Polaris BJD Mermaid 3D Printer Model

License: CC BY-NC
File formats: scad,stl
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Size:11.7MB

The file 'Polaris BJD Mermaid 3D Printer Model' is (scad,stl) file type, size is 11.7MB.

Summary

A remix of the upper parts of Polaris doll with the tail parts of another smaller mermaid doll to produced the mermaid doll I promised my daughter.

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Printing and assembly notes

Use Polaris or compatiable chest, arms and head, print the tail parts at 300%.
Print one each of the pins, centre them in the knee and ankle joints and use a 3D pen to permanatly place an infilled cap, sand smooth.
Rotate the stringed together head to tail_part1 (there is a bar for a hook) sideways to slot it into the rest of tail, realise there is no captive joint and ask yourself why you didn't check how it went together before printing it out.

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Design notes

I had to learn Meshmixer for this and I thinks it's an ok first attempt.
I used meshmixer to cut the top from lowerBody_Thin.stl from Polaris and the the bottom of stomac.stl from the mermaid.
I then merged them into one. I'll admit I just selected triangles around the join, deleted them and used smooth infill from the mesh fixing option to get a decent looking smooth join.

I think the torso is angled back too much so she doesn't really pose when strung up, but now I've had a go at least I ask someone else if they can do a better mermaid!

The mermaid doll has since been removed from thingiverse. The designers page (Mmarusya) can be found here though https://www.thingiverse.com/marusya/designs

The ankle and knee joints have pin pivot holes designed for wire or filament pins.
They are 6mm (at 300%) so I designed in OpenScad some pins for them that are slighty narrower than the holes and capped them in with the 3D printing pen. This will be permanant.

PivotPins.scad 564.0B
PivotPins.stl 83.5KB
tail_part1.stl 1.5MB
tail_part2.stl 7.1MB
tail_part3.stl 6.3MB
tail_part4.stl 3.9MB
V4.stl 8.8MB