Is this model feasible to print? I have a 3D model that I'd like to print. This is my first project, so I'm trying to decide if I'm getting in over my head. Here's the model rendered with Blender:



If I throw it at a commercial printing shoppe, is it going to be fairly straight forward? Or is it unlikely to be able to get the colours fitting together like this to work well?
Here is a set of options you can get:


print the object on multi color printer


Unfortunately we got some limitations here (on the market). Printers have limited set of heads which are in fact printing in one color at a time. So we usually have 2 colors, there are also 4 color heads. If there are more then they are rare, expensive or rare and expensive.

here are examples of such color printouts:

project
project


print object splitted


In this case you can have single color printer. You print parts in one color then you change filament and print other color and so on. The issue here is to have well formed object which is designed for such print method (it's connectable in some way) or you can stick printed parts with the glue.

here are examples of such puzzled printouts: 

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project


print and paint


here are examples of such painted printouts: 

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project

NOTE:

All above assumes that you are gonna print your object in FDM technology. You can also take a look on other technologies such as:


Stereolithography(SLA)
Digital Light Processing(DLP)
Selective Laser Sintering (SLS)
Selective laser melting (SLM)
Electronic Beam Melting (EBM)
Laminated object manufacturing (LOM)