#also no 3d preview of the whole doll body with wings bc they're in separate files and both files are laggy and slow to load

[renarys]

so i sure have spent the past month sculpting and agonizing over these wings so i can finally start 3d printing my next OC doll body... and while i suspected the bust piece may be pushing the limits of what i can fit on my 3d printer's build plate (spoiler alert: it definitely does NOT fit), i... completely.... never once considered.... the wings. may also Not Fit. which i have just discovered right now is kinda sorta a bit of an issue that i uhhhhhhh have to figure out now.

(for the uninitiated: the blue rectangle at the bottom outlines the amount of space i have to print things, and every part of the model colored in red is sitting outside of that space and can't be printed. and i can't figure out any kind of funky orientation that can save this one lol...)

and so i suppose my options are either:

cut apart the too big models so they can be printed in pieces and reassembled into one (i was already considering this before for the sake of painting certain parts of the wings, but was concerned about how thin and fragile the pieces could end up being and piecing them together nicely...)

hire someone with a bigger printer to print things for me (but the torso piece needs to be a very specific color, and also i don't want to deal with the huge stress of communicating with people LOL)

just buy a new bigger printer

... and admittedly, since i DO have (hopefully? i think? maybe...?) enough money for it kicking around for once, i actually am leaning towards probably the most extreme option here (#3) lmao. cries. if there's an affordable enough one in the size i need, then... hahaha

but well, i still have to test print these wings (at a smaller, only 1/3rd of the final size) to make sure the joints work how i want and everything else before i have to deal with figuring out (dramatic hand gestures) all of uh. that

anyway, here's the mini test print of the full doll body i already did earlier this month! i do want to make some adjustments, but already pretty pleased with her overall i think.

still can't believe once upon a time i seriously didn't think i wouldn't just use my 3d printer to make entire ass dolls.... do i even know who i am