Silky Smooth Marvin

[Amortech]

Check out Marvin in his silk attire! Used the twoBEars BioFila Silk Biodegradable Filament on this one and it turned out great. A little under extrusion i think with all the little blemishes (hard to tell with this silk!) so we’re gonna tweak the settings a bit next time.

Biofila Silk was named for the smooth, shiny, liquid-like qualities of finished prints. This look is achieved from lignin, which is a polymer commonly found in the aromatic alcohols of wood, algea, and plant cell walls. Not only do these awesome little lignins make for a beautiful print, but they also make BioFila Silk 100% biodegradable.

Big ups to our friends at Matterhackers Store | MatterHackers for helping bring this (and many other cool filaments) to market.

Let us know your thoughts!

Settings:

Nozzle: 0.4mm

Layer thickness: 0.20mm

Speed: 25mm/s (may slow this down)

Extruder temperature: 195°C

Hot-bed temperature: 80°C

[Arnoldas]

Layer thickness 0.2 and still so smooth! nice one, was it actually the first try?

[gabriela3d]

Look at Marvin, thinks he’s so smooth! How do you like him, @?

[Amortech]

HI Arnoldas - yep turned out pretty smooth - he is 2:1 size so that may be decieving a bit. It was my second print - first one I did at the recommended setting of .4 layer height but while it turned out fine I knew we could get better detail. We’ll try even better next time but it does extrude quite a bit differently i think based on the organic materials so we’ll see what happens! I’ll update the thread when we get around to printing it again.