A super easy filament swap print for those who want to try it out. This print can be used as a cool bit of wall art as I show in the picture, simply put it in a frame and add some color-changing LEDs behind it and this print really pops.
Here are my print settings:
Layer height: .32mm Walls: 3 Top & Bottom: 6 layers Infill: 8% tri-hex pattern (no actual infill will print, it will be all top / bottom layers) Material: PLA+, 208F hotend, 60F bed Support: None
I used white PLA+ for the bottom and black PLA+ for the graphic. Use whatever material you like, but I highly recommend they are the same type and brand, just different colors. This eliminates a lot of variables and makes sure they bond together as best as possible.
In Cura, insert a Filament Change at Layer 4. You should have 3 layers of background material, then the rest will be the graphic, so you will need to change prior to layer 4 starting if you decide to pause and do it manually. I recommend having your nozzle move up and away so that you can push some extra filament through. This prevents smears of the previous color ending up in your graphic.
PS: For the frame, I simply cut out some black construction paper to fit a 9" x 9" shadow box, and then cut a rectangle out slightly smaller than the print itself and mounted the print inside of it. Then I just ran a cheap RGB LED strip around the back. Cool effect for cheap :)
PPS: I obviously don't own the art copyright itself, I used publicly available images and fonts for this private work of fan-art.