This project started with the Ball joint articulated octopus by Ellindsey. After printing some tentacle segments with clear filament, I wanted to illuminate my octopus! I used Tinkercad to design and print an illuminated battery powered "rock" that the octopus can chill on. LEDs in the rock shine through his clear head and clear tentacle segments. The original octopus was scaled to 142% to be big enough to fit around a rock that could house an 18650 Li-ion battery.
This project offers lots of opportunity for creativity and customization:
-Print and assemble the tentacle segments in different colors
Choose between four octopus heads:
-Original
-Alien
-Steampunk
-Skull
Customize your LEDs. examples:
-Slow flash RGB
-Fast flash RGB
-Blue / Red flashing
-Red / Green flashing (Christmas colors!)
-Regular LEDs (current limiting resistors required)
Choose your favorite switch type
-Toggle switch
-Locking push button switch
