# 3D Printed Zak McKracken - STL File available
**URL:** https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/3d-printed-zak-mckracken-stl-file-available/3920
**Category:** Fan Art
**Created:** [September 4, 2019, 10:29am UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/3d-printed-zak-mckracken-stl-file-available/3920 "2019-09-04T10:29:50Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@tlammert](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/tlammert)
#### Post date: [September 4, 2019, 10:29am UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/3d-printed-zak-mckracken-stl-file-available/3920/1 "2019-09-04T10:29:50Z")
Sine I think this deserves an own thread I´ll open one
> [@David Fox (with Annie Fox) and Noah Falstein in Germany in August! (+The price of pizza)](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/david-fox-with-annie-fox-and-noah-falstein-in-germany-in-august-the-price-of-pizza/3734/109):
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> David Fox has been given this original Zak McKracken action figure, printed in 3D.
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> The author, Marie Sydby, gave permission to everyone, to freely print this model, check out this tweet:
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> [twitter.com](https://twitter.com/DavidBFox/status/1165155022939852800)
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> #### [David Fox in Schwarzwald (Black Forest) (DavidBFox)](https://twitter.com/DavidBFox/status/1165155022939852800)
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> Anyone want to make their own [#ZakMcKracken](https://twitter.com/search?q=%23ZakMcKracken)? Here’s the 3D file from artist Marie Sydby. All you need is a 3D printer. [thingiverse.com/thing:3825912](https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3825912)
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> [6:52 AM - 24 Aug 2019](https://twitter.com/DavidBFox/status/1165155022939852800) 36 13
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### Author:  [@tlammert](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/tlammert)
#### Post date: [September 4, 2019, 10:32am UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/3d-printed-zak-mckracken-stl-file-available/3920/2 "2019-09-04T10:32:44Z")
I will transfer some messages over here to have it in one place for others that are interessted.
> [@David Fox (with Annie Fox) and Noah Falstein in Germany in August! (+The price of pizza)](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/david-fox-with-annie-fox-and-noah-falstein-in-germany-in-august-the-price-of-pizza/3734/125):
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> Ordered where? Or do you mean a 3D printer as opposed to an object?
> [@David Fox (with Annie Fox) and Noah Falstein in Germany in August! (+The price of pizza)](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/david-fox-with-annie-fox-and-noah-falstein-in-germany-in-august-the-price-of-pizza/3734/126):
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> From this online 3D print service:
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>  [All3DP – 12 Jul 19](https://all3dp.com/1/best-online-3d-printing-service-3d-print-services/)
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> ### [2019 Best Online 3D Printing Services | All3DP](https://all3dp.com/1/best-online-3d-printing-service-3d-print-services/)
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> What’s the best 3D printing service for your project? Check out our guide to the best online 3D printing services worldwide. Plus, how to choose the right 3D print service and how they calculate their prices.
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> Best prices, you can choose the material you prefer, quick delivery.
> Just upload the .SLT file provided by the author, in the David Fox’s tweet.
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> Mine is arrived JUST NOW!
> It’s raw, it must be polished and painted by hand, but it’s COOL!!!
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> The material I chosen is ABS, the cheapest one. If you want a higher level of coolness, you can choose another material, upto titanium, if you can afford it!
> [@David Fox (with Annie Fox) and Noah Falstein in Germany in August! (+The price of pizza)](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/david-fox-with-annie-fox-and-noah-falstein-in-germany-in-august-the-price-of-pizza/3734/127):
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> My one needs Polish too. A lot of polish. Same Material, but looks like lower quality. Or bad printer settings. Has some holes here and there but has Sharp edges. I’ll see how I fill the holes.
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> So I’m getting some sandpaper and start sanding 😄
> [@David Fox (with Annie Fox) and Noah Falstein in Germany in August! (+The price of pizza)](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/david-fox-with-annie-fox-and-noah-falstein-in-germany-in-august-the-price-of-pizza/3734/133):
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> I just checked again. since yours looks so different, I ordered PLA, not ABS.
> Did you really order ABS? You told me you orderd PLA too. In that case the price difference would make sense too.
