FrogFiend - BookShelfBuddy - PET MONSTER
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Published on March 1, 2012
Description
A little monster with a smile that will really let you question his ocular-less intentions towards you.
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Whew, OK, this took a wile to put together, my computer has most definitely not been stable.
As you can see the visual concept is derived from poisonous frogs, toads, and my weird ideas of what a monster should look like.
I decided to keep the shape simple, with as few extreme overhangs as possible, though skein forge's support creation works quite well where the troubled areas lie,
Checked it in netfab to make sure it was clean, and re-sized it to fit within a 100x100 printing surface.
I wish it had more on the technically innovative side of things rather than artistic, but this is where my strengths lie.
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Whew, OK, this took a wile to put together, my computer has most definitely not been stable.
As you can see the visual concept is derived from poisonous frogs, toads, and my weird ideas of what a monster should look like.
I decided to keep the shape simple, with as few extreme overhangs as possible, though skein forge's support creation works quite well where the troubled areas lie,
Checked it in netfab to make sure it was clean, and re-sized it to fit within a 100x100 printing surface.
I wish it had more on the technically innovative side of things rather than artistic, but this is where my strengths lie.
Instructions
Instructions :
The model floats above the platform a bit because of the toes so you'll have to print with a raft and support. I'd suggest full support for the gap in the cheeks, and with how big the model is, 20% fill with a few walls for strength. I prefer the hex pattern. If you're printing at nearly a full 100mm x 100mm x 80mm on a T-o-M hopefully you have good enough settings to keep the layers from splitting.
Additionally :
You'll likely want to sand or carve down the stepped edges if youve made everything thick enough, or treat the surface with acetone to give a nice smooth base to paint over.
The model floats above the platform a bit because of the toes so you'll have to print with a raft and support. I'd suggest full support for the gap in the cheeks, and with how big the model is, 20% fill with a few walls for strength. I prefer the hex pattern. If you're printing at nearly a full 100mm x 100mm x 80mm on a T-o-M hopefully you have good enough settings to keep the layers from splitting.
Additionally :
You'll likely want to sand or carve down the stepped edges if youve made everything thick enough, or treat the surface with acetone to give a nice smooth base to paint over.
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wilsonetics
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May 24, 2012
said:
Please upload an stl file without the toes overhanging, I try to cut them off using sketchup but the program c\keeps crashing when I try making edits to it. I believe that is because it has a ton of vertices. :)
RichRap
on
May 17, 2012
said:
Great model, I attempted your colour scheme with my print :)
He is my new pond guardian.
Daid
on
May 15, 2012
said:
I love it, and will try to print it tonight.
What kind of modeling software did you use to make it?
License
FrogFiend - BookShelfBuddy - PET MONSTER by EpicFail is licensed under the Attribution - Share Alike - Creative Commons license.
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