A framed version of the 3D model “Venus of Willendorf (NHMW-Prae 44.686)” by the Natural History Museum Vienna to add to your wall. There are two options available: you can either use different colors/materials for separate parts or print everything as a single piece.
No MMU required.
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Print each file once. I listed which colors I used for the prints in the pictures.
All printed with the Prusa MK4S and 0.4 nozzle. Print at 100 % to display the original size of the figurine.
Total printing time was 4 h 10 minutes.
File: Venus-Willendorf-NHMW-PRAE-44686-Background_Text.stl
Layer Height: 0.15 mm (or finer)
Infill: 15 % Gyroid
No Supports
Optional: Add a color change at 1.40 mm (layer 9 for 0.15 layer height) to print the text in another color
1st color: eSun PLA+ in Black
2nd color: eSun PLA+ in White
Alternative: If you do not want the text on the background use the file “Venus-Willendorf-NHMW-PRAE-44686-Background-noText” instead. The figurine will be positioned more in the middle of the frame in contrast to the text version.
File: Venus-Willendorf-NHMW-PRAE-44686-Frame
Layer Height: 0.2mm (or finer)
Infill: 10 % Gyroid
No Supports - if you struggle with printing overhangs consider adding support to the mouting hole of the frame.
Filament used in pictures: Extrudr Dark Wood (wood filament), use any brown PLA as alternative for a similar look (e.g. Polymaker PolyTerra PLA Army Brown)
File: Venus-Willendorf-NHMW-PRAE-44686-Figurine
Layer Height: 0.15mm (or finer)
Infill: 15 % Gyroid
Add supports in the 2 grooves on the back of the figurine
Filament used in pictures: eSun ePLA Silk Copper
🪛 Assembly
Glue the figurine to the background using appropriate glue in the grooves (I used “Kraftprotz Sekundenkleber 3D Druck”). Use the inner extension of the frame to glue the background to the frame.
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If you want to print all parts in one piece use this version!
File: Venus-Willendorf-NHMW-PRAE-44686-OneMesh
Layer Height: 0.15 mm (or finer)
Infill: 15 % Gyroid
No Supports
Printed in 4 h 15 minutes.
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Created using Blender. I used Formware's online repair tool to fix the meshes if needed.
🖤 Happy Printing! 🖤
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More information one the figurine by the Natural History Museum Vienna from the original model on Printables:
Texturized 3D model: https://skfb.ly/otOJV
3D scan of the original Venus of Willendorf optimized for 3D printing. Found in 1908 at the site Willendorf II, the object appeared in an archaeological layer datable to 29,500 BP. Measuring 11 cm, the figurine – made of oolithic limestone – represents the depiction of a naked woman of corpulent proportions.
The original figurine is Number 36 of the NHM Top 100 and can be visited in the Venus cabinet of the NHM Vienna next to her roommate Fanny, the figurine from Stratzing near Krems (Lower Austria).
Object: Venus of Willendorf
Inventory number: NHMW-Prae 44.686
Collection: Natural History Museum Vienna, Prehistory Dept., Old Stone Age Coll. (curator: Caroline Posch)
Find out more about the NHMW here.
Scanned and edited by Anna Haider and Viola Winkler.
Scanner: Artec Space Spider
The author remixed this model.
Added a frame to present the figurine on a wall.