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The Mothman - a Cryptid Kit Card

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High above Point Pleasant, West Virginia - the Mothman keeps watch!

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This is the first of a series of Cryptid Kit cards I've been working on for a little while now, and my very first original work!  I've always been enamored with 3D printed kit cards and I hope you enjoy this silly contribution.  Using Nakozen's awesome kit card tutorial, these cards print out quite snug and nicely if you stay cognizant of your printer's settings.  And don't forget, a good pair of flush snips and a little super glue go a LONG way in keeping these models from falling apart, though the pictures I've attached are all fitted together with no glue at all (so yeah, it's totally possible).  

To get the Mothman's eyes and title text that poppin' silk red, I set a filament change somewhere around layer 11 - though this may differ depending on your slicer's settings.  In Cura, go to Extensions → Post Processing → Modify G-Code and select Filament Change.  

I've printed my kit cards on both an Ender 3 and an Elegoo Neptune 3+ with more or less identical print settings:  

0.2 Layer Height

2 Walls

Outside to Inside Wall Ordering

A fairly hot build plate (70 degrees C in my case)

NO SUPPORTS

and a Skirt

Also, slow and steady wins this race.  I typically print around 45 mm/s for the best results.  

And if you have time, enabling Ironing will give you a spiffy surface finish.  

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