The Venus de Milo, from her plinth to her hair, as a 140 mm statue for a shelf, a desk or the garden. The drapery, the twist of the body and the famous missing arms all come through, and she stands on her own plinth.
The master is a 3D scan of the plaster cast of the Venus de Milo in the Royal Cast Collection of SMK, the National Gallery of Denmark, published by SMK as public domain. It is cast in a flexible silicone mold made with the hugging-shell mode of our silicone mold maker, which the site's own mold advisor picks for her: the drapery folds would lock any rigid two-part mold, and silicone peels out of them.
Plaster or Jesmonite gives a crisp white statue for a bookshelf; a fine concrete gives a heavier one for the garden or a doorstep. The same mold also takes resin, soap or candle wax.
Print the base with the statue fused onto it and the two shell halves, pour about 211 ml of silicone, and cast in the silicone that comes out. The zip carries every printed part, the Venus master 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 237 ml of silicone (mix it in one batch)
- About 77 ml of casting plaster, Jesmonite or fine concrete per statue
- Steel binder clips, tape or a hot glue gun
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 237 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 | Plaster |
|---|---|
| Total print time | 15 h 25 min |
| Printed parts | 3 |
| Size (W x D x H) | 86 x 74 x 163 mm |
| Filament | ~192 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) + statue master (STL) + print sheet + recipe |
| Added | 2026-09-24 |
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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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