Shadow, a character from Sega's Sonic the Hedgehog video game franchise, created by Naoto Ohshima and Yuji Naka.

Shadow is a black hedgehog created by Professor Gerald Robotnik, the grandfather of Doctor Eggman. Shadow shares design traits and attributes with Sonic the Hedgehog. He is an antihero who has good intentions but will do whatever it takes to accomplish his goals, putting him at odds with Sonic.

No supports are required. One piece contains built-in supports/braces. Optional part without the built-in supports/braces is also supplied if you want to use your slicer supports (see notes below).

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

The assembled model is 155mm tall and is in proportion to my other characters from the Sonic series.

Note: This is my 'classic' version of Shadow. I'm aware that he does not exist in the classics, but to make him fit with the rest of my other Sonic models I chose this approach.

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. ...........................................................................................................

Print Instructions: Supports: No (head_black contains built-in supports/braces when slicing at .2mm) Resolution: .2mm (see below for printing tips suggested optional exceptions) 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_blacks (file contains two identical pieces) nose head_black head_black_without_supports body_black shoe_blacks (file contains two identical pieces) shoe_black_cuffs (file contains two identical pieces) ..

White: (Devil Designs PLA - White) shoe_whites (file contains two identical pieces) eye_white eye_white_dots (file contains two identical pieces) hand_right hand_left body_white ..

Skin: (Paramount3D PLA - Universal Beige) mouth ear_right ear_left ..

Gold: (Devil Designs Silk PLA - Silk Gold) shoe_rim_left shoe_rim_right cuff_right cuff_left nozzles (file contains two identical pieces) ..

Red: (Hatchbox PLA - True Red) head_red_bottom_right head_red_bottom_middle head_red_bottom_left head_red_top_right head_red_top_middle head_red_top_left eye_red_right eye_red_left shoe_red_cuffs (file contains two identical pieces) soles (file contains two identical pieces) ..

Green: (unknown translucent green PLA) gem ..

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Printing and assembly tips

Printing tips 1 - No supports are required. One piece contains built-in supports/braces, head_black. An optional part without the built-in supports/braces is also supplied if you want to use your slicer supports. The built-in supports/braces are designed for a .4mm nozzle and slicing at .2mm for the size that the model is presented. Use your discretion for which parts to use if you resize the model significantly or slice at a different layer height.

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.

*I used brims on:

• nose
• body_black
• hand_left
• hand_right

3 - The nozzle pieces print and assemble without issue, but you may prefer to print them at a lower layer height.

4 - Based on feedback from previous models, I made the arms and legs a bit thicker than Sonic for strength.

5 - 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.

.. 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 Be sure to dry fit all parts before gluing. The left/right gold parts look quite similar but functionally are very different.

4 - The mouth/eye_white/head_reds parts should all be glued to head_black at the same time. Test fit to be sure all parts fit correctly. The eye_red parts do stand out a bit from the head.

5 - 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.