Starry Night by Vincent Van Gogh (Hueforge Print)

Description:

An image of a Van Gogh painting that I chose to transform into a 3D print. This model is best printed with a printer capable of multicolor printing or equivalent, though it can be done with a single filament printer. The difference is automation versus manual exchange of filaments.

PrusaSlicer has a guide on how to do color change in the slicer, both automatically and manually. There should be equivalent features in your preferred slicer, if not PrusaSlicer.

Print instruction from Hueforge:

Print at 100% infill with a layer height of 0.08mm with a base layer of 0.16mm
Filaments Used:
PLA Prusament Jet Black Transmission Distance: 0.2
PLA PolyLite Natural Transmission Distance: 21
PLA Printed Solid Jessie Fillament Bold Blue Transmission Distance: 3
PLA Printed Solid Jessie Filament Neon Yellow Transmission Distance: 4.8
Swap Instructions:
Start with Jet Black
At layer #5 (0.48mm) swap to Natural
At layer #9 (0.8mm) swap to Bold Blue
At layer #14 (1.2mm) swap to Neon Yellow for the rest.

Print setting:

I have a print setting that I named hueforge. It sets the following values:

• Layer height: 0.08mm
• First layer height: 0.16mm
• Infill: 100%
• Infill style: rectilinear

Printer setting:

There was a lot of stringing in my filaments, so I customized my printer setting to reduce stringing to a minimum.

• Retraction: 2mm
• Lift Z: 0mm

Licensing and Credit:

I acquired the Starry Night image from Wikimedia Common, and the image is in the public domain. The coloring choice and border addition are my own modification, but since I did not make any significant alteration, I chose to dedicate this STL into the public domain if it isn't already.

Hueforge is a program that I used to make color choices and transform the image from a digital 2D image to a 3D STL. I also used OpenSCAD, my CAD program of choice, to add a border. I also used PrusaSlicer to repair the STL generated by Hueforge and repositioning it for ease of use in OpenSCAD.