blobbl the blob cat

It's a cat lampshade. Look at his adorable little face!

This is an odd one - the model was originally created (by me) for VRChat and is not really designed with 3D printing in mind. It's a challenging print for sure! The model is about 15 cm tall, but you can easily scale it to whatever size you like.

The body is printed in Vase mode. There are some pretty hefty overhangs on the head, and the area between the ears is completely flat, but you should get a serviceable print if you lower your layer height and increase your line width. I printed mine at 0.1mm layer height and 0.6mm line width (on a 0.4mm nozzle). There is still a hole between the ears, but it's not so noticeable, so I deemed this good enough. (Tested in Cura slicer - not sure how other slicers handle this type of vase print).

The facial features are also printed and then glued on - they are super tiny, so you'll need stellar bed adhesion, and even then it might take a few attempts. If you want you could also paint the face on, or use paper cutouts instead of 3D prints.

I put a USB powered RGB LED (thingm blink1, https://blink1.thingm.com/about/ ) into mine to make a colorful lamp. For this, I printed a little base to hide the cabling in. The base is currently not included because it didn't really work and I wound up manually cutting more holes to complete my version - I'll rework the base's 3D model and upload it later. (Please comment if I forget to do so ;) )

Of course, you can just print Blobbl solid as a figurine without using RGB lighting. In that case, it should be a fairly easy print.

I don't know what else to tell you. It's a cute little project and a bit of a challenge for your printer. :)

Print Settings

Printer Brand:

Anycubic

Printer: 

i3 Mega S/Pro

**Rafts:**

No

Supports: 

No

**Resolution:**

0.1mm

Infill: 

0% (Vase Mode)

**Filament Material:**

PLA

Filament Color: 

White

Notes:

• Tested in Cura
• Use Vase Mode ("Spiralize outer contours" in Cura)
• Line Width 0.6mm
• Layer Height 0.1mm
• Bottom Thickness 0.4mm (You'll need to cut a hole for the light; the default is pretty thick for that)
• Cura (in my version) generates some extruded lines between the ears which will look like stringing. It's not "real" stringing, it's a slicer issue. I don't know why it happens, but I just proceeded and carefully cut the strings away after printing. Other slicers may not have this problem.

Category: Sculptures