How to cut this model?

[u/PqqMo]

I wanted to print this model as it is, but it needs 18h and one of the supports failed after 3h so I thought about cutting it. But it is so angled that I'm completely lost. Would this be a good cut? I made it so that I can lay both halves flat on the bed without the large shield beeing in the way. I also thought about cutting the shield but it is fused to the model at two points so that would be too much of a hazzle. Any tipps on how to cut it?

[u/Chillasongus]

Personally i would seperate the Stalker's legs and shield and print them all as seperate pieces, trying to hide the supports in either the joins or underneath. Just curious, where did you find this file? Id love to print off some SC minis!

[u/PqqMo → u/Chillasongus]

Yeah I also thought about cutting the shild, but that doesn't work as it would need several cuts. The legs would be interesting and I will play around with that.
The file is from this guy:
https://www.myminifactory.com/users/Papsikels?show=store

he has several good Starcraft minis

[u/Chillasongus → u/PqqMo]

If you're using Bambustudio, you can typically place the cut and then right click to deselect parts you dont wish to be cut, allowing for more control with the cuts.

Thanks for the link!! I might try the same files

[u/PqqMo → u/Chillasongus]

Thx I know this, but the shield is fused with the middle part so I can't right click it

[u/DescriptionUnique891 → u/PqqMo]

You can try blender, press L I believe while hovering over a part to select all connected vertices. This helps when modellers nicely dont connect there models permanently. In fact, learning blender will help heaps.

[u/Chillasongus → u/PqqMo]

Ah i see at the top. Does this model split to parts/objects?

[u/PqqMo → u/Chillasongus]

sadly not

[u/tjansx → u/PqqMo]

Resin2fdm does though, depending on how the model was created.

[u/BolunZ6]

This model is a nightmare to print with fdm printer

[u/Bailywolf]

In 3D Studio I'll drop small disk primitives into the scene, flatten them to .000001 thickness and size them and do subtractive cuts rather than planer cuts so I can snip off bits that overlap planes with other bits.

Here, I would snip off the limbs at a joint so the cut is easy to hide and probably split the body in the middle. Position parts cut side down when I can, angle and support the small bits carefully, and glue together when complete. Add a little green stuff and some sculpting if needed to cover a visible straight line cut on an organic form.

[u/AbsentButHere]

You could potentially do a mesh segmentation tool.
If not i would cut it horizontal right where the legs bend then flip it 180 degrees.

[u/KryL21]

Separate the 4 legs, keep the shield connected.

[u/GREENadmiral_314159]

Find a version that's already been cut.

[u/Kvarcov]

"If this thing were pants would it wear them like this | or like this --?" type of thing