This one is not for the faint of heart.

I told my wife about Creality's articulated model contest. After I explained what "articulated" meant (I looked it up) she suggested I make Vladikus, the marionette from the 18th episode of season 9 of Bob's Burgers, one of our favorite shows. At first that seemed pretty ambitious, and as it turns out, it was. Nevertheless, here is the "finished" product, by which I mean probably not finished but I want to get something out there as I tune it up.

Vladikus comes in the form of 25 STL files. No other materials are necessary, though if your supports are as aggressive as mine were you might need some superglue after the fact. He uses many different hinge/joint concepts, mostly because I wanted to try different things to understand their different nuances. At the default scale, Vladikus comes in at about 18 inches/450 mm long and 6 inches/150 mm high. I used tree supports for all of the pieces that required supports. Your results may vary from mine, but some of the tree supports did not want to leave (get it?) I'd suggest a sharp file/knife to help encourage the supports out of some of the joint sockets.

If you are brave enough to attempt a make, please read the instruction file; you aren't likely to succeed without it. Also, please know that I am a complete NOOB. I was able to print the files and create the end product, so I know it can be done, but if you find something that doesn't seem to quite work right, please let me know. I will be polishing up this model as time allows.

Vladikus from Bobs Burgers

0.2mm layer, 2 walls, 5% infill

0.2mm layer, 2 walls, 15% infill