Support-Free Forest Golem Guardian – GroveCore (RootRigs Series)

Support-free mini guardian designed for easy FDM printing — perfect as a desk figure or shelf display.

Description

GroveCore is a RootRig formed where machinery and woodland collide.
Its reinforced body houses a visible core, while branch-like structures and growth elements give it a distinctly non-human silhouette.

This model was designed with printability first:

• No smoke, flames, or floating effects

• Thick, solid parts suitable for FDM printing

• Clean overhangs that work well with tree supports

• Suitable for single-colour or AMS multi-colour builds

Part of the expanding RootRigs printable creature collection.

🧩 What’s included

• RootRigs_GroveCore.stl

• (Optional) RootRigs_GroveCore.3mf if you include a Bambu profile

🖨 Print settings

• Printer: Bambu Lab A1 / A1 Combo

• Material: PLA

• Layer height: 0.16–0.20 mm

• Infill: 10–15% (Gyroid recommended)

• Walls: 3

• Supports: ✅ Tree supports (touching build plate)

• Orientation: As supplied

• Nozzle: 0.4 mm

🎨 Colour suggestions (optional)

• Body: matte bronze, dark olive, or stone grey

• Core: green, translucent green, or glow filament

• Growth details: brown or dark green

Prints cleanly in a single colour if preferred.

📏 Model size

• Scales well between 120–160 mm tall

• Renders shown at approximately 150 mm

⚠ Notes

• Decorative display model

• Not intended as a toy

• Resize freely to suit your setup

❤ Support the project

If you print GroveCore, please upload a Make — it really helps the RootRigs series grow and lets others see real prints.