The Forest Dragon Emerging is a nature-inspired dragon book nook designed to feel ancient, grounded, and alive—like it’s pushing its way out of a forgotten woodland ruin on your bookshelf.
I printed mine in Bambu Lab Matte Brown and Basic Dark Green, which fits the woodland theme perfectly and helps the textures read like bark, moss, and worn stone. Matte filament works especially well on this model and doesn’t require any post-processing to look good.
I recommend default tree supports, which wrap around the nails better than tree supports strong and help reduce cleanup and failures.
Head Options
This model includes two head variants:
• Head with slots for 12mm glass eyes
I use these from Amazon: https://a.co/d/b2UkkSP
• Head with multi-colored printed eyes, which can also be hand-painted
⚙️ Print Settings
Dragon Head & Tail
Walls: 2
Infill: 5% Gyroid
Supports: Default Tree Supports
Printer Used: Bambu Lab A1
Box
Walls: 3
Infill: 5% Gyroid
Filament: ~180g
🧵 Filament Usage & Print Time
Head (12mm eye slots, two-color print)
~290g
~19 hours
Head (multi-colored painted-eye version, four-color print)
~364g
~24 hours
Tail (two-color print)
~295g
~20 hours
Happy printing!
-Christian, @CraftyKid3D