Regardless of your age, odds are you know who the Minions are. These famous yellow characters, who made their debut in the film Despicable Me, have gained massive popularity and millions of fans around the world.
With 3D printing becoming more and more accessible, it’s the perfect opportunity to make your very own Minion 3D prints and express your passion for these adorable little yellow guys or to print a gift for someone who’ll love it. To help you get started, we’ve created a curated list with some of the most fun Minion models available for 3D printing. Scroll down and choose your favorites!
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Dave Figurine
Let’s start things off with a simple yet cool model of Dave the Minion. This model is a perfect contender for a desk or shelf ornament, and it’ll make sure everyone notices you’re a Minion fan!
Supports are needed in whatever orientation you print the model, but we’d suggest you first print him standing. This way, support won’t be touching too much of the model’s surface area, reducing the risk of an ugly looking surface after support removal.
- Who designed it? Poh
- How printable/popular is it? This simple figure is quite popular and 103 Thingiverse users have posted their makes.
- Where to find it? Thingiverse
Phone Stand
Phone stands come in handy when it comes to checking your phone while you’re working. 3D printed phone stands have always been popular, and if you’re a Minion fan, you’ll like this a lot. What makes this 3D printed phone stand special is, naturally, its design; it looks like a Minion is holding your phone up.
The only negative point about this design is the lack of ability to connect a charging cable to the phone while it’s on the stand.
This clever design has angles such that you’ll be able to print this without supports. If you don’t love the idea of it being all one color, you could change the filament color or consider getting artsy and painting the Minion.
- Who designed it? Saturdaypainters
- How printable/popular is it? At least 12 people have successfully printed this model, and over 12,000 have downloaded it.
- Where to find it? Thingiverse
Tip Box
We’re all used to seeing money boxes in the form of piggy banks, so how about something different? This model was designed to serve as a money box where a glass jar is inserted between the two halves of Minion Dave. It’s a clever and cool upcycling design. No wonder it’s been downloaded more than 7,600 times!
If you’re considering 3D printing this model, make sure that the diameter of the upper and bottom parts of Dave suit the diameter of the jar you decide to use. You can do this either in your slicer or in your favorite CAD software.
- Who designed it? ccetinkaya
- How printable/popular is it? This Minion coin saver is a very popular download, with over 7,600 downloads. At least two users have posted their makes and have both printed with ABS.
- Where to find it? MyMiniFactory
Star Wars Zombie
In a galaxy far, far away, someone thought of creating this unique Star Wars-inspired Minion 3D model. As you can tell by looking at the picture above, this 3D model brings together a Minion body and an interesting split head design: One half of the head is a Stormtrooper’s helmet with Minion goggles attached, while the other half is of a skull.
Although it may look like a complex model to print, it’s actually rather easy. Supports aren’t a must here but can contribute to better print results in some cases.
- Who designed it? lapinou007
- How printable/popular is it? Not surprisingly, this is another popular download with around 3,000 downloads. At least one user has successfully posted their print, and it looks like the Force was with them when they made this awesome print!
- Where to find it? MyMiniFactory
Goggles
Minion goggles have became famous eyewear, and now you can get in on the action! The designer shaped the goggles to fit his head, so it won’t be a perfect fit for everyone’s eyes, but maybe with some scaling… Furthermore, the strap isn’t 3D printing, so it’s up to the maker to find their own strap solution.
Printing these should be relatively easy. Choosing the orientation is up to you, but we’d suggest positioning it so that the “eyes” are looking up. This way, you’ll avoid the need to have supports on the exterior of the goggles.
Time Traveler Bob
With plenty of regular Minion 3D models available, why not mix things up with these sweet versions of Minion Bob? Pictured above, the blue model represents Bob from the Stone Age, while the red model is Bob in his days as a knight.
Both look cute, are relatively fast to print, and could even serve as print tests for a new printer. Apparently, Bob from the Stone Age requires around 155 minutes while as a knight, he takes 7 minutes longer.
- Who designed it? Eimile
- How printable/popular is it? These two models combined have had more than 3,000 downloads. Despite that, there is just one maker who has shared their print success.
- Where to find it? MyMiniFactory (Bob The Knight), MyMiniFactory (Bob From Stone Age)
Multicolored Minions
If you’re a type who loves challenges, this one’s for you. That, or you’ll want a multicolor 3D printing setup like Prusa’s Multi Material upgrade. It’s suggested to print the models horizontally, as that orientation will ensure the smallest possible amount of supports and height of the wipe tower.
The designer printed them with a 0.2 mm layer height and a 5% infill, so that seems like a good setup for your print settings.
- Who designed it? BZH1
- How printable/popular is it? 28 Thingiverse users posted their makes of the models and all seem satisfied with their prints.
- Where to find it? Thingiverse (Kevin), Thingiverse (Bob), Thingiverse (Stuart)
Fire Hydrants in a Hot Tub
What we have here is a bit of a project. Obviously, it’s a 3D model of Stuart the Minion in the bathtub with hydrants.
Where things get interesting is, once you download all the files attached to this design, you’ll realize that there are quite a few parts to put together! Still, it’s not too complicated. Mostly it requires time to assemble and paint.
For printing settings, we recommend a 0.15-mm layer height to achieve just a little more precision. The designer says the base is optional and requires a 200 x 200 mm print bed. If that’s too much, you can always split the STL file.
- Who designed it? JamesRX
- How printable/popular is it? 14 Thingiverse users have posted their makes of this awesome model. The base is 20 cm x 30 cm, so several users have opted to scale it down 80% or 60%.
- Where to find it? Thingiverse
Chess Set
The Minions can be quite combative when they want to be, so why not have them fight it out in a game of chess?
One side is G for Gru; the other is M for El Macho, from Despicable Me 2. Supports are needed for the arms of the knights, bishops, and kings, but overall, the pieces shouldn’t represent a complex challenge for printing. That said, for M’s team, the lion’s mane hair design of the Minions may be a little bit tricky, but it’ll look great once achieved!
The best part? There’s no need to paint them individually if you’re interested, as simply having the two sides in different colors suffices.
- Who designed it? NeuroDragn
- How printable/popular is it? Almost 700 users have downloaded the files.
- Where to find it? Cults
Cookie Cutter
We saved the most delicious for last. Your freshly baked cookies will be even tastier with this 3D printed, Minion-themed cookie cutter.
Naturally, kids will love this, and the best part is that it’s really easy to print. No supports needed here. PLA would be our material of choice for this print, although food-safety precautions should be taken.
- Who designed it? Taurus82
- How printable/popular is it? 6 Thingiverse users have posted successful makes of this model, which has been downloaded over 5,600 times.
- Where to find it? Thingiverse
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