Jumbo Christmas - Mrs Claus

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After completing my Mrs Claus 4x figure, I decided to try and compile a Santa to match it. I've searched many sites over the years and honestly cannot remember where each part was sourced from originally, so ALL acknowledgements go to the original creators! If I recall, most parts are available on Thingiverse, but some may have been collected from other sites. On to the detail! As with my Mrs Claus, I was trying to create a particular look given the constraints of what is already available - mix 'n match if you will, as I suck at 3D designing... luckily there are many talented designers out there, so I managed to find most parts I was looking for. I knew I wanted Santa to have a suit with a long coat, hat and some body detail - this is the result so far! - I used Tech77's Gamora main body/v-chest/neck v-line parts (https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2310842), changing the colors to fit my theme. - The hat was designed by me, but heavily influenced by ghframe's thing https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1376541 - I added a white band around the middle. - I honestly cannot find where I got the boots and belt from, probably a thing collection, so kudos to those designers/publishers. - A beard with printable eyes/mouth will be sourced for the final head part. - Skimbal's body parts were used for the remaining parts. I have included some alternate parts for a more standard male figure with legs, marked with ALT_ at the front of the filename. Some parts may change as I find better ones for the final look I want, but so far it's pretty much on track. The boots are good, but don't fit with an older Santa look - if I can find a pair with laces, I'll use those instead, if not, I'll "age" them a bit. I still need to print the final head - I've used a failed one for now; the paint ran in the eyes and mouth... I will add photos as I progress. Again, eSun ABS filament was used, with the following colors: Red, White, Black, Skin It's turned out well so far - some items may change, however I'll keep the files updated as they change. The next project will be a couple of Mrs Claus' Elves! UPDATE: 30 March -------------------------- Printed Brendan's head version (https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1675494), with recessed eyes and mouth with printable eye and mouth parts - works much better! Files added. Added some silver paint highlights to the beard using a fine Sharpie paint pen, then rubbed it with an old rag dipped in some turpentine to get the color worked into the print ridges - also works well. Busy looking for a suitable sleigh to print in red, but the space between the body and the hat is only 5-7mm, so it doesn't allow for fitting the sleigh I wanted to use - I will probably use some red craft felt and cut it out similar to the Gandalf figure (https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2205297). The PDF cutout image was updated to include a smoothed wide sleigh and the batman style sleigh. UPDATE: 07 April -------------------------- Added a red felt coat, white felt scarf, red felt hat, Christmas bells and a green mug. STL's added as needed. I used SE_2018's Bunch Of Cups thing: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2835593. The bells were made with Lindt Chocolate Bunny bells that were heated and melted into the plastic ends. The hat was made with red craft felt - see the attached picture for the instructions. The scarf was made of white and red craft felt - cut to size/shape and glued around the neck. My Santa is now complete! I've added a picture of both Mrs Claus and Santa together for reference. Mrs Claus can be found here: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2880258 The matching elves, Bernard and Twinkle, can be found here: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3899272