The Nazca Lines [wiki] are massive, mysterious geoglyphs etched into the Peruvian desert, depicting animals, shapes, and lines so vast they can only be fully seen from the sky—sparking wonder and speculation for centuries. In addition to the Nazca Lines, the nearby Palpa Lines—created by the Paracas culture—feature hundreds of smaller, often more intricate geoglyphs carved into the hillsides, including human-like figures and complex patterns that predate the Nazca designs.

I've long been fascinated by these curious ancient doodles and more are still being discovered and documented to this day, so I've decided to model a few as faithfully as possible using recent documentation.

The Nazca Hummingbird geoglyph is approximately 93 meters (305 feet) long. While the specific species depicted in the Nazca geoglyph isn't definitively identified, it likely reflects a stylized version of a local hummingbird, possibly inspired by the ones seen in the nearby Andean foothills or coastal valleys. The prominence of the bird in Nazca art highlights its cultural and possibly spiritual significance to the Nazca people.

Printing Guidelines

Split the model or swap filament at 1.61mm to separate the fill from the outline.

The model is scaled for it's smallest print size, based on a 0.4mm nozzle. Use 'Arachne' perimeter generation for a clean, single extrusion outline.

If scaling the model up, you can use non-uniform scaling to maintain the Z height, and only adjust X and Y together, to save filament.

Photographed model was printed on the Bambu Lab X1-Carbon 3D Printer using Bambu Basic PLA Mistletoe Green for the fill and Bambu PLA Glow Blue for the outline.*

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