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Anniversary contest results

The three winners: licence refunded!

Eight entries, thank you all. Gold, Silver and Bronze:

The finished Deadpool, arms crossed, close up.
The painted Deadpool, full length, in the workshop.
From behind, with the swords.
In its place, in the home cinema.
In the home cinema, up close.
In the home cinema, behind the seat.
Before painting: filler on the seams, primer.
The filled seams, up close.
Raw print, from behind, with the swords.
The inside of a part, hollow.
Split3r: the model before splitting.
Split3r: rear view.
Split3r: front view.
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Gold

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A 1.85 m Deadpool, filled, sanded and hand-painted

Christian, alias Hellboy666

I was looking for suitable software and came across Split3r.

Christian, alias Hellboy666
  • Life-size DeadpoolModel bought online
  • 1.85 mSize
  • Bambu Lab P2SPrinter
  • 46 build platesSplit
  • 14 kg of PLA and PETGMaterial
  • 335 h of printing (14 days), 4 weeks in allPrinting, filling, sanding and painting

Christian, in Bavaria, printed a life-size 1.85 m Deadpool on a Bambu Lab P2S: 46 build plates, 14 kg of PLA and PETG, 335 hours of printing. The seams were filled with fibreglass filler, sanded, primed and hand-painted with acrylics; four weeks of work in all. It now stands in his home cinema.

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The assembled droid, standing.
The droid, front view, next to the bed.
Pelvis and legs assembled.
An arm, standing against the furniture.
Torso parts, on the floor.
Two large leg parts.
The pelvis, next to a cardboard box for scale.
Split3r: the split torso, one colour per part.
Split3r: the pelvis and leg parts.
Split3r: an arm in two parts, with the tenons.
Slicer: torso parts on the plates.
Slicer: overview of the plates.
Printing times of plates 22 to 36: 13 d 22 h in all.
Printing times of plates 1 to 8 and filament.
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Silver

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A human-size Super Battle Droid, 27 kg of PETG

Thomas Vogl

Thanks for your ideas and your app. 18 days of printing alone, 27 kg of PETG, one week of assembly and a lot of fun.

Thomas Vogl
  • Super Battle Droid (Star Wars)Model
  • Human sizeSize
  • 36 build platesBuild plates
  • 27 kg of PETGMaterial
  • 18 days of printing, 1 week of assemblyTime

Thomas printed a Star Wars battle droid, human-size judging by the photos: 18 days of printing alone, 27 kg of PETG and a week of assembly. The message is short, but the screenshots show the split and the tenons in Split3r, the plates in the slicer and the printing times of 36 plates.

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The finished figure, 1.50 m, by the window.
Front view: flat cap, long coat, waistcoat, red bow tie and orange feet.
Side view: the bill, the arm pose and the coat length; cut seams on the sleeves are visible.
Opposite profile: cap texture and fit of the coat and sleeve sections.
Rear view: the horizontal cuts of the coat, unretouched.
Split3r: coat and upper body, exploded view, one colour per part.
Split3r: additional coat sections.
Split3r: the trousers in three parts, fabric texture preserved.
Split3r: first sleeve, two sections, tenons on the cut face.
Split3r: second sleeve, with its tenon sockets.
Split3r: the waistcoat cut horizontally, buttons preserved.
Overview of the 29 build plates.
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Bronze

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A 1.50 m Daffy Duck in a Peaky Blinders outfit

Uncut3D

For assembly, I used 91 tenon connectors with Split3r's default settings. Their excellent fit made aligning the sections much easier.

Uncut3D
  • Daffy Duck, Peaky Blinders outfitExisting modular model, scaled up
  • 1.50 m tallSize
  • Bambu Lab H2DPrinter
  • 29 build plates, 91 tenonsSplit, tenons with default settings
  • About 13 kg of Bambu Lab matte PLAMaterial, 636 g of supports
  • 331 hours (13 d 18 h)Printing time

An existing modular model scaled up to 1.50 m, with the oversized parts split in Split3r for a Bambu Lab H2D: 29 build plates, 13 kg of matte PLA, 331 hours of printing and 91 tenons for assembly. The entry comes with a 12-page PDF documentation.

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More community projects

Black 3D-printed T. rex, assembled, side view on a patio

A quarter-scale T. rex in black ASA

Tim BoyleInstagram @timboyle

An architect in Arizona printed a quarter-scale T. rex in 57 pieces, to test black ASA under the desert sun and to prepare much larger prints.

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Nora and Nicola on either side of the 3D-printed Davy Jones statue, still unpainted, in their workshop

Davy Jones: a large-format statue, piece by piece

Nicola & NoraInstagram @nik00loInstagram @alerademonYoutube @nik00lo

Nicola prints, Nora handles finishing and painting. Together they take on a large-format statue of Davy Jones, with a split designed as much for the printers as for the assembly work. About fifty parts, ten Prusa XL printers, and a project in which Split3r supports the preparation of the model.

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Miguel's axolotl after assembly, airbrush painting and protective clear coating.

A 90 cm giant axolotl, 3D printed in multiple parts

Miguel Ángel López / @malopeznInstagram @malopezn

Miguel shares how he created his giant axolotl, from planning the cuts with Split3r to assembling and painting the sculpture.

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