Graduate Brain Slug

Kossel

No

10%

Very straighforward prints -- body, eye, and cap separately in the orientations given in the STL files. Everyone knows brain slugs have green bodies and graduation caps are usually black... feel free to get creative with the eye color(s). I used a white filament that glows bright green in the dark for the eye, with black permanent marker for the pupil. It's also easy to print the eye in two colors by switching at the appropriate layer, but I actually like the less perfect look of the black marker.

Post-Printing

Not a whole lot to do, but there is some assembly required:

• The eye needs to be glued into the socket in the body. After all, that is really where it belongs, right?
• The tassel for the cap can be made using a bit of string, which I'd recommend coloring appropriately using permanent marker. Once the string has been colored, run it through the hole in the center of the cap and tie a knot on the inside big enough to not pull through. Finally, unwind the strands of the string to make it more tassel-like. The string I used tends to stand-up a bit, but I think that look goes well with the straight-up antennae.
• The cap slips on over the antennae -- but doesn't have much clearance, so be careful. Once loosely on, the tight clearance with the top of the antennae should keep it from coming off accidentally, so there's no need to glue it.