Idefix

Idefix, a cartoon character in the French comic book series The Adventures of Asterix.

Idefix, also known as Dogmatix, is the only animal among the main characters of the series. He serves mainly as a 'bone' of contention between Asterix and Obelix as to whether he should be allowed to accompany them on their adventures.

Supports ARE required on one part only, body. See notes for specific helpful printing tips.

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

The assembled model is 75mm tall and is mostly in proportion to my previously posted original Asterix and Obelix split models

Important note
This is a color split model using the original model of Idefix form Cults3D as a starting point:

https://cults3d.com/en/3d-model/art/idefix-nachorope-2

The original designer, NachoRoPe, agreed to my request of doing the split and posting it under my account as well as his:

NachoRoPe, https://cults3d.com/en/users/NachoRoPe

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.
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Print Instructions:
Supports: YES on one part only, body, see specific instructions below
Resolution: .2mm
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_black_right
eye_black_left
eyebrow_right
eyebrow_left
ear_black_right
ear_black_left
nose
tail
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White: (Devil Designs PLA - White)
eye_white_right
eye_white_left
body
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Bone: (Devil Designs PLA - Beige)
bone_right
bone_left
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Printing and assembly tips

Printing tips

1 - Supports are required on one part, body. None of the split parts need supports.

*supports: organic/tree supports were used on:

• body (29 degree angle)

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 a raft on the following parts to endure a clean fit:

• eye_black_right/left
• eyebrow_right/left

3 - I printed the eyebrows, eye_black and the eye_white parts with arachne perimeter generation without issue, but during QA it was determined that those parts benefit slightly by using the classic perimeter generation.

4 - 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.

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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 for all my models, be sure to dry fit all parts before gluing.

4 - The eye_black parts are small so I left a lot of wiggle room to put them in. The bed side is inserted and note that there is a difference in the upper and lower parts of this piece. The lower part sticks out a little bit.

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.