3D printing
Slime Crown
I made a "slime crown," an item dropped by the character King Slime in the game Dragon Quest 8. On this page, you can see how I made it. I used Fusion360 as the CAD software to determine the dimensions and shape, and a 3D printer called MegaZero to make some of the parts. You can also make the other parts with readily available materials.
The dimensions of the "slime crown" were not disclosed in the game, but since the character in the game seems to be able to wear it on his head, I decided to make it in a size that would allow him to actually wear it on his head.
Designing the shape
I used the data that is made in King Slime section.
Creating the foundation
To keep the crown in shape, we put a bowl purchased at a home improvement store on the head and attached the parts.
The brim of the hat was removed and attached to the inside of the bowl to make it a little easier to wear.
Determination of dimensions and design of components
The size of each part was determined according to the size of the bowl.
Since colors are applied after the parts are molded by the 3D printer, I divided the parts into sections for easy coloring.
This part is too large to be output at once on a 3D printer, so I created it in four pieces.
Sphere parts were made separately from outer spike parts. In addition to being easy to output with a stacked type 3D printer, we also made it easy to color them.
The top of the crown was designed as shown in the bottom right two pictures (bottom two in mobile version). It was glued to the bowl through this part in the lower left of the photo (3rd photo in mobile version).
A groove was made in this part so that the rim of the bowl could be secured.
Printing and coloring
All parts were printed on Mega Zero. The color of the filaments used was selected independently of the actual color, in order to color-paint them later.
Making Movie (x64)
All parts were spray colored and varnished.
Completion of the hat part
This part printed by a 3D printer was not used, but made from fabric.
Green and purple satin fabrics are used as its cloth to make it shiny. The cloth was cut into four pieces of each color, following the shape of the printed hat section.The edges of the cut fabrics are sewn to each other.
Assembly
After attaching the top and cap sections, they were glued to the bowl.
The hat portion and the bowl were stuffed with wadding between the hat and the bowl.
The remaining components were installed.
