About this 3D model

Sonic, the title character of Sega's Sonic the Hedgehog video game franchise, created by Naoto Ohshima and Yuji Naka. Sonic is a blue hedgehog who can run at supersonic speeds and curl into a ball to attack enemies. He races through levels, collecting power-up rings and avoiding obstacles, as he seeks to defeat the mad scientist Doctor Eggman. No supports are required. Two pieces contains built-in supports/braces. Optional parts without the built-in supports/braces are also supplied if you want to use your slicer supports (see notes below). If you have the proper filament colors, no painting is needed. The assembled model is 155mm tall. Note:As I research characters that I model, I learn quite a bit of interesting background on the characters. I found a video of how Sonic was created and how he evolved over the years extremely interesting. The video can be found at the beginning of the following article: http://www.insider.com/every-version-sonic-the-hedgehog-1991-today-evolution-2020-2 Enjoy! ........................................................................................................... Special shoutout to maker Benoît Lussier for providing QA printing and quality feedback. ........................................................................................................... **Print Instructions:**Supports: NoResolution: .2mm (see below for printing tips suggested optional exceptions)Infill: 10% Notes:** Refer to the notes below for a few helpful printing and assembly instructions. ........................................................................................................... **Building the model** Colors Black: (Paramount3D PLA - Black)eye_black_righteye_black_leftnose.. Skin: (Paramount3D PLA - Universal Beige)arm_rightarm_leftmouthbellyear_leftear_right.. Yellow: (Paramount3D PLA - Simpson Yellow)buckle_rightbuckle_left.. Gold: (DevilDesigns Silk - Gold)ring.. Blue: (Parmount3d PLA - Cadet Blue)bodyheadhead_without_supports (optional piece)leg_rightleg_left.. Red: (3DFuel PLA - Iron Red)shoe_left_frontshoe_left_backshoe_right_frontshoe_right_back.. White: (Overture PLA - White)eye_white_dots (contains two identical pieces)eye_whitesshoe_strap_rightshoe_strap_leftshoe_top_rightshoe_top_lefthand_righthand_right_without_supports (optional piece)hand_left.. Matte Black: (Paramount3d PLA - Matte Black)shadow_base (optional base for extra stability).. Any color: (hidden piece):pin_belly.. ........................................................................................................... **Printing and assembly tips** Printing tips1 - No supports are required. Two pieces contains built-in supports/braces, head and hand_right. Optional parts without the built-in supports/braces are also supplied if you want to use your slicer supports. The built-in supports/braces are designed for a .4mm nozzle and for the size that the model is presented. Use your discretion for which parts to use if you resize the model significantly. 2 - There are some pieces that may need brims or rafts, use your discretion. When setting up my prints I prefer to be conservative to ensure the least chance of a print failure, especially since the base of many parts are hidden when inserted into another part. *I used brims on: - nose - eye_white_dots - arm_right - arm_left - leg_right - leg_left - hand_left - hand_right 3 - The eye_white_dots parts are very small. I left them on the brim and inserted them with the brim attached, I then removed the brim. This is the only part where the bed side is on the outside. 4 - I had no problem printing and assembling the legs but Benoit found that for the right leg, 10% filling was not enough and his leg was very brittle. He felt that 50% infill would be better. 5 - Some parts print better with a lower layer height. I used variable layer height on the belly (so the top layers are thinner) and and on the ring (to help print the bottom part of the curves better). 6 - The model stands on it's own but an optional base, that is included, may be prefered for extra stability. 7 - When removing parts from the printer bed, it's a **VERY** good idea to place left/right parts into separate containers to help with the assembly process. Sometimes the difference between the left and right parts is very small but it is still worth keeping track of them and assembling them in their proper place. ..Assembly tips: 1 - Take your time gluing the model together and enjoy the process. Give some thought into which parts to glue together as groups and then gluing the groups together. Let the glue for each group set completely before combining groups. 2 - I used 3D Gloop and E6000 to put this model together. I am not affiliated with 3D Gloop but have experimented with different glues for my models and have found that this glue is a great option for my models. Each type of glue has different pros/cons and I found that 3D Gloop was far easier to use than superglue (for me). The E6000 sticky glu