Horse Head Sculpture (made from welded horseshoes)

This welded horse head sculpture is built entirely from bent, used horseshoes of different sizes, giving it a rough, authentic, welded-metal look. It works great as garden/horse stable decor, or home decoration. When designing this in Blender I had a much larger version in mind, but unfortunately I didn't have the time or printer/print bed size to make that. If you do, just scale the model and let me know. I'd really love to see some prints. Have a great Year of the Horse and a lot of fun printing!

[Edit: I've uploaded an updated version of the model (_extendedbase). For this one, I extended the base by welding another small horseshoe to it, which makes the whole structure significantly more stable. I've also included a separate extension piece that can be glued to the original print to achieve the same effect.]

(This model is already quite detailed, but if you need a higher res version, just let me know, and I'll see what I can do.)

Print Settings

I also added half models. For testing purposes, I printed these out and glued them together before priming and painting them.

Printer Brand: Anycubic

Printer: Kobra 2 Pro

Rafts: No

Supports: Yes

Resolution: test printed at 0.2mm

Infill: test printed at 10% infill

If you like the models, please consider giving them a like or leaving a comment/make - or even uploading a print profile so others can easily find and print them too. Thanks! That really helps a lot. :-)

BTW: Over the years, I have uploaded over 200 free fantasy plant and terrain STLs. You can find them right here:

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