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It's truly amazing stuff! In the process now to make a final high quality mould and some final quality parts.  
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After 3 days and 19 hours... the the first part of the 5 part face mould has finished printing on my new ender 5 and... I have to say the result has blown me away! This was printed at 0.08 mm layer hight hence the long print time... but the result is worth it.  Overhangs and support structures still cause issues and will need a little post processing but it's nearly impossible to see any layer lines on any other surfaces.  I think a lot of credit has to go towards the Spider Maker filament. That stuff is insane. Expensive... but I think totally worth it! It makes amazingly smooth surfaces.  This is going to be my go to filament going forward. Ok, a bunch more parts to print to replace old ones and then it's time to move forward.
After a few good months of punching, knotting, tying (or what ever the correct term is) hair... this is what we've arrived at. The result is not as good as expected but perhaps with a little hair cut and styling it will get there. Also did a really rough print of the torso to get a better idea of how the proportions read in real world. It's still a little hard to tell without arms and legs and with the hair being so huge...  Also realized now that the elven ears are a little bit of a problem. As they are they are a little bit too small to actually stick out from the hair. So they just fold over and push it out and make it look huge... so either we'll need bigger ears that poke out through the hair or smaller, normal human ears... or a little less hair. (not as full)  After that little resin printing de-tour I have returned to FDM printing. Gotta say it feels good to be rid of that messy, toxic stuff. This time using an Ender 5 pro and Spidermaker PLA filament. Fingers crossed results will be better than before.  Modded the printer a little by adding supports under the build plate to make it stiffer using the white filament that came with the printer. Now it's time for a real test. Making the modified front part of Aleysha's face mould again because there was a problem behind the jaw that destroyed the silicone in the de-molding process. Too much of an undercut... Will need to print the side parts again as well. Hopefully I have all the settings right to get a good result. It's a big print. 2+ days at 0.12 layer hight. Should have documented the making of the part better on the first run. What did I do and what settings did I use?
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