🎁A Midweek Bonus — Cardinal🐦and Loon🦆🩷(archived) (Patreon)

🚨 This model is now ARCHIVED and no longer available for download.

Happy Wednesday- I couldn't wait until Monday! These two have been sitting on my desk staring at me and I want them in your hands today.

So — bonus drop! Two birds, both member requests, both live right now, on top of everything already coming this month. Nobody has to do anything.🩷

The Cardinal — wings out, beak open, absolutely yelling about something. He's got way more attitude than a bird that size has any right to, and he prints clean.

The Loon — she's the showstopper, and I've got a couple of honest notes for you.

Those patterns are no joke. Checkered back, neck stripes— that's a lot of color changes.

If you have a purgeless multi-toolhead setup, this is the bird you want to use it on. On a standard swap system you'll burn more filament in purge than the model actually weighs. Worth knowing before you hit go!!

And second — full honesty — I'm not especially familiar with this bird. I worked from reference and did the best I could so change the colors however you need to. Simplify the wing pattern, drop the speckling, swap the palette to whatever your setup actually likes. She still reads as a loon with a fraction of the work. Print the version that makes sense for your printer, not mine.😁

As always setting are down below for reference!

More MagBuddies Monday, same as always.💞

Happy Printing Everyone!

🧲Magnet Placement Pause

These prints include a pause for inserting 8×2mm round magnets.These are the ones we use→ https://amzn.to/46b4go9🩷If you prefer no magnets, simply delete the pause and let it run through!

Printers Used:Bambu Lab A1, A1 MINI / P1 Series

Snapmaker U1/Creator 5: While we print with these purgeless printers, all files are saved as a Bambu files and individual settings may need to be manually entered for other Orca slicers. Subject to change in the future as more members switch away from purging printers.

Material: PLA

⚙ Quality

• Layer Height: 0.16mm... (The smaller the layer height, the higher the quality. This is your choice. We use .12 to .16, 99% of the time).

💪 Strength

• Walls: 3• Infill: 10%, 6% for the loon• Pattern: Gyroid

🚀 Speed

• Outer Wall: 200mm/s• Inner Wall: 200 mm/s• Sparse Infill: 200 mm/s• Internal Solid Fill: 200 mm/s

*Top Surface: 200mm/s (100 if using silk filament); otherwise 150 to 200 is good• Overhang Speeds: 20 / 20 / 20

🌳 Supports

• Type: Tree• Style: Default• Support Angle: 10 for LOON, 30 for Cardinal • On Build Plate Only: Yes-->> Critical for supports to NOT fill your magnet hole• Top Z Distance: 0.24• Bottom Z Distance: 0.24• Base Pattern: Hollow

🔧 Other Settings

• No Brim• Purge into Object Support: No• Flush Multiplier: 1.3x

💖 All settings are suggestions.

These are the settings I personally use and recommend to achieve the quality shown in my photos. However, every printer and user is different, so feel free to modify them as needed to best fit your setup and printing preferences.

💬 LicensingThese files include a commercial license for active 3D Misfits patrons. You may print and sell physical items. Redistribution, reselling, or sharing of STL files is strictly prohibited.