A few years ago I found a moose antler shed in the woods of Northern Alberta. Inspired by the art of Steve Kerr https://stevekerrartist.com/art-work/moose-antler-paintings/ , my wife decided to try her hand at painting a scene on the antler. Rather than learn on the actual antler, I scanned the original with Kiri Engine, and printed a copy at 0.375 scale- small enough to fit on an Ender 3 in one piece.
The result turned out quite well, being a nice piece of artwork in its own right, rather than just a “practice project”. It's reduced size of under 10 inches to a side, is less daunting to paint and find a place to display. This is as compared to the actual 2.5 foot long, 15 pound original.
Model is printed in white PLA, at 15% infill and painted in acrylic.
Time will tell if the original antler ever gets painted.
The author marked this model as their own original creation.