Say hello to Mr. Mouse Jack-O-Lantern

Material is PLA; Colors are orange, green, & black.  Also did in Glow in the Dark material.

I spend several weeks working on this and printed multiply versions to help bring down print times.

What I found work best for the quality I wanted:

0.4mm nozzle

0.2 lay height

40-50 mms for speed

I printed in 5 pieces: Core, Top, Stem, Right Ear, &  Left Ear

Tree support for core with support blockers on all area expect face area: Support density @ 5% with Support Interface Density at 25%

For top I used normal support with 5% density.  It can be printed with no support but inside is rough. I did not worry about removing support on the top since I glued to core

Stem is normal support with 5% density.

Ears are printed flat to the build plate with no support

The above method for me was around 28 hours total print but I was happy with the quality.  I went for quality over speed.

I did print at 0.28 layer heights with increasing speeds and a mix of different supports and got OK quality with about 16 hour total print times.  I probably printed close to 10 of these just to mess around with different setting.  I was going to try with 0.6mm nozzle but was happy with the 0.4mm.  Might try that later on.  I did find with the Glow in the dark one I could print at the faster speeds due to the material color not showing imperfections compared to the orange.

I printed on Ender 3V2 & S1 and slicer used was Cura 5.1

I have included the separate models and a 1 piece model

Anyways I hope you enjoy and if you get faster print times with good quality let me know the details.  Open to any feedback