(REMIX) Elven Princess Warrior - Hueforge

This is one of the most beautiful things I've ever printed.

For a young lady/ Fantasy fiction fan on her 16th birthday.

Thank you for sharing!

To anyone who is apprehensive about taking on this project or any other technical challenge: JUST DO IT.

My first attempt lifted in two places along the edge.

No doubt because of thermal stress between layers.

I added a 9mmX2mm border around the print to be either sacrificial or to be held by a frame as there is no border on the original.

I also purchased: BIQU CryoGrip Pro Frostbite Cold Build Plate from Amazon.

I used a 35C build plate temp and the lowest nozzle temp (205C) I dared which turned out to be a bit too low: the faster middle layers had a few gaps in them as my extruder struggled to push that cool filament through a .25 nozzle. Best not push too hard. Luckily both the first and top layers were at reduced speed and any defect was covered and unnoticeable. Additionally closed the doors as my build plate temp was low and the idea is to keep the temperature gradient from first to last layer as small as possible. A brim was not an option with the Frostbite build plate per the manufacturer it is difficult if not impossible to remove.

After beautiful success i would recommend a Frostbite plate and keep the difference between Your build surface and your print temperature as small as possible. If you are able to use a cool build plate or regulate your chamber temperature, please do this it will only help you. As my plate temperature was 35C I had no problem closing my doors and not worrying about clogs. Something I could not do when my build plate temperature was 60C. Of course the top layers Have a large surface area and cool very quickly while the bottom layers were warmed by the plate, this added a lot of thermal stress to the model from bottom to top. This is not the typical problem of heat soak as the model builds it's kind of the opposite problem. Hope this information helps you in your success.

EDIT: My closeup looks a bit stringy as i hadn't touched it with flame yet, trust me, looks excellent even up close.

See the Original Designer Page here for specific Filament and other information you will need:

https://www.printables.com/model/1238061-elven-princess-warrior-hueforge/comments

Elven Warrior Princess Hueforge Incremental Filament Change intervals Specific To My settings:

My Flash Forge AD5M PRO/ ORCA 3.2.1 settings:

Interval 1 (L1-L8): 5 hours, 23 minutes (Swap to Dark Grey) - Alarm: 12:07 AM EST

Interval 2 (L8-L13): 4 hours, 13 minutes (Swap to Steel Grey) - Alarm: 4:20 AM EST

Interval 3 (L13-L18): 3 hours, 37 minutes (Swap to Grey) - Alarm: 7:57 AM EST

Interval 4 (L18-L22): 2 hours, 35 minutes (Swap to White) - Alarm: [PENDING L18 RESUME TIME]

Elven Warrior Princess Hueforge Settings

Orca Slicer 3.2.1 Settings

Flashforge AD5M Pro

0.25mm Nozzle

Nozzle Temperature: 205°C (Recommend 210-215°C)

Build Plate: BIDU Frostbite 35°C

**--- Global Orca Slicer Settings ---**

**QUALITY**

Layer Height: 0.08mm

First Layer Height: 0.16mm

Line Width: 0.3mm (ALL)

Seam Position: Aligned back

Seam Gap: 0%

Scarf Joint Seam Contour and Hole: Checked

Scarf Joint Speed: 100%

Scarf Length: 10

Scarf Steps: 5

Roll Base Wipe Speed: Checked

Ironing: No ironing

Wall Generator: Classic

Walls Printing Order: Inner/Outer

Inner Wall Loop Direction: Auto

Top Surface Flow Ratio: 1

Bottom Surface Flow Ratio: 1

**STRENGTH**

Wall Loops: 2

Top Shell Layers: 50

Top Shell Thickness: 0

Top Surface Density: 100%

Top Surface Pattern: Monotonic

Bottom Shell Layers: 1

Bottom Shell Thickness: 0

Bottom Surface Density: 100%

Bottom Surface Pattern: Monotonic

Top/Bottom Solid Infill/Wall Overlap: 25%

**INFILL**

Sparse Infill Density: 0%

Sparse Infill Direction: 45°

Internal Solid Infill Pattern: Monotonic

Solid Infill Direction: 45°

Apply Gap Infill: Nowhere

Filter Out Tiny Gaps: 0.5mm

Infill/Wall Overlap: 50%

Align Infill Direction to Model: Unchecked

**SPEED**

First Layer Speed: 30mm/s

First Layer Infill Speed: 30mm/s

Initial Layer Travel Speed: 100%

Number of Slow Layers: 1

Outer Wall Speed: 60mm/s

Inner Wall Speed: 80mm/s

Small Perimeters: 50%

Small Perimeters Threshold: 0mm

Sparse Infill Speed: 120mm/s

Internal Solid Infill Speed: 120mm/s

Top Surface Speed: 30mm/s

Gap Infill Speed: 30mm/s

Overhang Speed: Slow down for overhang unchecked

Travel Speed: 500mm/s

**OTHERS**

Brim: No brim