The Friendly Bookworm: a playful bookend with a "Worms" creature

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Update: 4/16/23 Added a single color 3MF for the worm body with seam painted already and support blocker for people using OrcaSlicer/Bambu Slicer. Update: 4/11/23 Updated model and added better printing approaches and instructions. Update 2: Better suggested multi-material orientation, see comments below! Update 3: Added a merged worm for single-color printing of the worm separately from the bookend parts. Reworded instructions and file names to be more clear.   The bookend contest mentioned bookworms, but I was sad not to see any, particularly not my favorite worm, from the Worms Series. As a kid of the 90s' I fondly remember this critter gleefully blasting my way through digital landscapes. It occurred to me that this happy little mascot would be a great bookworm, too! Depending on your multi-color printing capabilities there are a few different ways to print this one, and I've tried to cater to as many people as possible who may not have multi-color printing in order to enable everyone to enjoy the little guy.   Printing - General • Only a little bit of support is needed for the upper lip for the front model. The tail model is designed to not need support. • For the front model auto generated tree-supports should work if you're printing in the recommended approach (see pictures). If you print in the all-in-one, you might have to fiddle with the supports a little. In the upright worm print orientation, using a support blocker on the inside of the mouth area can be useful to avoid tree supports inside the mouth. • Painting the seam on the back of the worm is a good idea, makes it look nicer.   Splitting the bookend body from the worm (recommended method ) • This is the method I used with my Bambu X1 + 4-color AMS, so that the bookcase is a different color from the worm body and all the other parts (5 colors total). • This is also for people who want to print the worm + tail in one flesh tone color and the bookcase in another and to just paint the