Thought this was an interesting print, someone said jewelry would be a good thing to try but obviously needed a geek edge on that.
Left is after first go at sanding, right is straight after I got it off my print bed. I have no idea why the left looks so orange! It’s starting to shine but its not quite that golden.
i’ve just printed my initials “MB” in Bronzefill, Copperfill and Glowfill. All are from Colorfabb. I have ordered 2x the special sample pack once with bronze and once wiht copper, then used glowfill for the background and stability and the metal filaments for the optics. I sanded the metal parts, brushed them with brass (either dremel on low speed or brass wool both work) and polished them with standard metal polisher for cars, for a little more shine i applied a thin coat of metallic laquer wax. The “B” is with Copperfill, the “M” with Bronzefill.
Sadly the samples are very tiny (and i misscalculated), thats why i have planned too less upper solid layers and thats why you see these little bumps on the outer surface. However the “scratches” on the bronze part are intended. I’ll try to get the Copper one to corrode and create that green patina that everyone knows from the statue of liberty for example.
Very cool design, did you swap Filament mid way or print too parts and glue together? Yes I was shocked at sample pack size, but I think that’s because I came from a faberdashery sample pack of 10m each! I think the 4-5m colorfabb samples were good to get an idea or the colours. Also thanks for top tip about copper I didn’t realise they had a sample pack for that! Although probably need a steel hotend first!
