Make a 3D printed pirate at home with cardboard

During this period of quarantine, it is not always easy to keep busy: colouring, puzzles and board games, these can do the trick! So why not turn on your 3D printer to design a 3D printed pirate using cardboard boxes? The French company La Biche-Renard has launched the “Carton-Pirate”, meaning Cardboard Pirate, a fun activity to do at home, with or without children, which will allow you to recycle your cardboard boxes and give them a second life. The actual printing process takes about 3 hours: the 3D files can be downloaded from the La Biche-Renard website, with a few tips as a bonus. You can also find our listing on the best STL files to download and to print during quarantine!

Every month, La Biche-Renard offers a subscription box to be received directly at home that includes all the necessary elements to design an object from your 3D printer: 3D files, filaments and other accessories. You can therefore manufacture your lighting, your electronic piano or even decoration. The last project of the French company consists in assembling a pirate from cardboard boxes and 3D printed parts.

The 3D files are available for free | Credits: La Biche-Renard

The Cardboard Pirate, a playful manufacturing project

The Cardboard Pirate consists of 21 3D printable components and a cardboard that is big enough and 2 mm thick to make the pirate’s body; you can for example use the box of your filament reel. All the 3D files can be downloaded for free from the site: bolts, screws, the pirate’s arm, his hat or his wooden leg. All parts can be printed in about 3 hours with any plastic material of your choice. The company recommends a layer thickness of 0.2 mm and only the wooden leg requires printing supports, therefore facilitating the whole process.