Gyarados Pokemon Water Fountain (functional)

I got this request from “jacking.it.up” the other day to make a Gyarados pond fountain, so I gave it a try (my kids like Pokemon too). Like my other fountains this comes with the ½" female threaded adapter built in so that it can easily screw into your piping. I printed mine in this great Bambu blue PLA and then added some paint and a coat of uv varnish. Normally, I would print this in PETG (which I recommend), but this color was just too perfect, and I have an abundance of water fountains so the active time for this one will probably be short. If you haven't taken advantage of Makerlab tools to create a model from an image I highly recommend it. I always do some additional modifications in blender and onshape, but the makerlab tools do a lot of the heavy lifting.

I designed the internal plumbing so that it doesn't require any support removal, but there is a fair amount of supports on the outside. Obviously, the curly whiskers are the most prone to breaking off. I added additional support to help them print well, but included some extra whiskers you can print and glue on if needed. Best of luck! I hope you like it “jacking.it.up”!

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It is a work in progress, but I hope to provide more information about my models, and some tips if you want to create your own.