Rotato Skullo (Patreon)

Hey there, wonderful people!

Don't you hate it when your skull-shaped containers are limited to just one expression?!  Well now there's a solution!  Here we have a trio of faces that can be mixed and matched via two independently rotating components.  Heart eyes and aghast mouth?  Toothy grin and an eyepatch?  It's up to you!  

Oh, and there are two versions, as you've probably noticed already - a single colour version and a multimaterial version.  

This was inspired by the flip books I remember as a kid, where one could match up different face parts by turning just parts of pages.  

In terms of design, Rotato Skullo has similarities to the rotating vase designs I posted quite a while ago now, in that there are concentric elements that rotate around the same axis, one enclosing the other.  In this case, there are three elements, of course, an inner (the eyes) with a middle around the bottom (the mouth) and those are enclosed by an outer part in which the other two parts turn.  They're all separated by 0.5mm and print assembled.

Oh, and there's a lid, too, which is optional and prints on its own.

Printing Tips

Whether single material or multimaterial, this is an articulated model, so you'll want to make sure your has a nice neat first layer and that there aren't any print artifacts like stringing or overextrusion that might bind moving parts together.

If you're printing the multimaterial version I'm going to assume you already know how your particular system works!

Rotato Skullo prints right-way up, as does the lid.

Print Dimensions

Rotato Skullo occupies 86mm x 89mm on the print bed and is 78mm tall.

File Locations

You'll find this one on dropbox under 716 Rotato Skullo

Link to dropbox post: https://www.patreon.com/posts/31697592

Further Thoughts

Smile! :D

xoxo

Sven.