A sitting owl 84 mm tall: round body, ear tufts, big ringed eyes, a small beak, folded wings and two feet peeping out at the front, all built as one smooth shape so every join is softly filleted.
Made with the hugging-shell mode of our silicone mold maker, the mode the site's own mold advisor recommends for a figure like this. The shell follows the owl's outline, so it takes about 272 ml of silicone where a box would take much more. Print the base with the owl fused onto it and the two shell halves, pour, and cast in the flexible silicone mold that comes out.
The owl master is generated in code, so it is ours to share. The zip carries every printed part, the owl as its own STL, the tool's own print-settings sheet and a recipe file for the generator.
Shown as a 3D render of the printed mold parts pulled apart around the master, not a photo.
What you need
- About 301 ml of silicone (mix it in one batch)
- About 113 g of wax per candle: each cast is 126 ml
- Steel binder clips, tape or a hot glue gun
- A primed wick
How to cast it
- Print the base, which has the master already fused onto it, and the two shell halves. No supports.
- Stand the shell halves on the base around the master and hold the seams shut with steel binder clips. The seats for them are built into the shell.
- Tape the outside seams or run a bead of hot glue along them, because silicone finds every gap.
- Mix 301 ml of silicone in one batch, pour it into the open top in a thin stream, and fill level with the rim.
- Once it has cured, unclip the shell, lift it off and peel the silicone off the master. That silicone is your mold.
- Set the silicone back in the shell to keep its shape, and cast into it through the opening the base left.
| Cast material | Candle wax |
|---|---|
| Total print time | 13 h 12 min |
| Printed parts | 3 |
| Size (W x D x H) | 96 x 85 x 98 mm |
| Filament | ~173 g |
| Layer height | 0.2 mm |
| Infill | 15% |
| Supports | Not needed |
| Printer | Sliced with PrusaSlicer 2.7.2: 0.4 mm nozzle, 0.2 mm layers, 3 walls, 15% infill, MK3-class speeds. These parts only hold liquid silicone while it cures, so PLA is fine. No supports. |
| Download | ZIP: 3 printed parts (STL) + candle master (STL) + print sheet + recipe |
| Added | 2026-09-24 |
Pro early access until October 24, 2026, then free with any account.
Free for personal use. Selling the pieces you cast needs a commercial licence (Pro or Founder); passing on the file itself is not permitted on any plan. Full terms.
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