For last christmas, on a whim I decided to print a BBr2 (BaByR2) from a patreon I subscribe to: Michael Baddeley (I'm also printing a full size R2, more on that in another post).
So I sold all my camera gear and used the money to buy a BambuLabs P1S with AMS filament changer. It is an excellent printer. If you can afford one, get one. Even the P1P would be a great printer to get. Speed and quality in a single package that isn't "Prusa" expensive.
The dome prints very well without supports.
Printed two legs, some tires and a center foot and it was time to assemble.
The AMS does create a lot of waste with the filament changes however:
Later I went back and printed a classic dome in gray PLA and colored it in (still have some more to do)
It's a very easy print and pretty easy to assemble with some screws and superglue. It takes 3 servo motors and somethign to control them. Since this was my first attempt I went simple with a FlySky FS-I6 from amazon.
I initially printed the oversized "cartoonish" dome. I just picked the default dome from the file list. After gluing and assembling I wired it up to an adafruit crickit to test the dome. Adafruit makes it super easy to control servos, especially when you're just testing things out.
I later found the holiday themed dome. I had some red filament laying around from a previous project idea so it seems a perfect time to test out the AMS. Turned out excellent! I bought some "metalic" paint markers from a craft store and started coloring the white in.
*EDIT/UPDATE* - found the time lapse footage for the Santa hat print:
Super fun project, glad I spent the time on it. Wish I had better hand/eye coordination to paint it better.
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