DIY Baby Groot Planter

Hi All,

In this instructable, I will share how to paint 3d printed baby groot planter, using acrylic paints and will use 3d printed layer line to our advantage.

Hope you like it

• 3d printed baby groot planter
• Acrylic paints
• 0.5 inch thick brush
• Very thin brush
• White sheet of paper
• White ink marker
• Varnish spray for acrylic

• You can search and download a suitable model from Thingiverse
• I used "baby groot pot (re-remix) by aricard" link https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3357065
• My printer settings were as below
  • Slicer: Cura 4.8
  • Resolution: 0.28
  • Infill: 10%
  • Supports : Tree, everywhere, angle 60°
  • Filament: black PLA
  • Printing time: 14 hrs
  • Scale : 150% ( height 15cm)

• If the 3d printed Groot is not black, then we must first paint it with a thin black acrylic paint
• Let it dry for a day before we continue
• Take the dark brown acrylic color and spread it on a white sheet of paper as shown
• Using a plain white sheet helps us to understand what colors will look like when mixed
• Using a thick (0.5") brush, apply a very thin coat of paint on 3d printed Groot
• Before the dark brown paint dries, dry brush with some yellow
• Again use paper to thin out the paint
• Since the brown paint is wet, the yellow paint mixed with it and give a light brown wooden look
• This will highlight the raised areas as a light shade of brown
• Before we continue, we will leave this to dry for 2 to 3 hours
• I covered the eyes too, donot worry, we will fix it later
• I didn't use any primer so that I could use 3dprinter's layer as wood texture
• Don't use an excessive amount of paint, as this will fill all the texture etc

• Using some green acrylic paints highlight some veins on the hands
• On it's head paint green in the cracks to green moss growth look

• It is easy to scrape off the acrylic paint from the eyes
• I used a toothpick to remove any paint
• As per some images on the internet, the iris is black and the sclera is red (the white part of our eye is called sclera)
• Painted sclera as a mixture of red-brown color and left the eye as black
• If you are not able to scrape the paint, use black acrylic paint on it
• To fake light reflection on the eye, use a white marker to draw the reflection

• Let the acrylic paint dry for at least 24 hr
• Inspect groot, if there are any areas that were missed, Paint where needed
• Apply a coat of varnish spray to protect the paint job\
• Let it dry for a day
• Plant a small plant and admire your work

I hope you liked the instructable, If you have any questions or suggestion, please let me know