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### Author:  [@tlammert](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/tlammert)
#### Post date: [September 4, 2019, 10:40am UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/3d-printed-zak-mckracken-stl-file-available/3920/3 "2019-09-04T10:40:32Z")
Yesterday I sanded it for about 3 hours (!) while wacthing netflix.
Wow it feels so lightweight, but sanding is very slow. But I´m trying to keep the sharp edges, so I´m clearly to gentle.
Started with 400 went back to 240 but ended at 180 papers which finaly made some progress.
Will continue this evening and will post my progress in this thread. I´m working an a 3d print for the first time, so we will see how it ends 😃 )
BTW just in case somebody wants to make their own, here are some helpfull files for coloring it.
After Zak and I ordered, the maker Isabera updatet the STL files on thingyverse, she changed the hands a little bit. You can see that on the following pictures.
Except the first all of these pictures are from Thingyverse.
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### Author:  [@ZakPhoenixMcKracken](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/ZakPhoenixMcKracken)
#### Post date: [September 4, 2019, 12:16pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/3d-printed-zak-mckracken-stl-file-available/3920/4 "2019-09-04T12:16:24Z")
Even David’s one is hand-painted. And from the above picture, it’s crystal clear.
I add that the best site is [https://www.craftcloud3d.com/](https://www.craftcloud3d.com/)
It’s a pool of 3D printer companies all around the world.
My order was forwarded to an italian company, which printed and sent the object to me.
That’s the reason of the lower shipping costs, too.
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### Author:  [@tlammert](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/tlammert)
#### Post date: [September 8, 2019, 6:23pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/3d-printed-zak-mckracken-stl-file-available/3920/5 "2019-09-08T18:23:12Z")
So, I have learned a few things. If you use pla for printing you get good details and sharp edges. But if you want a smooth surface you need to sand a lot. Acutally I sanded it for about six hours. It took so long because I wanted to keep that sharp and clear edges and this model has a lot of them. And a lot of small tiny areas you can’t sand easily.
I got a very smooth surface eventually and was happy with the result.
That was wasted time since I used acrylic paint, the kind that’s used for paintings.
It partly created a ruff surface.
That’s what I had on hand.
I’ve also learned I suck at coloring things. At least things like this, that have very small areas and where you have to paint pixels that are supposed to be square. With a brush…
I not really happy with the overall result but I keep it as it is. I’ve put way to much time in it already.
Also I wanted to give Zak his original hair and shirt color, but I couldn’t mix the right colors. So I have him the same blue like on the picture with David.
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### Author:  [@Frenzie](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/Frenzie)
#### Post date: [September 8, 2019, 7:14pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/3d-printed-zak-mckracken-stl-file-available/3920/6 "2019-09-08T19:14:47Z")
> [@tlammert](#):
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> I’ve also learned I suck at coloring things. At least things like this, that have very small areas and where you have to paint pixels that are supposed to be square. With a brush…
Masking tape. 🙂
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### Author:  [@tlammert](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/tlammert)
#### Post date: [September 9, 2019, 6:36am UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/3d-printed-zak-mckracken-stl-file-available/3920/7 "2019-09-09T06:36:15Z")
🤣
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### Author:  [@ZakPhoenixMcKracken](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/ZakPhoenixMcKracken)
#### Post date: [September 9, 2019, 8:36am UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/3d-printed-zak-mckracken-stl-file-available/3920/8 "2019-09-09T08:36:09Z")
You did a great job!
I don’t had the time to scrub the surface, nor to paint it, yet.
But your result is great!
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### Author:  [@tlammert](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/tlammert)
#### Post date: [September 9, 2019, 10:46am UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/3d-printed-zak-mckracken-stl-file-available/3920/9 "2019-09-09T10:46:43Z")
nah… I still have white spots here and there and painted with one color into another on other parts.
It was way worse but I tried my best to correct some mistakes. a lot are gone but it´s still not how I wish it would be.
Black on the legs was just perfect, everywhere the same tone after just one layer of paint.
Espesially the Blue on the shirt drives me crazy. I can´t count how many layers I painted there already, it´s still has different toned spots.
