Friendly articulated snail with 12 different shells
Friendly articulated snail with 12 different shells
3D
Published 2021-05-25T18:57:57+00:00
Here is a small articulated snail ... with a whole bunch of shells to print! The shells are easy to put on and take off, so you can change them as you wish.
This design is a mix between two designs:
- The friendly articulated slug by Isaiah for the body of the snail
- The realistic garden snail by crashdebug: I used his shell as a basis for mine
Many thanks to them for their great designs!
Twelve shells are available:
- shell01_organic: looks like a real snail shell
- shell02_scrolls: shell with scrolls
- shell03_broken: broken-looking shell
- shell04_disco: shell with a disco / psychedelic pattern
- shell05_organic2: another realistic shell
- shell06_square: shell with square-shaped patterns
- shell07_flowers: shell with flower-shaped patterns
- shell08_oriental: a shell with a pattern inspired by far eastern art
- shell09_coral: a shell which looks like coral
- shell10_steampunk: a shell with a steampunk style
- shell11_circles: a shell covered with circles
- shell12_scales: a shell covered with scales
There is a 13th shell file: shell00_basis.stl. This is the file that served as the basis for all my shells. This version is only slightly modified compared to that of crashdebug. I put it on so you can use it to create your own shells!
ENJOY !
Some printing tips:
- I recommend printing the body of the snail (= SlugV1.1_snail.stl) with 35% infill for reasons of strength. I also recommend a layer height of 0.16 or less. There is no need for supports.
- I recommend printing the shells with a low infill rate (I printed at 3%) to avoid them being too heavy. I also recommend a small layer height (0.12) to better highlight the details. You have to print them with supports (I used tree supports).
If you print a snail, post a make, that will make me happy =)
Some printing tips:
- I recommend printing the body of the snail (= SlugV1.1_snail.stl) with 35% infill for reasons of strength. I also recommend a layer height of 0.16 or less. There is no need for supports.
- I recommend printing the shells with a low infill rate (I printed at 3%) to avoid them being too heavy. I also recommend a small layer height (0.12) to better highlight the details. You have to print them with supports (I used tree supports).
I only used "silk" filament to print the snail. I am not sure what will be the result with another type of filament.
The filaments I used:
- Eryone Silk Emerald Green PLA
- Eryone Dark Gold PLA
- Noulei Antique Gold PLA
- Noulei Copper PLA
- Sunlu Silk Black PLA
Credit for patterns:
- shell07_flowers.stl: the pattern was designed by GarryKillian (Freepik)
- shell08_oriental.stl : the pattern was designed by macrovector_official (Freepik)
I also took some 3D textures on this great site: 3dtextures.me
| Date published | 25/05/2021 |