After creating a bell with this pattern (see Diamond Christmas Bell, I wanted to see what it would look like as a ball. I loved it, so I had to share it with you. It printed easily for me with just a little support. It looks great with multi-color PLA, but it'll also look great in solid colored PLA (opaque or transparent).

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If you look at the community uploads, one photo shows the ornament printed with Matterhacker's Quantum Raspberry Gold. The other shows Matterhacker's Translucent Red.

PRINT SETTINGS

• Walls: 0.4 - 0.8 mm (I made the walls of the ball 2 lines thick and the walls of the stem 1 line thick).
• Layer Thickness: 0.15 mm recommended. Anything from 0.1 - 0.2 mm should look good.
• Infill: None. Seriously. It doesn't need it. It just adds weight and print time.
• Rafts/Brim: I didn't use either.
• Supports: I added normal supports with an overhang angle of 56 degrees. It holds the ball to the printing plate and supports the extreme overhangs at the base without adding a lot of time to the print.