ILLUMINATED FROSTY'S CHRISTMAS COUNTDOWN (Patreon)

***EDIT Oct 24th: The melon hat is updated. Rounder shape with no small flat on top.***

***EDIT Oct 23rd: "Days till Christmas" and the french versions "Jours avant Noël" are now available in the zip file. The BambuLab 3mf file has been updated too!*** 

Hello my friends!

As promised, here's the second design of the Christmas season!

A nice, illuminated, Frosty's countdown calendar!

The calendar can be use for 31 days or 365 days if you are a Christmas enthusiast!

And its a big one!!! The whole piece is a bit more than 13 inches high (330+mm). But everything fits on a Prusa Mini or Bambulab A1 Mini bed!

The parts are hollow with thin walls, so its easy to add a LED strip inside and illuminate the whole piece. The desing can also be used without lighting if you prefer.

All the parts are support free.

Color coded file names with quantities required at the end of the file name.

This project is designed with fuzzy skin in mind. So the parts labelled "fuzzy" should be printed with the fuzzy skin settings at "on", with a point distance of 0.4mm to have a dense and nice fuzzy skin. They can also be printed without the fuzzy option, everything should fit together even without the fuzzy skin but the visual effect will be less realistic.

As always, i recommend reading the instructions carefuly and make some dry fit checks (without glue) to see how the parts goes together.

The project is really easy, as long as you follow my instructions and you have a good bed adhesion.

On the parts with a small footprint, i recommend the use of a brim.

Also, use at least 4 walls (or shells, depending on your slicer). This will give you strong, rigid parts.

FOR A 31 DAYS CALENDAR:

Digits you will need: 0 (2x), 1 (2x), 2 (2x), 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9. (13 digits in total)

FOR A 365 DAYS CALENDAR:

Digits you will need: 0 (3x), 1 (3x), 2 (3x), 3 (3x), and two digits of the followings: 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9. (24 digits in total)

No need for a multicolor printer. For the digits, the signage and the mistletoe, make some color changes at the corresponding layer heights. If you are not familiar with color changes, send me a private message and i will help you with this. ;)

FOR THE BAMBULAB OWNERS:

I have included a full 3mf file of the project, with the plates already configured with the right part colors, the color changes and the fuzzy skin mode on the applicable parts.

Finaly, i have included two types of storage boxes, shaped as a small sleigh, for the digits. One for the 31 days version, and the other one for the 365 days version.

FOR THE MINI OWNERS: The part "LED BAR" is a long part. You will need to place it at 45 degrees on your bed to make it fit. The space used should be 178x178mm at 45 degrees.

So that's it! I think i have covered all the major points. In any case, if you are experimenting some problems with the files, send me a private message and i will try to help you as much as i can.

Note: Tomorrow i will add the french version and also the english version with "Till" instead of "Til" like i did on the other projects.

Have fun my friends! Pascal