Slow-mance: The Low Poly Valentine Snail
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Description
Meet Slow-mance, the little crawler who’s in no rush to steal your heart! This low-poly snail features a sleek, geometric heart shell, making it a perfect quick print for Valentine’s Day, desk decor, or a thoughtful gift.
Designed with a modern, faceted aesthetic, Slow-mance is optimized to be a straightforward project for any maker. While the design is remarkably clean, it utilizes minimal supports to ensure the overhangs of the heart-shell and the delicate antennae come out crisp and perfect every time.
Features:
- Low Poly Style: A modern, faceted look that captures light beautifully.
- Fully Scalable: Need a giant love-bug? This model is high-fidelity and can be scaled up significantly to create a bold, large-scale centerpiece without losing its sharp, geometric charm.
- Minimal Support Design: Optimized for easy cleanup, so you can spend less time post-processing and more time sharing the love.
- Perfect for Gifting: An ideal "pocket pal" size by default, but impressive when printed large.
Recommended Print Settings:
- Layer Height: 0.16mm - 0.2mm for clean facets.
- Supports: Minimal/Tree supports recommended for the underside.
- Infill: 10-15%.
- Scaling: Feel free to scale up!
- Material: PLA is perfect. A dual-color or silk filament looks incredible on these geometric surfaces.
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License
You shall not share, sub-license, sell, rent, host, transfer, or distribute in any way the digital or 3D printed versions of this object, nor any other derivative work of this object in its digital or physical format (including - but not limited to - remixes of this object, and hosting on other digital platforms). The objects may not be used without permission in any way whatsoever in which you charge money, or collect fees.
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