Friendly articulated snail with 12 different shells

Here is a small articulated snail ... with a whole bunch of shells to print! The shells are easy to put on and take off, so you can change them as you wish.

This design is a mix between two designs: - The friendly articulated slug by Isaiah for the body of the snail - The realistic garden snail by crashdebug: I used his shell as a basis for mine

Many thanks to them for their great designs!

Twelve shells are available: - shell01_organic: looks like a real snail shell - shell02_scrolls: shell with scrolls - shell03_broken: broken-looking shell - shell04_disco: shell with a disco / psychedelic pattern - shell05_organic2: another realistic shell - shell06_square: shell with square-shaped patterns - shell07_flowers: shell with flower-shaped patterns - shell08_oriental: a shell with a pattern inspired by far eastern art - shell09_coral: a shell which looks like coral - shell10_steampunk: a shell with a steampunk style - shell11_circles: a shell covered with circles - shell12_scales: a shell covered with scales

There is a 13th shell file: shell00_basis.stl. This is the file that served as the basis for all my shells. This version is only slightly modified compared to that of crashdebug. I put it on so you can use it to create your own shells!

ENJOY !

Some printing tips:

- I recommend printing the body of the snail (= SlugV1.1_snail.stl) with 35% infill for reasons of strength. I also recommend a layer height of 0.16 or less. There is no need for supports. - I recommend printing the shells with a low infill rate (I printed at 3%) to avoid them being too heavy. I also recommend a small layer height (0.12) to better highlight the details. You have to print them with supports (I used tree supports).

If you print a snail, post a make, that will make me happy =)

Some printing tips: - I recommend printing the body of the snail (= SlugV1.1_snail.stl) with 35% infill for reasons of strength. I also recommend a layer height of 0.16 or less. There is no need for supports. - I recommend printing the shells with a low infill rate (I printed at 3%) to avoid them being too heavy. I also recommend a small layer height (0.12) to better highlight the details. You have to print them with supports (I used tree supports).

I only used "silk" filament to print the snail. I am not sure what will be the result with another type of filament.

The filaments I used: - Eryone Silk Emerald Green PLA - Eryone Dark Gold PLA - Noulei Antique Gold PLA - Noulei Copper PLA - Sunlu Silk Black PLA

Credit for patterns: - shell07_flowers.stl: the pattern was designed by GarryKillian (Freepik) - shell08_oriental.stl : the pattern was designed by macrovector_official (Freepik)

I also took some 3D textures on this great site: 3dtextures.me