Here comes Totolight, a cute bedside lamp.
It was first modeled in 3D in different parts: Base (2 parts), body, umbrella (2 parts).
Prototype next to final umbrella model
The body print took around 36 hours on a CR-10S pro from Ceality with white PLA filament in vase mode, avoiding support to be able to use the character belly as light propagator. So thin and light, it worked! No printing issue. However I still managed to print a smaller prototype version in gray PLA.
Approximately 20cm high
Putty time
First layer of primer
2nd prime layer, my shop ran out of gray paint
With all the parts printed came the long process of sanding, painting, sanding, putty filling holes, sanding and even more sanding until a descent quality.
At this particular moment of the project I decided to keep the black & white look because it looked awesome.
Quick light test
The fastest printed part
Mudpack
Reaching the end of the project I totally missed the idea of “removing the Totoro to be able to change the light bulb”.
Therefore, based on the character first layers, I quickly modelled a tiny base with holes to put magnets inside, as the Totoro base was to thin to easily stuck nw material inside.
The missing paint on the arm is now corected by black acrylic paint added inside the body
Here is a video resuming all the process for the creation of this model.
Thanks for reading.