Surprising Egg (Prints Inside)

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Here's a funny little (or huge if you go with the Ostrich Egg) Surprise <a href="https://www.thingiverse.com/Superbeasti/collections/easterbeaster">Easter</a> Egg, which can house any design you want inside, and then can be cracked open like a real egg and reveal the thing inside. The original idea for people to create their own surprises so, remixes and makes are welcome! <iframe width="400" height="225" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/qj7l4_jfh00" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe> The shell is 0.8mm thick and breaks somewhat easy, just don't fill the whole inside area to allow the shell to bend inward when breaking (use a corner of a table or similar to break the egg). The egg has a built in support, so no need for supports in slicer (unless your own designs needs them). The design was revised on 15.3.2020 to use less material and allow more height on the surprise inside. 4 different sizes. Quail Egg 40mm (23mm platform) Chicken Egg 65mm (38mm platform) Swan Egg 120mm (72mm platform) Ostrich Egg 190mm (114mm platform) The are a few ready models ready to download (these still use the old design): Pavel the Ghost Stanford Bunny Heart Pendant The Baby Yoda in the thumbnail picture is the one from MarVin_Miniatures, but the license does not allow remixes to be shared. You can still make one yourself quite easy, with the instructions below. Instructions for creating your own eggs in Meshmixer: 1. Import the desired sized egg 2. Align it to the center, if not already aligned automatically (Edit, Align) 3. Perform a vertical Plane Cut (Edit, Plane Cut, Rotate 90 degrees, select "Slice (Keep both) 4. Separate Shells (Edit, Separate Shells) 5. Hide the other side of the egg from the Object browser (View, Object browser, eye icon) 6. Import Your other .stl file 7. Align it also (Edit, Align) 8. Scale it if needed (Edit, Transform, Scale Y/X/Z 9. Move it so, that it bare touches the small pin on the egg's build plate (Edit,Transform and move using the arrows) 10. Unhide the eggs other half, and select all from the Object browser 11. Combine (this appears when you select all parts 12. Export your new .stl (File, Export) 13. Print the thing and surprise someone! Toss a like, post a make and maybe follow <a href="https://www.thingiverse.com/Superbeasti/designs">me</a> over at the IG's https://www.instagram.com/superbeasti/