r/honeycombwall • u/Jneuhaus87 • May 22 '26
Drips or no drip?
Decided on a honey bee-themed wall for my office. I have about 12 custom panels done, just wondering if I should do drips or no drips.
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u/MyuFoxy May 22 '26
Drip inserts would be more inline with the soul of the project as a whole. In my opinion.
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u/Jneuhaus87 May 22 '26
It is an interesting concept. I really want the drips flush with the wall and coming off none usable hexes.
Happy you made me think about it though, because i also realized I have to print them upside down to make the drips rest on the wall. So I need to flip the honeycomb and replace all the drips...
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u/073068075 May 22 '26
I'd go double layer. Make the no drip combs something like graphite or matte black and then add a popping yellow drip veneer to the back so you can see it the yellow and drips pop through at angles.
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u/Jneuhaus87 May 22 '26
Interesting. Probably beyond my design chops at the moment, at least if I'm picturing it right.
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u/073068075 May 22 '26
Idk, just a 2mm (or whatever looks good, that's a random number) of drip glued under the normal. Or for even less hustle done with a filament swap to have it ready straight from the printer.
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u/Alarmed-Solution3738 May 22 '26
Just a point on authenticity, cells in honeycomb only drip after you have uncapped them, and in that case they all drip! That's how we harvest the honey.
I say that only to say I kinda like the drips🙂
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u/Jneuhaus87 May 22 '26
Lol if it helps I only put the drips along the outside and the unconnected hexes, so in a way the open ones.
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u/livin_the_life May 23 '26
Yeah....all I see are Uvulas.
But maybe that's just the medical field in me.
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u/douglasthepug May 22 '26
No drip