Archive for September 11th, 2018
Fireball Island Figures
Posted by Ed in Home Ec, Machine Shop, Software on 2018-09-11
A cousin asked if my 3D printer could replace some figures gone missing from their old Fireball Island game board, a classic apparently coming out in a new & improved version.
Fortunately, solid models exist on Thingiverse:
Fireball Island figure – Thingiverse 536867
Unfortunately, the left arm requires support, which Slic3r supplies with great exuberance:
Fireball Island figure – Slic3r support
The vast tower on the figure’s right side (our left) seemed completely unnecessary, not to mention I have no enthusiasm for the peril inherent in chopping away so much plastic, so I replaced it with a simple in-model pillar:
Figure Support Mods
The pillar leans from an adhesion-enhancing lily pad and ends one layer below the left hand, with all dimensions and angles chosen on the fly to make the answer come out right.
Works like a champ:
Fireball Island Figures – orange – on platform
The dark band down the middle comes from the Pixel’s shutter.
They emerged with some PETG hair, the removal of which I left as an end-user experience.
I mailed a small box containing figures printed in my (limited!) palette of four colors, some spares Just In Case™, and a few QC rejects showing the necessity of lily pads.
Game on!
The OpenSCAD source code as a GitHub Gist:
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