These print-in-place eyeball chains can be used as windchimes, beaded curtains, keychains or whatever other haunted decoration ideas you might have!

These chains are compatible with the Skull and Fingerbone Windchimes linked below. See here for video: https://youtu.be/o14t0UBf09c

Five lengths of eyeball chains are provided to accommodate different build plate sizes and allow for a variety of skull-chain lengths in your final project. Lengths include: 4 eyeball (108mm), 5 eyeball (131mm), 6 eyeball (154mm), 7 eyeball (177mm), and 8 eyeball (200mm)

The coloured model pictured above was done using markers to colour the pupil, iris and muscles. The semi-transparent cornea is made with a dab of hot glue.

Windchime holders are provided in two sizes, 10-prong and 12-prong. Thread three short, knotted lengths of string through the three outer holes in the windchime holder, then knot the three strings together and attach to a long single string. There is a central hole in the holder as well if you wish to hang something down through the center of the windchime.

These eyeball chains are connected using a unique print-in-place ball-and-socket joint allowing the finished printed to fully turn, twist, and rotate.

The inner spheres print on top of tiny supports within the cavity of the neighbouring skull. Once printed, a light twist of each skull frees the ball within the cavity and the skull chain can turn and bend. Be sure to let your print fully cool first! If the plastic is still soft, the connector may break when you try to move it.

Plan your supports carefully. A suggested technique using Cura is to raise the object of the build plate by 3mm, and then add tree supports underneath. Switch “Support distance priority” to “xy overrides z” and tighten up the “xy support distance” to 0.1mm.

Here are more of my anatomical designs you might enjoy:

Novelty:

Wearable Spine: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4982223 Skull Jewelry Set: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4980129 Happy Halloween Spine: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4979522 Eyeball Windchime: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4978632 Fingerbone Windchime: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4962956 Skull Windchime: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4962814 Creepy Custom Embossed Spine: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4916377 Mini Articulating Spine Keychain: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4891846 Big Bowl O’ Back Bones: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4881377 Vertebral Stacking Blocks: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4868387 Anatomically Correct Voronoi Heart: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4636146 Vertebrae with Secret Compartment: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4633188 Brain Puzzle: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4158232 Anatomical Heart Puzzle: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4146688

Educational:

6-Piece Magnetic Female Pelvis Model: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4946668 Fryette’s Laws Teaching Tool: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4887712 Hip and Pelvis Model: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4875641 Flexible Three-Quarter Spine Model with Display Stand: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4863003 Full Size Anatomically Correct Human Foot Model: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4849504 Full Size Anatomically Correct Human Hand Model: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4841107 Full Size Anatomically-Correct 18-Piece Magnetic Human Skull Model: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4830026 Full-sized Anatomically Correct Articulating Spine: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4801717 Articulating Lumbar Vertebrae: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4637241