Ball-joint articulated octopus
This started out as an exercise in making the smallest ball joint tentacle that I could get to print reliably on my printer. It turned into a cute little octopus when I decided to make a fun gift out of the tentacles. It's surprisingly annoying and time-consuming to build, since each segment needs to be hand-trimmed of support and carefully snapped into the next, but the resulting toy has a lot of flexibility and posability. Printing the segments in all different colors to make a rainbow octopus is optional but highly recommended. Update 4/5 - I was experimenting with some freehand sculpting tools, and created a big-eyed alien head for the octopus that I've uploaded. Update 4/7 - added a fa... This hosted file keeps creator credit and license details.
Print details
- Difficulty
beginner
- Materials
PLA suggested; confirm scale and supports in your slicer before printing.
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- body-alienhead.stl
STL · 4.7 MB
Download - body-skull.stl
STL · 1.2 MB
Download - body-steampunk.stl
STL · 2.4 MB
Download - octopus_body.stl
STL · 622.1 KB
Download - octopus_body_supported.stl
STL · 677.3 KB
Download - tentacle_end.stl
STL · 75.2 KB
Download - tentacle_end_supported.stl
STL · 84.0 KB
Download - tentacle_end_supported_x8.stl
STL · 645.4 KB
Download - tentacle_segment.stl
STL · 136.7 KB
Download - tentacle_segment_supported.stl
STL · 141.6 KB
Download - tentacle_segment_supported_x8.stl
STL · 864.9 KB
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File metadata
- body-alienhead.stl
SHA-256:
b74faf8a362d9673d7ebf203f39a15b92cfcf622ffb0038fdfa352e2745a0e0b - body-skull.stl
SHA-256:
ed05fb27d853fe671464316bc4f093cb704039df602e276c6a73b497f911f923 - body-steampunk.stl
SHA-256:
87d62af7ea9794cf942666747214f6327483ade1a0fac89a12bd2f660da89402 - octopus_body.stl
SHA-256:
8d61567dfc0034a6438fafe1de74964c848155aa41b1110b1011fd817ad808c4 - octopus_body_supported.stl
SHA-256:
f70cc12bd22a9107265c5a120066261f05ad3cbb4a9eae0d5cc1c8cae68e796f - tentacle_end.stl
SHA-256:
4e63164eabde7434359c4c4086e1face07e9a8b65879e23c14706167bc82216f - tentacle_end_supported.stl
SHA-256:
a107f718d43790f9ac6a1acc093115e7936e1419a6be2b34213f7b44af6f0b0d - tentacle_end_supported_x8.stl
SHA-256:
5bee7c3a4eb5ee826299bd930a1d4088f90b953e982eb1637dbcb533fa989cfe - tentacle_segment.stl
SHA-256:
f936258cc6ec0eab2f1995b8cad56dcd86bc817b20f8af5d486c2fa1de214906 - tentacle_segment_supported.stl
SHA-256:
a04043cde9f5eb2390e640dc794f322b4c2f17c7ed067117bc7cf347d81d6db6 - tentacle_segment_supported_x8.stl
SHA-256:
d01815688c441eef92292bcbe29ea1d052db92d3f01bf8322a1deeea9a9e77e9
Attribution
Ball-joint articulated octopus by Ellindsey (the original source). License: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0. Source: the original source