Moopsy: The Cuddly Bone-Vampire from Star Trek

Change log: • 9/12/23: Added photos of my make, and uploaded a STEP version. • 9/13/23 (midnight): Added a multi-part version and instructions. Requires glue, but you only need a black sharpie/paint and single-color printing instead of fancy multi-color printing. • 9/13/23 (actual morning): Drastically improved and simplified instructions and model so that one multi-part model should serve everyone's needs. Updated STEP file too. This also will improve multi-color printing ease and final product significantly due to slicer glitches with the earlier model. • 9/19/23: Smaller head version now available here for people who prefer this look. Moopsy was first seen in the episode “I Have No Bones Yet I Must Flee” of Star Trek: Lower Decks, where it caused havoc in a galactic menagerie. Moopsy is one of the most terrifying aliens ever introduced in Star Trek, despite its cute appearance. I could not help myself by try to replicate this creature. I'm a total novice at Fusion360, but I tried my best to produce a faithful looking replica… with way too much effort. I actually think it looks pretty decent. Requires some supports, as shown. Printed here in 4-color PLA on my X1C to match the picture shown above from the show. You could probably just print it all one color though and paint it. Flavor text I made for this critter: Moopsy is a small, furry alien with big eyes and a round body. It looks harmless and adorable, but it has a hidden ability to launch itself at high speed towards its prey and sink its sharp teeth into them. Moopsy drains the bones of its victim, leaving behind a boneless sack of flesh. Moopsy is very hungry and will chase after any food source relentlessly. How To Print Multi-color (MMU/AMS): • Supports are needed. Sit him on the designed-in flat butt area, as shown. • I designed it to minimize the amount of support needed. I used snug supports and PETG as an interface layer, but organic supports should work well here. • 0.2 mm layer height. At the top I used variable layer height to go down to 0.12 gradually to get a better top finish, but you can do as you like. • The color objects have been broken out. Here's my recommended coloring: • • If you can do 5 filaments at once, you can do some neat stuff. Here's my setup with in 4x PLA colors + PETG as PLA support interface with snug supports. • How To Print Multi-color (one color at a time): • This version makes it easy even if you're bad at using a sharpie/paintbrush to get a good looking result… but you have to print little bits of colored plastic and glue them in place. • All the parts you need are in the same 3MF file. I suggest printing it so that the eye and mouth parts are part of the main body because the eye and mouth parts would be a little hard to get the fit in perfectly.. but you can try if you like! • To accomplish this, delete the little eye bits and tounge from the model so you get a setup that looks like this. • • Print the setup above. • Instructions above around orientation, supports and layer heights apply. • Color in the empty eyes and mouth with a black sharpie or black paint. The result should look like this, more or less: • • Now, using the thinnest layer height you can afford print 1x each of these tiny eye/mouth parts individually. They won't fit 100% perfectly to the curvature of the face, but they'll be really close… and if you want you could always warm them up a little with hot water and press them onto the face to get a good fit before gluing. • Tounge (suggest in yellow) • LeftEyeHighlight (suggest in white) • RightEyeHighlight (suggest in white) • LeftEyeColor (suggest in blue) • RightEyeColor (suggest in blue) • These tiny little parts look like this: • • Once printed, glue these in place as shown on top of the black-eyed base to end up with the composite product. How To Print (Single Color): • This version is ideal for people who are good with a paintbrush and can color in little details with precision. • Instructions above around supports and layer heights apply. • Print the combined 3mf file in one color. • Paint or use sharpies if desired to add color.