Alligator Head with Custom Eyes

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Remix of: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:445768 Original model was scaled, Orientation aligned to ground planes for supportless printing, I removed all the interior surfaces and cavities, reworked every tooth and skin texture and generally tried to clean up the model to increase ease of printing. It was quite a learning curve as this is my first project working with MeshMixer. I love the idea of using marbles or ball bearings for the eyes of creatures so I added eye sockets. If properly printed, the "eyes" should just snap in. You can test different size eyes by just printing an eye socket and scaling the model if needed. Previous test attempts show that scaling it 164% for 0.625" dia marbles work well - but I have not tried it with this file. Always measure the marbles prior to printing as they have huge variances, hence why I like using Ball Bearings. Gator_375_eyes.stl is for 3/8" (0.375) diameter eyes. Printer: XYZ Da Vinci Mini 3D Modeler: AutoDesk Meshmixer 3D Slicer: XYZware Settings: No Rafts No Software Supports 10% Infill Normal Shell 0.20mm Layer Medium Speed Gator4_375_eyes.stl Filament: 7.5meters of 1.75mm PLA Run Time: ~3.25 Hours