3D Printed Articulated Dragon


A couple weeks ago I printed the Flexi-Rex and he was so much fun, that I thought I'd give the Flexi-Dragon a print this week.


This prints in three parts. We've had better luck with the prints sticking to our print bed when we print each part separately (that and our print bed is pretty small).


The body printed in about 5 hours. I printed it using the recommending settings (.2 resolution, 5% infil) using digital blue PLA.


Then I printed the wings the next day. Each wing took about 3 hours and was printed with the same settings (.2 resolution, 5% infil) and PLA filament.


All the prints for this project came out very clean. I used a bit of hairspray on the print bed before each print started and had no issues with adhesion.


Each wing has a clip for inserting into the dragon body. On one side of the clip, it's smooth. On the other side, it has a ridge that flairs out to the width of the dragon body.


I laid out all of the pieces after they were printed and then put the two flat sides of the wings together and pressed them into the square opening on the top of the dragon body. They snapped into place with just a bit of force.


I chose to print the more flexible wings and you can see when you stand the dragon up that they really curl. I can't wait to try the less flexible wings and a dragon in a different color in the future.


To check out our other 3D printing projects, click here: 3D Printing.

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