Need a fancy decoration to add a little bit of flair to your holiday dinner? This is a winter/Christmas themed drink coaster. It's meant to be printed in 3 colors. I used red as the background, matte white as the foreground, and silk gold in between. Other colors might work, but white as the foreground (top layers) worked best for me. Note: Nozzles larger than 0.4mm may have trouble printing the details of this model.
The colors change by height, so there's minimal poop generated by the bambu during printing. It's also compatible with non-AMS printers if you use the pause at layer height method and switch out the filaments mid-print. I've printed this in 0.16 and 0.2 with no noticeable difference in quality or time.
Coloring ideas:
I realize that not everyone has silk gold or red loaded into their printer. Here's some tips on other colors that might work. Hit the "3D Preview" button near the pictures above to test out colors of your own:
Foreground (top layers): White works best for that winter/snowy/holiday theme. Without white in the foreground the scene just doesn't feel like winter anymore. If you want a spring/summer theme, then green can work in the foreground. If you want a more autumn/fall theme then yellow might work instead.
Background (bottom layers): Bold and dark colors work well in the background. Black, Dark Blue, Dark Purple, Red. Black gives a nice “night sky” feel to the scene. I tend to prefer Red for a more “holiday” feel.
Middle (mid layers): Lighter mid-range colors work well here, especially since this is kind of used as a gentle shadow for the trees. Green, Gray, Yellow, Light Purple, etc. This looks best when it's darker than the foreground but noticeably lighter than the background.
Background | Middle | Foreground | Notes |
Black | Red | White | Good contrast, still holiday themed |
Black | Green | White | Works with bambu green |
Purple | Gray/Silver | White | Looks classy, but not very Christmasy |
Orange | Black | Green | Good halloween theme |
Dark Green | Brown | Light Green | Very woodsy summertime theme |
Red | Gold | White | Classy. My favorite. Impresses the in-laws |
I love to see what people print! Please add any comments and post pictures of your prints.
Known issue: The smaller stars in the background don't fully print for me on the 0.4mm nozzle, but still look like stars to me, so it works out okay.