There is a great variety of interesting toy models that are tagged as Flexi or Articulated on SLT sharing repositories. Making the best of 3D printing at home, 3D designers and makers are turning basic, lifeless models into wiggly, wobbly, jiggly entertaining toys. We therefore specially selected 10 best articulated Flexi toy models from Thingiverse for you to print your own Flexi collection.
1. Flexi Rex
(Source: Alexander Thomas / Thingiverse, thing:2738211)
It’s safe to say that Flexi Rex model must be one of the most popular Flexi models that have been 3D printed so far. This Flexi Rex is designed by Alexander Thomas on Thingiverse. It is specially designed with stronger links, which means this model can probably be printed even smaller than the original ones before the links become too weak. It’s not a demanding print, so you can feel free to give it a shot.
2. Flexi Dragon
(Source: Benchy4Life / Thingiverse, thing:3505423)
This awesome Flexi Dragon is designed by 3D maker Benchy4Life on Thingiverse. The maker draws inspiration from a dragon model designed by muzz64, but changes it to a flexi one with both wings attaching with only pressure. According to Benchy4Life, the printing results vary dependent on how well printers are setup. The Flexi Dragon in the above picture is printed by zombiej79 (Instagram) in TIANSE red PLA filament.
3. Flexi Cat
(Source: Fekete Imre / Thingiverse, thing:3576952)
This adorable Flexi Cat is designed by 3D designer Fekete Imre on Thingiverse. The Flexi Cat model is inspired by the popular Flexi Rex model. It is beautifully designed with a pair of chamfer ears, making the cat as vivid as life. Isn’t it cute as a button? I’m pretty sure that your loved ones will just like this cute Flexi Cat when you print this model for them.
4. Articulated Lizard
(Source: Javi Rodríguez / Thingiverse, thing:3505006)
This amazing articulated lizard is designed by Spanish 3D engineer and maker Javi Rodríguez / McGybeer on Thingiverse. It is in novel articulated lizard design with articulated legs. No supports or assembly is required to print this model. Simply slice and print to make this cute articulated lizard! The one in the picture above is printed by makersinnovations3d (Instagram) using TIANSE green PLA filament.
5. Articulated Butterfly
(Source: Brandon Blinkenberg / Thingiverse, thing:2810756)
This gorgeous articulated butterfly is designed by 3D designer and maker Brandon Blinkenberg / 8ran on Thingiverse. The designer 3D modeled this butterfly in Tinkercad. It is printed at 0.2 resolution and 15% rectilinear infill with no supports required.
6. Cute Mini Octopus
(Source: Javi Rodríguez / Thingiverse, thing:3495390)
This cute mini octopus is designed by Spanish 3D engineer and maker Javi Rodríguez / McGybeer on Thingiverse. It is in articulated mini octopus design with head and tentacles. The maker designed its head with Meshmixer and its tentacles with Fusion360. this mini octopus is specially designed so that it can be printed at once with no assembly required. Of course, you can also print a number of this cute octopus in many different sizes to create an octopus family.
7. Flexi Shark
(Source: Chris Jacobsen / Thingiverse, thing:2804703)
This Flexi Shark is designed by 3D maker Chris Jacobsen / hpiz on Thingiverse. Inspired by articulated T-rex, the maker created this articulated shark, a more natural animal for the articulating motion. According to Chris Jacobsen, printing at 50% infill will lead to a strong toy-like endurance. What’s more, a 1mm wall and ceiling/floor thickness is recommended to get solid links. The ones in the above picture are printed by juha3dbar (Instagram) in TIANSE white PLA filament.
8. Floppy Dragonfly
(Source: crashdebug / Thingiverse, thing:3147969)
This floppy dragonfly is designed by 3D engineer and maker crashdebug on Thingiverse. The Flexi dragonfly’s overall proportions are based on one real dead dragonfly that the designer and his daughter found this summer. The 3D maker tried his best to create a pattern for the wings that is similar to the real thing but with less details to make it 3D printable. It is recommended to print with 3 shells for added strength. The Flexi dragonfly in the above picture is printed by zombiej79 (Instagram) in TIANSE red PLA filament.
9. Flexi Starfish
(Source: Yong Joo Kim / Thingiverse, thing:3258092)
This cute starfish is designed by South Korean 3D designer and maker Yong Joo Kim / iSolid on Thingiverse. The Flexi starfish is a single object so that no assembly is required. Moreover, no support and infill is needed to print this simple yet cute starfish. All you have to do is a little trimming of some extra-strings after 3D printing.
10. Articulated Slug
(Source: Brandon Blinkenberg / Thingiverse, thing:2818955)
This articulated slug is designed by 3D designer and maker Brandon Blinkenberg / 8ran on Thingiverse. The designer modded his previous articulated bug into this slug model when he happened to see his kids cut the legs off one of his articulated bugs. It actually looks pretty cool, right? It prints fine at 0% infill, but 100% infill gives it a realistic weight. You can also try to print this articulated bug in two or more colors to get different finish. The articulated bugs in the above picture are printed by 3d_dd_ (Instagram) using TIANSE PLA 3D printer filament.
Printing articulated Flexi toy models adds the charming factor to the idea that these finished prints can move, wobble and wiggle, and take different stances. We hope you find this article of value and think these articulated Flexi models as interesting toys. Just heat up your 3D printer and use TIANSE 3D printer filament to 3D-print these awesome articulated Flexi toy models. Always happy 3D printing!
Post time: May-31-2019