Lord Of Darkness Lithophane

Last crawled date: 4 years, 3 months ago

Film: Legend
Character: Darkness (Lord of Darkness)
Print Time: 19 Hours
Min/Max .6 - 2.8
Layers: 1.2
Speed: 45 mm/sec
Tools:
Printer: Ender 5
Filament: #Esun Cool White PLA+
Lithophane Profile courtesy of Mark Gonsowski: https://www.gameon3d.com/downloads-links
Lithophane Helper: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2718124
Slicer: Cura 4.4.1
Image Source: Bing Image Search
Photoshop for image sizing and color work
Lithophane Creator: https://tool.itslitho.com/#/CreateModel
Settings: In photos
I make all my Lithophanes to fit my custom frames.
Dimensions are 126.5mm x 177mm
DO NOT RESIZE LITHOPHANES IN YOUR SLICER!
If you want a different size, it is best to resize the B&W image, then create a new STL at lithophanemaker.com or https://tool.itslitho.com
You can use the same settings as I did, just tweaking for size.
Also, Different filaments have different transparency.
These settings worked well for Esun Cool White PLA+
Min .6 Max 2.8
This one was created with https://itslitho.com/
Settings in the pictures.
I used Mark Gonsowski's Lithophane Profile
It is included in this download package.
The only things you may need to change are Retraction settings and sprint speed.
I also change to 1.2mm layers vs 1.0
Cura 4.4.1
Printed on my Ender 5 with .4 nozzle, 1.2 layers
Filament is Esun Cool White PLA+
My Print time was 19 Hours @ 45mm sec
I mounted mine in a custom lithophane box and lit using a LED Flame Bulb
*Information from Mark about his lithophane profile
Taken from https://www.gameon3d.com/downloads-links
If you are using both my night light profile and Thomas Brooks Lithophanemaker to generate a night light STL you will need to add bottom layers only if you increase the "adapter thickness" to a value greater than the default value of 1.8 mm. If you increase the thickness from 1.8 to 2.0 for example you would need to add another 2 bottom layers if your using a layer height of .1
Some other Cura settings you may need to change depending on what filament you're using and printer setup/calibration would be your temps, retraction speed/distance and flow.