Celeste, a fictional character who first appeared in 1931 in the French children's book Histoire de Babar by Jean de Brunhoff.

Queen Celeste is Babar's lovely wife and Arthur's elder sister. She is the matriarchal monarch queen of Celesteville, the capital of Babar's elephant kingdom.

Supports are required on one part, c_head. See notes for specific very helpful printing and assembly tips.

If you have the proper filament colors, no painting is needed.

The assembled model is 230mm tall and is in proportion to my previously released Babar model. (Note: When I made Babar I purposely posted him large for a friend. If you have not made Babar yet and will print both models, you may want to consider resizing them down )

Enjoy!

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Special shoutout to maker Benoît Lussier for providing QA printing and quality feedback.

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Print Instructions: Supports: YES on one part, see specific instructions below Resolution: .2mm Infill: 15%

Notes:**

Refer to the notes below for a few helpful printing and assembly instructions.

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Building the model

Colors

Black: (Devil Designs PLA - Black) c_eyes (file contains two identical pieces) ..

White: (Devil Designs PLA - White) c_dress_white c_tusk_right c_tusk_left c_nails_right c_nails_left ..

Silk White: (Devil Designs PLA - Silk White) c_pearls (file contains nine DIFFERENT pieces laid out in the order of assembly) ..

Yellow: (Paramount3D PLA - Simpson Yellow) c_crown ..

Grey: (Devil Designs PLA - Grey) c_arm_right c_arm_left c_head c_ear_right c_ear_left ..

Red: (BambuLabs PLA - Red) c_dress_red ..

Any Color (hidden piece) pin_arm (file contains two identical pieces) ..

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Printing and assembly tips

Printing tips

1 - Supports and rafts ARE required on a number of parts.
(note: some slicers consider the support angle where 90deg is vertical and other slicers consider 0 deg as vertical. I use my suggestions based on 90 deg as vertical)

*supports: organic/tree supports with a reduced threshold of 29 deg were used on:

• c_head

2 - There are some pieces that may need brims or rafts, use your discretion. When setting up my prints I prefer to be conservative to ensure the least chance of a print failure, especially since the base of many parts are hidden when inserted into another part. Rafts also ensure that the first layer of small parts will have a better fit for my models.

*I used a raft on the following parts and strongly recommend it for this model: - c_pearls all the pearls are different, printing them on a raft keeps them in order for final assembly
- c_eyes - c_tusk_right - c_tusk_left

*I used a brim, out of abundance of caution, on the following parts: (no brims were used on this model)

4 - When removing parts from the printer bed, it's a VERY good idea to place left/right parts into separate containers to help with the assembly process. Sometimes the difference between the left and right parts is very small but it is still worth keeping track of them and assembling them in their proper place.

5 - As noted at the top of these notes, when I made Babar I purposely posted him large for a friend. If you have not made Babar yet and will print both models, you may want to consider resizing them down.

.. Assembly tips:

1 - Take your time gluing the model together and enjoy the process. Give some thought into which parts to glue together as groups and then gluing the groups together. Let the glue for each group set completely before combining groups.

2 - I used 3D Gloop (strong fast drying) and E6000 (tacky slow drying) glues to put this model together. For both glues using a smaller amount is usually better than more glue.

3 - important for all my models, be sure to dry fit all parts before gluing.

4 - Do not remove the pearls from the raft until you are ready to glue them to the dress. Each pearl is different, so use the order they are printed on the raft to place them on the dress.

5 - Refer to the assembly diagrams in the pictures section as well as the uploaded pictures for putting the model together. The model is meant to be glued.

Do not hesitate to ask questions, feedback is essential to making better models.