3D Printed Original Fantasy Creature

 

Challenge: Make something unique, in your own time.

Background: Its about creatine something different, creating something original and in a lot of cases at the moment something that is created in the students own time.

In this instance this student took their knowledge of Tinkercad, applied the basic learning that we've covered in class and created a creature that was all based around the Tinkercad main interface.   A crocodile was combined with a pair of wings and a crown and the entire combination was put together as a group.  The student was thrilled with the result of this process and we were able to take their design and successfully print it.

The student involved in this design was an eight year old students with limited experience in design.

Level of Difficulty: Low - this is an independent activity from a student getting into design by combing elements and being encouraged.

Size: The print measures 150mm in length, the wings extend 130mm wide from the trunk of the crocodile which is 20mm high.

Cost/Price: The print uses 38g of PLA filament to complete the printing which has a calculated cost of $0.94c for the print.   A regular print was used that is described as 'glass orange' but this was not significantly more expensive than regular PLA.

Timeframe: The print took two hours and twenty five minutes to complete using the standard Bambu Lab studio.  There was considerable rafting under the wings.

What we would do differently/Next steps for the students:  The student could of course refined the design by adding additional features to the creatures design.   This could have formed the basis for a piece of narrative writing.   The wings of the creature are slightly askew - they could be centred more.   The crown look a little unrealistic and could be replaced with something.