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Color Blended Relief Cameo

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Creator (as listed at the source): Steve from HueForge
Licence: Creative Commons — Attribution — Noncommercial — NoDerivativesStated at the source marketplace; SliSearch does not verify licences.
File types: STL
Pricing: Free
Published: May 5, 2023
Category: Other Costume Accessories

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Overview

This is an STL printed laying down at low layer heights with different colored filaments with the goal of blending the filament colors to make both a multi-color and exaggerated depth image much like a cameo or bas relief. The file will load as a square STL, but the outside of the circle is 0 height and once sliced will disappear.

*Warning - these files take a long time to slice, especially the bigger ones. Tens of minutes in some cases*

Print at 100% infill at no more than 0.08mm layer height with a 0.16mm base layer height. (0.04mm layer heights are better) 0.2mm nozzle is recommended, but a 0.4 or even 0.6 can prove the concept and give a nice appearance of depth. Consider concentric top infill.

Colors and Z Swap Heights for Example Image

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Black - until 0.44mm @ 0.04 (0.48mm

Navy Blue - until 0.6mm @ 0.04 (0.64mm

Medium Green - Until 0.68mm @ 0.04 (0.72mm

Light Blue - until 1.04mm @ 0.04 (1.04mm

White - the rest.

All numbers are given as in PrusaSlicer or BambuStudio - it is where you put the swap command.

Exact filaments used were all PETG

JAYO Black - ~0.3mm Transmissivity

IIID MAX Navy Blue ~2.0mm Transmissivity

HZST3D Green ~3.0mm Transmissivity

TPOIMNS Light Blue ~4.5mm Transmissivity

JAYO White ~9.0mm Transmissivity

You do not HAVE to use these filaments except for the white.

Do you want to qualify the Transmissivity of YOUR filaments. Try the FilaScope it's and easy way to work out your numbers.

But it is important to know that different filaments have different amounts of light they transmit. Black is generally highly opaque so most blacks can be used interchangeably. Same is true of Navy Blue, it is fairly opaque and most should work fine, especially as a base layer.

Make sure your green and light blue are NOT silks or shiny. Most brands should be okay, but I used HS. Polymaker Dark Green is a silk and will not work.

The white REALLY needs to be Jayo White PETG or META PLA. SUNLU Meta should work as well, but the PETG isn't certain. This filament has a very high translucency without being milky. That allows stacking up multiple layers to build a smooth and gentle gradient.

Happy Printing!