Ridley (Super Metroid - SSBB)

UPDATE: Added an instructive for assembly, Im in the process of remaking several pieces, and those are featured in the PDF file. Once Im done testing the new parts, I'll publish a remix and link it here.

Ridley hits the BIG time!

A new boss figurine from the Metroid universe, this time its the big baddie himself, the terror of figthing games developers, using the model from Smash Brawl gotten from VGResources. Why Brawl and not Ultimate? Well, because the Brawl model its based of his Super Metroid artwork and I like it more than his newest form.

After my experience with Dark Samus, I did some changes to the articulations, they are still probably more complex than they need to be, but Im trying to have them not be noticeable, also wanted to see how small I could get with these joints since Ridley is a very slim dude. One thing I should have done was to make a brand new tail, as it would have been much easier to print assembled.

All limbs and halves are from the right side, to complete him, its required to duplicate and mirror all the parts. The body parts were made with grape colored filament, as a sort of compromise between the purple skin he has in the games and the red color of the artwork and when taking massive damage, the membrane of the wings is made with UV Glow Green, and the teeth are white.

Im fairly satisfied with the end result, but I think it would have worked out better if I had scaled him a bit, as there are too many thin walls and the articulations would work better. An upscale of 30% to 50% would work fine I think, though the wings would have to be printed vertically.

The stand is featured apart, as I might use it for other figures.

Notes:
Peg2 is for the head
Peg3 needs to be printed three times, two for the body and once for the hip
Peg4 is for the elbows

I had a lot of trouble to assemble the thigh and femur pieces, so I added modified "v2" versions that should be easier to work with, but Im keeping the older ones because they are stronger.