{"id":5680,"date":"2021-12-23T07:10:42","date_gmt":"2021-12-23T12:10:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/?p=5680"},"modified":"2022-02-28T12:59:09","modified_gmt":"2022-02-28T17:59:09","slug":"charmander-christmas-tree-ornament-3d-printing-painting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/2021\/12\/23\/charmander-christmas-tree-ornament-3d-printing-painting\/","title":{"rendered":"Charmander Christmas Tree Ornament &#8211; 3D printing &#038; Painting"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:169,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.thingiverse.com\\\/thing:4600030&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20260214202432\\\/https:\\\/\\\/www.thingiverse.com\\\/thing:4600030&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-15 04:03:40&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-15 04:03:40&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:170,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/amzn.to\\\/3JlMBNM&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.amazon.com\\\/Monoprice-Calibration-Assembled-Preloaded-Printable\\\/dp\\\/B07CJQ3D6L?crid=2IONWGGTCJPPZ&amp;keywords=monoprice%2Bmini%2Bdelta%2Bv2%2B3d%2Bprinter&amp;qid=1640175658&amp;sprefix=monoprice%2B,aps,157&amp;sr=8-1&amp;th=1&amp;linkCode=sl1&amp;tag=burningorg-20&amp;linkId=41e174d369f58bc8084da4d9cf792e65&amp;language=en_US&amp;ref_=as_li_ss_tl&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/10-tree-ornament-16x9-1-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-5681\" src=\"https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/10-tree-ornament-16x9-1-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"329\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/10-tree-ornament-16x9-1-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/10-tree-ornament-16x9-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/10-tree-ornament-16x9-1-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/10-tree-ornament-16x9-1-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/10-tree-ornament-16x9-1-2048x1152.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/10-tree-ornament-16x9-1-500x281.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I printed this Charmander figure from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thingiverse.com\/thing:4600030\">Thingiverse#4600030<\/a> on my <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3JlMBNM\">Monoprice Delta Mini 3D printer<\/a>, and primed it with white spray-paint.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/web-3d-primed-combo.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-5682\" src=\"https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/web-3d-primed-combo-1024x512.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"292\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/web-3d-primed-combo-1024x512.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/web-3d-primed-combo-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/web-3d-primed-combo-768x384.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/web-3d-primed-combo-1536x768.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/web-3d-primed-combo-500x250.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/web-3d-primed-combo.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I added flame effects to the tail, then painted the orange on the bottom of the figure and the belly\/bottom-of-tail yellow and coated the inside of the mouth with pink. Once that was dry I used double sided tape to attach it to the top of a piece of 1&#8243; dowel to serve as a painting handle.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/web-tail-belly.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-5683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/web-tail-belly-1024x512.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"292\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/web-tail-belly-1024x512.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/web-tail-belly-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/web-tail-belly-768x384.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/web-tail-belly-1536x768.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/web-tail-belly-500x250.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/web-tail-belly.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>After that I coated the top part of the body orange, picked out the tonails and teeth with white, and free handed the black and blue parts of the eyes.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/web-details-glosscoat.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-5684\" src=\"https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/web-details-glosscoat-1024x512.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"292\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/web-details-glosscoat-1024x512.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/web-details-glosscoat-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/web-details-glosscoat-768x384.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/web-details-glosscoat-1536x768.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/web-details-glosscoat-500x250.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/web-details-glosscoat.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>After that, I drybrushed a bit of red onto the back for an Object Source Lighting effect from the flame on his tail, and finished the model with clear-coat from a spraycan.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/web-object-source-lighting-clearcoat.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-5685\" src=\"https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/web-object-source-lighting-clearcoat-1024x512.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"292\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/web-object-source-lighting-clearcoat-1024x512.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/web-object-source-lighting-clearcoat-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/web-object-source-lighting-clearcoat-768x384.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/web-object-source-lighting-clearcoat-1536x768.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/web-object-source-lighting-clearcoat-500x250.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/web-object-source-lighting-clearcoat.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>If the photos above are not enough, you can follow along in the videos below&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/yU1cGnTC_3w\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><br \/>\n<span style=\"display: inline-block; 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