Beetles & Spring Flowers [Collab x BuckleNShackle]

2 months ago

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This month I teamed up with the wonderful BuckleNShackle (James), and honestly this collab was SO much fun to work on!! Probably one of my favourite ones ever, and I am sooo excited to share these at an upcoming festival I will be at (my first one in a very long time!!)

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We decided to work on the flowers together instead of splitting up separate models, and I absolutely loved doing it that way. It was so fun to turn little bits into a finished product together, and something I rarely get to do in collabs!! I blendered up the petals, pots, and leafy bits, and then James worked his CAD magic, edited it to make it work perfectly print in place and turned everything into an amazing print-in-parts bolt!!

He also designed the cutest ever spinners with ladybugs and beetles on them, and I was so awed when I saw them!! They looked SO adorable and accurate to the 3d versions of the ladybugs and it made me so happy to see them print out that way!!

He even turned the flower petals into spinners, which means the flowers are fidgets too!!

Seriously, please give him some love for his amazing CAD skills. Watching him take all of the pieces and engineer them into a functioning design was so cool. He even made two different versions of the top of the bolt, so you can put your flower straight up, or have a front view of it!

To go along with the flowers, I also made six little Mini Bean beetles! 🪲💖

Each beetle has optional magnet versions, and James added magnet spots into the center of the flowers as well. That means you can swap beetles around, display them on different flowers, or arrange your little beetle garden however you'd like~

We also made a little sprout storage pot! The storage pot and regular flower pot are interchangeable, so you can either use it to store your beetles, display them, or swap things around depending on how you want your garden set up 🌱

I had such a blast working on this set and I hope you all love these little beetle friends as much as I do 🥹

And if you haven't checked out BuckleNShackle before, definitely go take a look!! His fidgets are incredibly popular at markets (from personal experience when I used to do them!!), and he does an amazing job designing them. He is genuinely one of my favorite designers to work with 💖

As a bonus, I also included this Bug Party Sticker to get us in the spring vibes!!

Please only use this PNG I included as a bonus for homemade stickers (it is located in the download without the background!). The license for my PNGs does not allow production/manufactured stickers, other merchandise, or redistribution. Commercial use for homemade stickers is included for active Patreon subscribers with a valid commercial license.

WHAT'S INCLUDED

6x Mini Bean Beetles STL & 3MF

Ladybug Bean
Hercules Beetle Bean
May Beetle Bean
Diving Beetle Bean
Rhinoceros Beetle Bean
Stag Beetle Bean

Flower Bolt Pack

Sprout Storage Pot
Different pots for the bottom of the bolt
Two different flower tops (sunflower, daisy) and flower middles that spin!
Two different kinds of ways for the flower to attach
4 different spinners for the bolt (2 -3 leafy, and beetle pictures!)
Optional Magnet Cutouts
Interchangeable Flower Pot & Storage Pot

Hand Drawn Bug Party Sticker

FUN FACTS

🪲 Ladybugs are actually beetles, not bugs!

🪲 Hercules beetles are among the strongest insects in the world and can lift many times their own body weight.

🪲 Diving beetles carry bubbles of air underwater so they can breathe while swimming.

🪲 Rhinoceros beetles get their name from the large horn on their heads.

🪲 Stag beetles use their oversized jaws to wrestle other males.

🪲 May beetles are sometimes called June bugs depending on where you live.

RECOMMENDED PRINT SETTINGS

Layer Height: 0.16
Infill: 15%
Supports: Not usually needed
Filament: Matte or regular PLA
Adaptive Layers recommended for smoother effect
Beetles not reccommended to be further sized down as they are already very tiny, but sizing them up is okie! Bolts are tested to 75%.

Filaments I Used:
💖 Little Note: Some of the links I share under filaments are affiliate links. That just means if you decide to grab something through them, I may earn a tiny commission at no extra cost to you. It’s a sweet way to support me and helps me keep creating more cute models for you! Thank you so much for always cheering me on—you truly make this all possible. 🌸

Other Notes:

✨ My designs are not recommended for young children or anyone at risk of choking hazards, as some parts may be small. They are also not food safe, as always with 3D prints.

✨ I make all of my designs from scratch in Blender without the use of AI. I will be recording my process more this summer if I have the time, and making more videos. You can check my channel out here!: https://www.youtube.com/@StarMouse3D

Stay sillyl!!
Mouse 🐭✨

Beetles & Spring Flowers [Collab x BuckleNShackle]

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