Hello Astro Bot fans,

First a little preface:

The children love the game and the little robot that jumps across the screen, and I also think the little jump and run hero is just great.

So I thought, why not simply print an Astro Bot figure ourselves.

There are a few Astro Bot models on the internet, but unfortunately I couldn't find any that faithfully reproduce the colors. I wanted THE ONE Astro Bot: In color, as in the game, with cape, antenna, and jetpack and not a simple white one.

So I chose the model that visually appealed to me the most.

With a monochrome file from Thingiverse as a basis, I started my mission, my own remix.

It turned out to be more difficult than I thought, as I am still relatively new to the 3D world and therefore bring with me a certain inexperience.

The selected file didn't even have eyes and couldn't be easily painted with the paint bucket, because the areas I wanted to color were mostly not recognized and so I could only ever color everything at once or just too much.

(I found the eyes on Printables, but it's also linked below as the remix basis)

But I absolutely wanted THE colored Astro Bot, no matter what it cost.

So I sat down and painted all the areas in hours of fine work with the freehand tool. The demands on myself were high, the model should also be as clean as possible. I painted it as best I could, you can see the result in my pictures. Of course it's certainly not always perfect, some of you pros will probably say now.

But I am very satisfied with my result.

Now to my remix:

So I'm offering you a colored, almost screen-accurate version of Astro Bot from the PlayStation game.

The figure is approximately 16cm tall (with stand) when assembled and stands on a round, beautifully decorated PlayStation stand with a diameter of about 12cm.

I have combined some body parts onto print plates to save time and filament. There are 2 different head variants, one with the circular standard eyes and one with the crescent-shaped smiling eyes. Either optionally or together to be printed. Together the printing time only increases minimally and you can easily swap the head afterwards at your leisure.

All individual parts can be easily put together or plugged in. However, a drop of super glue is necessary for fixation (except the head, if you plan to exchange it flexibly and also the cape can be plugged in without glue).

The round eyes I could also easily plug in, they hold without glue, the crescent-shaped eyes have slightly less tolerance, I had to tap a little with a rubber mallet. The antenna can be plugged in again easily.

I glued the Bot onto the base plate, there are corresponding recesses. But the Bot would also have a small hole in the right foot, maybe for a small screw.

Please note the following order when assembling:

• First, take the body in hand and glue the jetpack to the back.
• Now glue both legs to the body.
• Now glue the arms to the body.
• Place the cape in the recess, it does not need to be glued.
• Put the antenna in the recess on the head, it does not need to be glued either.
• Finally place the head, it does not necessarily have to be glued. So you can switch between 2 faces.

(Important: Legs first, then arms!!!)

I have tried to align the individual parts on the print bed so that the printing time is as short as possible and the scar of the support interfaces is as small as possible. That was also very difficult for me. Feel free to experiment with the alignment yourself. Depending on the case, a wide border is recommended.

For the head I wanted to absolutely avoid an obvious support scar on the top, hence the upright alignment on the neck.

I have also tried out a few prints here and lost a lot of time and filament. But all just to be able to show my personal best result here.

Please forgive my inexperience if it is not perfectly aligned for you.

The printing time is still very long. You have to be patient and maybe even overcome yourself. But it's worth it, take another look at the photo (-; The little one is just waiting to move in with you.
I think it's because I painted everything with the freehand tool and therefore more frequent filament changes are required than with the paint bucket (which wasn't possible).

For me, the long printing time was not an obstacle, because I absolutely wanted THE colored screen-accurate Astro Bot.

The support is easy to remove with my settings everywhere, of course you have to be careful, especially with the antenna, which is very thin. Here really special care and concentration is required, otherwise it breaks easily.

Furthermore, I recommend, depending on how high your standards are, to smooth the scars at the support interfaces with some sandpaper to make the edges a little smoother. I was able to hide the scars of the support interfaces quite well. A lighter has also served me well here.

A little post-processing is therefore recommended, unless you were able to align the parts better to minimize the support.

With the jetpack, the small propeller is not completely printed, but this is also already visible in the slice beforehand. Unfortunately, I couldn't fix this problem due to my inexperience. I left it that way. Take a look at the slice beforehand so you're not surprised or disappointed. It doesn't bother me personally (– but he at least has a jetpack).

If there is anyone out there with more experience who can color this file a little more professionally and reduce the printing time, maybe even improve the propeller, you are more than welcome.

I printed on a P1S with PLA Basic from Bambu Lab. The silver color portions are from the Silk series and the pink square on the stand is PLA Matte sakura pink.

I appreciate appreciative comments, also with photos of your little Astro Bot. Likes are also welcome and whether it even reaches a boost - I don't want to dream that far yet, even though I have invested a lot of work, time and filament to present my result as best as possible.

I hope I can bring you joy with my upload.