Trying to paint these tiny edges, you always touch the wrong place and need to repaint that too ^^
I said I take it like it is now, but I know me, I will at least try to paint the white spots and to get the shirt uniformly toned.
Should have asked somebody who knows what he does 😃
I wonder if a multicolor printer could print Zak with color 🤔 😆
> **[\[Album\] wermy](https://www.instagram.com/p/BowsKUul8qw/)**
Edit: Another nice example 🙂
> **[wermy](https://www.instagram.com/p/B06cwwkHNeb/)**
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### Author:  [@ZakPhoenixMcKracken](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/ZakPhoenixMcKracken)
#### Post date: [September 9, 2019, 12:05pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/3d-printed-zak-mckracken-stl-file-available/3920/10 "2019-09-09T12:05:04Z")
> [@tlammert](#):
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> I wonder if a Multicolor Printer could print Zak with color
It wouldn’t have been costed only 15 euros…
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### Author:  [@tlammert](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/tlammert)
#### Post date: [September 9, 2019, 4:13pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/3d-printed-zak-mckracken-stl-file-available/3920/11 "2019-09-09T16:13:19Z")
That´s for sure. 😃
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### Author:  [@ZakPhoenixMcKracken](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/ZakPhoenixMcKracken)
#### Post date: [October 20, 2019, 1:29pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/3d-printed-zak-mckracken-stl-file-available/3920/12 "2019-10-20T13:29:59Z")
Thanks to Serena’s father (a great painter), who painted my Zak 3D model for me 😍
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### Author:  [@Someone](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/Someone)
#### Post date: [October 20, 2019, 1:53pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/3d-printed-zak-mckracken-stl-file-available/3920/13 "2019-10-20T13:53:06Z")
Wohoo! Looks really great! Is the light-brown hair intended or will the parts painted in dark-brown too? 🤔
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### Author:  [@ZakPhoenixMcKracken](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/ZakPhoenixMcKracken)
#### Post date: [October 20, 2019, 9:16pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/3d-printed-zak-mckracken-stl-file-available/3920/14 "2019-10-20T21:16:47Z")
Intended. He said that he wanted to recreate the shadows!
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### Author:  [@Festarossa](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/Festarossa)
#### Post date: [December 15, 2019, 6:41pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/3d-printed-zak-mckracken-stl-file-available/3920/15 "2019-12-15T18:41:29Z")
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### Author:  [@Sushi](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/Sushi)
#### Post date: [December 16, 2019, 6:06am UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/3d-printed-zak-mckracken-stl-file-available/3920/16 "2019-12-16T06:06:15Z")
10.03m? That’s the biggest Zak I have ever seen! (Not even the _second_ biggest)
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### Author:  [@Festarossa](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/Festarossa)
#### Post date: [December 16, 2019, 6:22am UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/3d-printed-zak-mckracken-stl-file-available/3920/17 "2019-12-16T06:22:13Z")
Yes, I’ll make a statue on our front yard for the amusement of the neighbors…
Actually, the height will be 10 cm. That 10.03 m is the length of the thread needed.
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### Author:  [@Someone](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/Someone)
#### Post date: [December 16, 2019, 9:28am UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/3d-printed-zak-mckracken-stl-file-available/3920/18 "2019-12-16T09:28:41Z")
> [@Festarossa](#):
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> a statue on our front yard
Oh, man! Now I would _love_ to see that! 😃
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### Author:  [@Hightech](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/Hightech)
#### Post date: [December 26, 2019, 5:30pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/3d-printed-zak-mckracken-stl-file-available/3920/19 "2019-12-26T17:30:24Z")
Hello everybody,
I hope you all have a nice Christmas!
I’m a big thimbleweed park fan. For Christmas, my brother printed ZAK incl. the room! 😍
Greetings from Germany
Björn
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### Author:  [@ZakPhoenixMcKracken](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/ZakPhoenixMcKracken)
#### Post date: [December 27, 2019, 8:09am UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/3d-printed-zak-mckracken-stl-file-available/3920/20 "2019-12-27T08:09:32Z")
This fits perfectly!!!
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