Low Poly Tensegrity Dragon - Remix

Here are some further mods on the Low Poly Tensegrity Dragon…

In this edition I have altered the base to add in three adjustable tensioners to make balancing really easy. Just feed the line throught the model (the holes through the wings are credited to Hank), through the base and through the hole in the tensioner. Loop the line back around the tensioner once, pull it tight and trim the excess - it will hold on the tensioner without a knot. Then simply turn the tensioner, winding the line up to the required length and insert it into the base. The tensioner and matching hole are eight sided, so there is an eighth of a turn adjustment increment. The tensioner is a loose fit, but won't fall out. (first few I printed were too tight, and jammed in there)

The second remix I made was to alter the tail of the dragon to make it so a knot wasn't required there either - I did this with a channel in either side running to a thicker part of the body. There are two small holes - one at the tail and one in the thicker part - these are sized to take a small length of 1.75 filament. The filament can be glued in to hold th fishing line and prevent it from sliding up the tail. In hind sight, this part of the remix isn't ideal - it's finicky to put together and glue in place. A better option would have been to resize the tip of the tail and make it glue on over the left and right body pieces as a single piece - I may come back and remix that later

Finally, I added a small hole where the eye is - this suits 1.75mm filament - you can leave it open or poke a piece a different colour in there and trim it to length. You could also cut the filament a bit long and touch a soldering iron onto it. 

For printing, supports aren't essental, however there will be a few strands lost in the holes on the underside where the tail fishing line attaches to the body. The overhang for the legs is also a bit of a stretch and didn't print so cleanly for me. On that basis, I recommend supports from the baseplate only - this will support the hole on the underside and the legs but leave the wings untouched.

I printed .28 layers.