Getting Guinevere ready for 3D printing

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One part of my proposal is to print the characters as 3D models. In order to do this, I have to do is to make sure that each model was ready to print. 
With Guinevere complete, her dress's skirt was extremely flimsy and would easily break when printed. This meant that I had to add supports to the skirt.

Firstly, I thickened the skirt using shell. This was already a challenge as I had to seperate the skirt from the torso as when using shell, it would apply it to the torso as well. 
In order to stop the whole model coming apart when being printed, I increased the length at the top of the skirt so it clipped into the torso so they were fully connected. 
Along with this, I also had to alter a few of the vertices due to some looking out of place after shell was applied. 

I wanted to add as much support as I could to the skirt so it wouldn't break. Therefore I also added rings around it to add that extra strength and to (in a way) replicate a hoop skirt that women used to have under their dresses to add shape. Although hoop skirts were not used in medieval times, I thought it would be an interesting addition to the model.

Now that the supports have been added, the model was sent to print. 



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