September 16, 2025
Description
If this is a bit too big for you, I've made one that's a bit more… human-friendly. It's a bit smaller. You can print it here!
https://www.printables.com/model/1412911-bamboozler-14-mk-i-smaller-version
"A reissue of a weapon used during the Great Turf War. It charges up extremely quickly and boasts great range even when not fully charged. Unfortunately, it is rather weak."
–In-game description
The Bamboozler 14 Mk I has been a staple of the Splatoon series, and first appeared way back in the original. It’s a remake of the weapon Cap’n Cuttlefish used in the Great Turf War, and is the fastest (albeit weakest) charger-type weapon in each game it appears in. I’ve brought into real life with this 1:1 scale model, assuming an Inkling is 5 feet tall. It is just a model; no shooting of ink or water involved. Let me know if you’d be interested in something like that! It is hollow, so if anyone is interested in running a tube through it…
And yes, it looks huge, but… yeah. The Inklings have a freakishly high hand-to-body ratio, but you can double-check my math via the diagram in the photos, if you’re interested.
Along those lines, this takes a LOT of filament–over two rolls’ worth. I needed about 1.5 rolls of green, but every other color stayed well under one roll. If you try to scale it down, you may run into issues with the tolerances no longer working, and you may not be able to assemble it anymore–do so at your own risk!
Also, there are some details on the model (essentially, the cream-colored parts on the main body and some of the rivet-like parts on some of the other parts) that were just too small/complicated/difficult-to-work-with to justify trying to separate them out for people who can’t print in multicolor, unfortunately. Obviously, you can get around this by just not printing them in multicolor; the loss of detail will be minimal if you do.
Overall, though, I’ve provided an assembly video and 3mf files that contain everything you need to print out and assemble the model, so if you’re interested, you can pick one of them to use and then skip to the end of this description for the video.
I’ve designed three 3mf files–one for the BambuLab H2D (the one I used), one for the X1/P1/A1 printers, and one for the A1 Mini (so yes, even the small bois can get in on the fun!)
But if you’re not interested in those, the STEP files are free to be disassembled however you want to, So read on for the written instructions!
Filaments:
All filaments used were BambuLab Basic PLA:
Printed Parts:
Generally automatic supports should do you well, but I don’t think any of the Main Body pieces need them.
Pegs all have 20% infill for strength and rigidity, with all other parts at 5% for weight.
I’ve categorized the parts into 5 different Groups:
Non-Printed Parts:
Assembly
Intro:
I designed this to be as foolproof as possible–in the vast majority of cases, the parts have been designed in such a way that figuring out the correct way to assemble them is very obvious, and putting them together is often physically impossible (I hope). You could probably have a relatively easy time just by using the images here as a reference, and gluing the parts together accordingly.
That said, there are a couple things to keep in mind:
Instructions:
Overall, I don’t think you necessarily need instructions; despite its size it’s simple enough that you can just reference the picture and build it from there.
That’s it for the build! As always, I hope you enjoyed putting it together, and if you have any questions, let me know in the comments below!
And thank you to everyone who keeps downloading my models! If you like what I do and want to support me to keep things free for anyone to make, please share my stuff, like, comment, follow, post makes, and check out my profile for other socials to follow on! I’ll see you next time!
Assembly Video:
License:
Creative Commons — Attribution — Noncommercial — Share Alike
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