Description

🥕 Angry Carrot – Multicolour Desk Buddy

The inspiration for this model came from wanting to create another fun character to add to my collection of 3D-printed desk buddies. After creating my Angry Spud, I thought it would be fun to take the same idea and turn another everyday vegetable into a character with a serious attitude.

That led to Angry Carrot — a chunky, angry little character complete with an exaggerated expression, clenched fists, chunky feet and a leafy green top.

The goal was to keep the design simple, recognisable and fun, while giving it enough detail to really come alive when printed in multiple colours.

🎨 Designed for Multicolour Printing

Colour is an important part of the design. The carrot's orange body, green leaves, white eyes and teeth, and black pupils create clearly defined areas that work particularly well with a multicolour printing system.

The example shown was printed using orange, green, white and black PLA filament, but the colour combinations can easily be changed to suit your own filament collection.

The model is designed as a single-piece multicolour print, so there is no assembly required after printing.

The different colours really help bring out the character's facial expression and details, while keeping the overall design clean and simple.

🖨️ Print Details

The displayed model was printed on a Creality Hi with a total print time of 6 hours 53 minutes, including 89 colour changes.

The model size is 55mm x 38mm x 80mm

Print settings:

Layer height: 0.16 mm
Walls: 3
Infill: 20%
Supports: On - Tree organic
Material: PLA

💡 Printing Tips

A 0.16 mm layer height is recommended to capture the facial details, teeth, eyebrows and other curved features of the character.

Supports are recommended for the areas that require additional support during printing. Make sure your first layer is well adhered, particularly around the character's feet.

The multicolour appearance can be recreated using your preferred filament combination, allowing you to give Angry Carrot your own unique look.

The 89 colour changes used for the displayed print are a good example of what can be achieved with a multicolour setup, creating a fully coloured character without needing to print and assemble separate parts.

Angry Carrot is designed as a fun desk buddy and display piece, and works particularly well alongside my Angry Spud as part of a growing collection of grumpy vegetable characters.

This project combines simple character design, multicolour printing and a bit of humour to turn an ordinary carrot into a character that looks like it has absolutely had enough.

Designed, printed and tested by JunkHouse 3D.

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