It’s that time of year again. The time when Boney M is being blasted across every speaker in every store you walk into, and Mariah Carey has exited her dark cave to release yet another Christmas album.
But that also means you’ve probably got your Christmas tree set, and what’s better than decorating said tree with some super sick, customised dangle doodads. (Yes, that is what they are called; don’t look it up.)
The standard, sparkly, snowflake embossed baubles will obviously populate most of your tree, but we like to add a little bit of gamer love to ours, and thanks to 3D Store, we’ve got the perfect piece of hardware to 3D print a whole whack of new dangle doodads that will add that gamers touch.
So, without further ado, here are a few of our favourite STL files to print for our Christmas trees and a few custom NAG ones that we’ve remixed and designed ourselves.
The Standard Collection:
Trees For Your Trees So You Can Tree While You Tree
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Print Settings:
Recommended layer height: 0.2 mm minimum
Infill: 15%
Supports: Not necessary
Print size: 100%
Rotation: None
What’s better than placing a few miniature trees next to your Christmas tree to spread the Christmas spirit even further?
This STL pack contains four different kinds of trees to print, offering a variety of designs to suit anyone’s needs. There is even a satisfying slot-in design that you can print in two separate colours to make things even more festive.
Sharp As An Icicle
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Print Settings:
Recommended layer height: 0.2 mm minimum
Infill: 10%
Supports: Auto tree supports
Print size: 63%
Rotation: Rotate so the point faces up
This hollowed-out, spiral pointy-bauble is perfect for those who want to add extra shapes to their decoration.
The print comes in two parts: a bauble and a cap that can be easily secured with super glue. Finish it off with a little bit of spray on snow and a shiny gold string, and you’ll have a neat little ornament for the tree.
Round and Spinny
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Print Settings:
Recommended layer height: 0.2 mm minimum
Infill: 15%
Supports: Auto tree supports
Print size: 100%
Rotation: None
This classic round spiral bauble is sure to keep your cats mesmerised as it spins hanging from the tree.
We’d recommend using a metallic material for this one for that extra pop, but it still looks great in white, red and black.
The print comes in two pieces, the bauble and the cap, which can be secured with a little bit of super glue and then hung on the tree as is or with a short piece of string.
The Geek Collection:
Retro Love
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Print Settings:
Recommended layer height: 0.2 mm minimum
Infill: 10%
Supports: Auto tree supports
Print size: 100%
Rotation: Rotate so all flight sides face the build plate. Rotate the Ghosts upright.
Retro gamers will love this bauble as it features the classic Pacman head with a mouthful of ghosties.
The print itself comes in four pieces: a rear, a face, a tongue, and a ghost, which allows you to put it together in various ways.
Print only the Pac man parts for a classic Pacman head, with the rear and face in yellow and the tongue in black, or print up to four ghosts to feature Blinky (red), Pinky (pink), Inky (cyan), and Clyde (orange).
Just make sure you’ve got some quick-drying super glue on hand to ensure the pieces stick together quickly and are as aligned as possible.
Gotta Catch ‘Em All
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Print Settings:
Recommended layer height: 0.2 mm minimum
Infill: 10%
Supports: Auto tree supports
Print size: 100%
Rotation: Rotate so all rounded sides face upwards.
Pokemon fans rejoice! If you’re looking to hang a little bit of the original gacha game on your tree, look no further than this collection of Pokebaubles.
The set features a variety of Pokeballs to print, all with the same base, which makes printing even easier. Grab yourself a Lure Ball, Friend Ball, Heavy Ball, Love Ball, Level Ball and Fast Ball. The Fast Ball comes with its own base just to finish the piece off nicely.
Splash on a bit of paint to any of these prints, and you’ll have yourself a Christmas tree for which Ash Ketchum would die.
The NAG Collection:
The Classic Badger
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Print Settings:
Recommended layer height: 0.2 mm minimum
Infill: 10%
Supports: None
Print size: 30%
Rotation: None
We had to turn the good ol’ dancing badger into a tree ornament, everyone at the NAG office was just begging for it.
Luckily, NAG’s expert 3D Designer managed to come up with a plan and get it right for 3D printing. It may be simple, but it still captures the joy of the little, mischievous guy.
We recommend painting it in all black and sinking a little bit of yellow into the logo at the bottom.
The 2024 Badger
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Print Settings:
Recommended layer height: 0.2 mm minimum
Infill: 10%
Supports: None
Print size: 45%
Rotation: None
This year, we updated the badger to resemble more of a COD badge(r), showing off the creature’s face in all its cuteness.
We still recommend painting this one all black with a dry brush of yellow on the raised NAG logo.
Throwing this bad boy onto your tree will definitely increase your headshot rating in COD, trust us.
The D20
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Print Settings:
Recommended layer height: 0.2 mm minimum
Infill: 10%
Supports: None
Print size: 100%
Rotation: None
We remixed this D20 ornament, replacing the “1” with our new NAG logo. This print comes in two parts: the dice bauble itself and a nifty screw-in cap that allows you to hang it from your tree.
Printing the di at 100% produces a huge bauble that will definitely catch the eye of any passer-by, but if you want to go a little smaller, we’d say that 70% is the smallest you should go.
Paint this one up in something metallic and then go dark in the numbers for some extra pop on your tree.
And there you have it! The selection of baubles that we’re 3D printing at NAG HQ to add a little bit of gamer-spirit to our Christmas this year.
If you have any questions about these or any other STL files, hardware, or accessories, please contact us at hey@nag.co.za or chat with the professionals over at 3D Store for some of that customer-satisfaction-guaranteed-touch.