Realistic Hypnotoad

ALL GLORY TO THE HYPNOTOAD

Now available painted and unpainted in my Etsy store!

Years ago I made a polymer clay sculpture of the Hypnotoad and some folks were interested in getting copies. Now, thanks to 3D scanning and printing, I'm really happy to be able to make that happen!

The model is in three parts...

• The Head: I split the model at the collar so that the head could print nicely without the need for supports under the lip. The extra benefit of splitting it here is that the neck is articulated! It's not a full-blown action figure, but you can add a little attitude and personality to the pose.

• ** The Body:** After I scanned the sculpture, I added a ton of texture and details I didn't have the skill or patience to when working with clay. I modified any problematic areas enough so that no supports are needed. There are a couple areas, namely the shins, where the overhang angle is extreme enough that you'll likely get some stair-steppiness. Luckily these places are facing the ground and not very conspicuous. Printing slowly and with the highest resolution helps maintain the detail in these areas.

• The Neck Post: As provided here, the post is 100% of the size of the holes in the body and head and is likely not to work when printed. Scale it down in the slicer just a touch so it's a snug fit. 99% has worked for me, tough enough to slide in and doesn't easily pop out, but still allows the head to rotate. You can print a couple as needed to test your printer tolerances. Or sand it a little, or wrap it in some tape..it doesn't need to be a hair-pulling, precision process.

OPTIONAL: The other parts are for making a collar with tags as shown on the show. On the collar of the file Hypnotoad_Head_forTags.stl are two holes the diameter and distance apart to accommodate an average paper clip. Simply snip off a u-shape from the end of the paper clip and bend/squeeze it a bit to get it to where it can slide into place. You can either make tags out of card stock or thin plastic, or print the two tag files included here.