Helga the Horrible

Helga, from the comic strip 'Hagar the Horrible' by Dik Browne

Helga is Hagar the Horrible's bossy housewife, dressed in operatic, Brünnhilde-like blonde braids and helmet. She is the quintessential maternal "over-mothering" figure. She bickers with Hägar over his poor habits—such as forgetting to wash his hands after pillaging, or not wiping his feet before entering the hovel.

No supports are required. See notes for very helpful printing tips.

If you have the proper filament colors, no painting is needed.

The assembled model is 235mm tall and is in proportion to my previously released Hagar model.

Enjoy!

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Special shoutout to maker Benoît Lussier for providing QA printing and quality feedback.

Special thanks to Jason McMillan (makerworld ID Gatekeeper) for creating the Bambu Print Profile on Makerworld.
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Print Instructions:
Supports: No
Resolution: .2mm
Infill: 15%

Notes:**

Refer to the notes below for a few helpful printing and assembly instructions.

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Building the model

Colors

Black: (Devil Designs PLA - Black)
eye_right
eye_left
mouth
hair_band2_right
hair_band2_left
hair_band1_right
hair_band1_left
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White: (Devil Designs PLA - White)
horn_left
horn_right
dress_trim_top
dress_trim_bottom
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Blue: (Devil Designs PLA - Blue)
dress
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Yellow: (Devil Designs PLA - Bright Yellow)
hair
hair_bottom_right
hair_bottom_left
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Skin: (Paramount3D PLA - Universal Beige)
head
hand_right
hand_left
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Dark Gray: (Paramount3D PLA - Battleship Gray)
shield
helmet
spear_point
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Bronze: (Esun PLA - Bronze)
shield_plate
spear_ball
helmet_rivets (file contains three identical pieces)
shield_rivets (file contains ten identical pieces)
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Brown: (PolyTerra P:LA - Army Brown)
spear_pole_top
spear_pole_bottom
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Any color (hidden pieces)
pin_spear

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Printing and assembly tips

Printing tips
1 - No supports are required.

2 - There are some pieces that may need brims or rafts, use your discretion. When setting up my prints I prefer to be conservative to ensure the least chance of a print failure, especially since the base of many parts are hidden when inserted into another part.

*A raft is HIGHLY recommended for the following pieces, both for printability and ease of assembly:
-eye_right
-eye_left

• mouth
  -hair_band1_right
  -hair_band1_left
  -hair_band2_right
  -hair_band2_left

• I also used a raft on the following parts:
  -shield_rivets
  -helmet_rivets

*I used brims on:
-hand_right
-hand_left
-shield
-shield_plate

3- When removing parts from the printer bed, it's a VERY good idea to place left/right parts into separate containers to help with the assembly process. Sometimes the difference between the left and right parts is very small but it is still worth keeping track of them and assembling them in their proper place.

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Assembly tips:

1 - Take your time gluing the model together and enjoy the process. Give some thought into which parts to glue together as groups and then gluing the groups together. Let the glue for each group set completely before combining groups.

2 - I used 3D Gloop (strong fast drying) and E6000 (tacky slow drying) glues to put this model together. For both glues using a smaller amount is usually better than more glue.

3 - important for all my models, be sure to dry fit all parts before gluing.

4 - Refer to the assembly diagrams in the pictures section as well as the uploaded pictures for putting the model together. The model is meant to be glued.

Do not hesitate to ask questions, feedback is essential to making better models.