The Monster Manual Revisited - Updated Wolf!
This version of the wolf should be a bit easier to print. The pose makes it easier to remove supports (which you don't need a lot of), the legs are thicker, and its been sized up. I mean have you seen real wolves? THEY'RE HUGE!
Anyway its in the Share Drives under Appendix A: Misc Creatures - Wolf. The old wolf files are in their own folder. You can also find the files here: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2847707
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wolves aren't easy when scaled down this far, no. here's an image of the error we get: <a href="https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/287720687655976970/554384521248636928/20190310_202530.jpg" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/287720687655976970/554384521248636928/20190310_202530.jpg</a>
I updated the file last night by thickening the legs and making the feet bigger. Something tells me no matter what this won't be a print and forget model anyway. Sometimes glue, sanding, molding clay, and a paint job will always have to make up where the print doesn't :-/
Printed ten of these now on FDM. Eight of them came out right. There appears to be a tendency for one or both hind legs to be disjointed slightly to one side. considering the former print success rate without breakage of 0%, the improvement to 80% is pretty significant. Could be a result of orientation of on the horizontal plane in relation to printer's movement pattern?
I guess I'll need to thicken the hind legs. No matter what this model seems to always be a challenge.
All very impressive. Thanks for sharing!
YES!!!! I just became a patron yesterday. One of the things I need for my campaign this weekend is 4 Wolves. And I've been having a bit of trouble with the old one and supports fusing with the front legs. This should work perfectly!!!! Thank you!
You're welcome!
What orientation do you suggest printing this in? Do you use automatic Cura supports, or custom supports?
Automatic works fine. Experiment with using floors and roofs. Prints as is for FDM. For resin print it on it's side at a 45 degree angle or on it's back.
Haha, now I need to print & paint the wolves again... Need some more for carrion crown part 3 anyway. Thank you for the update!
Nice. Good luck!
Finally... These ones have been looking forward to this...
:-)