Tiny Trophy

Tiny Trophy

Super Fast, Super Easy Tiny Cup Trophy

Yep, another over-engineered version of something small or simple. Somehow that's the fun part for me. Modeling it in code, exposing every parameter, engineering it beyond all reason. Useful? No idea.

This is a tiny cup-style trophy designed to print cleanly at small scale, even on finicky silk PLA. It was built in OpenSCAD (source available on my GitHub: https://github.com/billism1/3d-print-misc) from revolved profiles and boolean-assembled parts, then exported and scaled down to its tiny final size for printing. The print file here gives you the finished, ready-to-slice model.

Designed for easy printing

• No supports needed. Prints flat on its base.
• Quick print, about 15 minutes for the single-color version.
• Uses very little filament, only around 1.2 grams per trophy.
• Customizable text on the base. Pick your vibe (see suggestions below).
• Tested across many PLA filaments with great results, including excellent prints in Silk PLA.

The inspiration came from MakerWorld user 5er's delightful "You Tried, Here's a Trophy (World's Smallest)". Their silhouette is excellent, but when I tried printing it on finicky silk, two things gave me trouble:

• Nasty overhangs where the cup meets the handles.
• Raised letters printing as tiny unsupported islands that blob or fail on the more unforgiving filaments.

So I designed my own version from scratch with those issues in mind. The goal: keep the tiny charm, but make it forgiving, even for silk filaments.

What makes this one print well

• Reduced overhangs in the handles, printable without extra support for most filaments.
• Gentler curvature on the bottom of the cup, so the cup-to-base transition has less overhang and avoids the gnarly artifacts silk PLA tends to leave there.
• Bolder, simplified letterforms with embedded letter depth, so characters get a solid backing instead of fragile floating strokes.
• Text sits on the base skirt and is pushed into the model, so every character has solid backing, no isolated extrusion paths, no overhangs.
• Proportions tuned so the cup, rim, and base read clearly even at this tiny scale.

Print tips

• Filaments tested (all printed with excellent results):
  • Creality Hyper PLA
  • Elegoo Silk PLA
  • Bambu Wood PLA
  • Bambu Silk+
  • Bambu Sparkle Classic Gold
  • SUNLU Meta PLA
  • SUNLU PLA+ 2.0
• Silk/metallic PLA: slow the print speed, drop nozzle temp slightly, and use active part cooling to cut stringing and sheen artifacts.
• If your slicer preview shows rough overhangs around the ~100-110 layer band, try a touch more cooling there, a small brim, or scaling down slightly.
• Prints flat on its base, no supports needed for most filaments.
• Print time: ~17.5 minutes for the single-color (non-AMS) version; ~1 hour 11 minutes for the AMS multi-color version, depending on filament used.
• Filament usage: prints with only about 1.2 grams of filament.

Base text options

The trophy base has raised (embossed) text. Pick the vibe that fits; these are sized to fit the base skirt:

Encouraging: WELL DONE / NICE TRY / GOOD JOB / YAY YOU

Cheeky: OH WELL / FIRST LOSER / 2ND PLACE / 3RD PLACE

Mildly rude: WELL SHIT / #1 LOSER / IF U AINT 1st UR LAST (yes, the Talladega Nights line)

Family-friendly: BEST MOM / BEST DAD / BEST BOSS

Source

OpenSCAD source and project files: https://github.com/billism1/3d-print-misc

Shout-out

All respect to 5er. Their original "You Tried, Here's a Trophy (World's Smallest)" is what inspired me to design this one. My version is a separate model built from scratch in OpenSCAD, aimed at keeping the tiny charm while being more forgiving on silk filament and small printers.

BTW, I believe this one is slightly smaller than the other "world's smallest". Just sayin'... 😄