Articulated Magikarp

myminifactory

This is an articulated Magikarp that can move its spine and fins. It's a high-poly model that can be scaled up to become quite large without losing much quality. If you have a single-color printer, print the red parts first at your chosen scale. Then, print the other parts at 1-3% smaller depending on how big you print and the accuracy of your printer; you may not need to do this. For multi-color machines using Cura as an example, load the parts, set each part's color, and join them together. You can then scale them up as large as you like. If you have a 4-material printer, you could possibly print the entire thing in one go using dissolvable support. Infill is needed only to support concave sections, such as the eyes slot, mouth, and top fin slot. Internal support instead of infill is possible if your slicer supports it. Support is mainly needed to help stick parts to the bed; support only needs to touch the build plate for most parts. However, if you print large, the head and tail frame may need some extra support to prevent drooping. The .rar file contains all the necessary parts to print the Magikarp, including Blender files from when it was being modeled, completed, assembled, and disassembled ready for a single-material printer. The single-material printer files are oriented to get the best strength and quality possible while minimizing support to the underside or where parts are glued together. The photos were printed at 150% scale for the red parts and 147% scale for the white and orange. The layer height was set to 0.1mm, and when assembled, it is 8cm long. I hope you like it! Credits: Modeled by me using a modified version of the ball joint by ELLINDSEY (http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:584405).