Darth Vader Bust | 3D Printing

A 3D printed bust of one of the greatest villains of all time: Darth Vader. (3D model designed by David Östman)

Hello everyone, today I’m sharing one my of favorite 3D prints so far: a bust of the Star Wars villain, Darth Vader! The Darth Vader model was designed by David Östman and is available for download via My Mini Factory.

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The model is split into two parts: the bust and the stand. No supports are required.

I printed the model with PolyAlchemy’s Onyx Elixir PLA and wow! That stuff looks incredible.

The bust took roughly 26 hours to print and the stand was another 8 hours or so. I printed it at 20% infill.

The first attempt at printing the model, I tried printing it at 0% infill. Unfortunately, it failed. I think probably because the Elixir filament is a bit flexible and and some point during the print it flexed and triggered a chain reaction of fail.

This is a wonderful model, and I can’t wait to print more of Mr. Östman‘s work!