Miniature Schnauzer: Fox in 8 Poses

About Fox

Fox is my Miniature Schnauzer, and this set contains eight printable figurines based on him in a range of familiar dog poses.  I was sad I could not find any great 3D printable models of Mini Schanuzers out there, so I decided I'd fix that.  Fox lives proudly here on Wikipedia as a representative of his breed.

Rather than making one generic standing Schnauzer, I wanted a collection that captured the ways my actual dog moves and rests. The set includes everything from a play bow and nose-down tracking to "splooting" (yes this is a real thing!), to rolling around and curling up for a nap.

The eight included poses are:

1. Rolling

2. Play Bow

3. Curled Up

4. Tracking / Hunting

5. Curious

6. Sploot

7. Resting / all-fours

8. Standing

The 3MF projects are organized with individually named plates, so you can print a single pose or work through the complete set.  I split it into two 3MF files with 4 poses each to avoid the issues associated with one huge 3MF file.

They work well as desk or shelf figures, small gifts for Schnauzer owners, painting projects, or as a complete display collection.

These models are based on Fox, a real Miniature Schnauzer I've had as a pet for several years, shown in the gallery images. He is loved very much by his family. The goal was not to create an idealized generic breed statue, but to make a collection based on one actual dog and some of his recognizable poses.  The models are stylized figurines rather than exact three-dimensional scans, but they retain the characteristic Schnauzer eyebrows, beard, ears and coat shape.

Image Notes:

The grey cover and collection images are HQ Blender renders made directly from the final downloadable meshes. I used the grey material in the HQ renders because it shows the actual sculpted detail more clearly than the slightly translucent white filament I used for my prints. Real photographs of the white printed models are also included in the gallery.

Printing

The poses have different shapes and support requirements, so I recommend using the corresponding named plate in the included print profile, but generally they all use organic supports.  Some are more challenging to remove, but I assure you they all do come off pretty cleanly with these settings using standard Bambu (or generic) PLA with the settings i've provided here.  They might work even better with mixed-material or dedicated support material if you wish to use that (e.g. PETG support interface + PLA) 

The finest details are concentrated around the eyebrows, beard, ears, paws and coat. These features will gradually merge or disappear if the models are scaled down substantially.

I successfully printed all eight poses in white filament @ 0.12 mm layer height using the included profile on my A1 mini and my H2D printers using two different PLAs I had on hand (Bambu basic white and Snapmaker white).

When changing the scale, check:

1. Ear and beard thickness

2. Small gaps around the legs and paws

3. Support contact around the chin, body and underside

4. Whether the selected layer height will preserve the coat detail

The models also work well as painting projects. A coat of primer will make the surface easier to paint and can reduce the visible translucency of lighter-colored filaments.

A note on the AI-assisted modeling process:

These models started with an AI-assisted image-to-2D-to-3D workflow using photographs of Fox as reference utilizing multiple different tools and the Makerworld Image-to-3D workflow with many many attempts and careful image and model refinement. I then manually reviewed and refined the resulting selected meshes, corrected geometry and printability issues in a custom tool I have, and prepared the models for FDM printing, and printed all eight poses.