
Comments
Gerhard Grobler
Used vase mode, 270mm tall on my BIQU B1. Then with 3 walls at 0.28mm water tight and with SBS filament bounce resistant to a degree.
Just finished on my CR-6 Max scaled up to 400mm high using Stronghero 3D Galaxy Red with a .8mm nozzle. Turned out excellent!
I LOVE this design. Just did one in eSun Copper and it looks fabulous!
Todd Coello
I have 400x400x500 Letts see what that size looks like.
Kieran Clarke
In Cura with all settings enabled for "spiralise outer contour. Tick this and tick "smooth spiralised contours"
how do i get it to not fill in the middle?
damn, that looks so cool.
Kieran Clarke
Damn. I know what I am doing when I get home...Printed it out at 200% scale but did get one zone with small holes in teh corners. I have posted photo's in discord.
Jonathan Murray
Just finishing up a 300% print, looks great!
I'm loving the recessed vertical slots as a printability work-around. I might use that idea in my own designs. Good to know about! Thanks.
LOVE IT... now to printing ;)
Michael Schecker
I like Vasemode cause its so fast and hypnotic to look on it during build
Filament Stories
Hooray for vase mode! And for 1.0mm nozzle, scalable printing. Big nozzle prints in vase mode are just so much fun.
Clockspring3D
And they're so quick to print, too! :D
I'll be trying out my 1mm extrusion vase mode on this one. Looks so satisfying. I love the very low amount material that vase mode allows.
Robin Edwards
Love the fact you keep pushing vase mode prints. I was experimenting this weekend playing with a standard 0.4 nozzle and printing at 0.6 - 0.8 and the results were surprisingly good making a stronger vase. So I might give these a whirl!
