Necromancer's Bottle (vase mode!) (Patreon)

Hey 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.