Elder Scroll (Skyrim)

This is the Elder Scroll from Skyrim, modeled from scratch using measurements taken from the game asset. It's scaled at 30 inches long, but because it's been broken down into segments for ease of printing without supports, you should be able to scale it larger on many printers. It can also be scaled smaller; I've printed a mini-scroll at 16" long without the walls getting too thin to be structurally sound. In addition to the printed parts, you'll want: * Two steel rods, 21.6 cm (8.5 inches) long and 2 mm diameter * A wooden dowel, 70 cm (27.5 inches) and 9.75 mm (3/8") diameter * Real vellum or parchment, pergamenata, or other paper substitute, 21 cm x 45 cm (8.25 by 17¾ inches) (Be sure to change the sizes appropriately if you scale the printed model up or down.) Actual vellum (calf skin prepared for writing) or parchment (other animal skins) is fairly expensive at calligraphy supply stores, but a goat skin drum head of the appropriate diameter, and then cut down to size, is an inexpensive way to get real parchment. You may need to buy pounce (which is fairly inexpensive) to prepare the surface. Drafting vellum and baking parchment are NOT the right stuff. To print the "pull bar" pieces (which the free end of the scroll is attached to, to help unroll it out of the case), I put blue tape on the print bed and wiped it down with isopropyl alcohol (which makes the bottom layer adhere extremely well), and printed both halves simultaneously, with a brim. I printed slowly, with a minimum layer time of 10 seconds with "cool head lift", and they came out very nicely even though they're extremely tall with a tiny footprint.