A large Mario figurine, FDM 3D printed and assembled from separate colour parts. The whole thing is built without paint: each piece is printed in its own filament colour, so the red cap, blue overalls, white gloves and brown shoes are the plastic itself. The clever part is the way the model is split, so every colour meets cleanly and the seams disappear.
Designed as separate colour parts
Getting a clean multi-colour result on an FDM printer is all in the planning. The model was broken down into parts along the lines where the colours change: the cap from the hair, the gloves from the sleeves, the M badge from the cap. Each part was printed in the right filament colour, then fitted together so the joins fall exactly where the colours should meet. It means no masking, no spraying and no hand-painting, just well-designed parts that fit together.
A big, clean display piece
Printed large, the figure shows off both the character and the print quality: smooth curves on the cap and nose, crisp edges on the overall straps, and the round M badge sitting proud on the front. It is a fun, colourful example of what careful multi-part FDM printing can do, finished and ready to stand on a shelf.
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