Mummy pumpkin figurine 3D print, a free cheerful Halloween piece

Multipart STL you print in separate colors, no AMS needed

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Mummy pumpkin figurine 3D print, a free cheerful Halloween pieceWe print every model ourselves. This render shows the original model exactly as it comes off the printer - only digitally staged.
Contents
  1. Why a mummy pumpkin figurine 3D print needs no AMS
  2. The bandage texture carries the detail
  3. Color choices beyond the classic combination
  4. Assembly and where it sits

Hey makers, we have something new on the virtual workbench. The Mummy pumpkin figurine 3D print is today's subject, and we are taking a closer look at the thinking, geometry, and details behind it.

A mummy pumpkin figurine 3D print sounds like a mashup of two Halloween clichés, but seeing the two side by side on one small body is what makes it work. The wrapped bandage body gives it the classic mummy silhouette, and instead of a blank face or a skull, there’s a bright jack-o-lantern grinning out from the wrappings. It’s a small, specific joke of a design, and it reads instantly for what it is the moment you glance at a shelf.

Sektor 7 Studios built this one as a multipart model, which changes how you approach the print. The pumpkin face and the stem are separate pieces from the bandaged body, so you’re not stuck printing a single fused mesh in one filament color. That split is the whole reason the model works without an AMS or any multicolor hardware, and it’s a detail worth noticing before you queue up the files, because it means the color decisions happen at the slicer, not mid-print.

Why a mummy pumpkin figurine 3D print needs no AMS

Plenty of multicolor figures depend on a multi-material system to swap filament mid-print, which locks a lot of people out if they only run a single-extruder machine. This one sidesteps that by splitting the color-critical parts into their own files from the start. You print the white bandaged body, the orange pumpkin face, and the brown stem as separate jobs, swap spools between prints instead of mid-print, and glue the pieces together afterward.

It’s a low-tech solution, but it’s the kind that actually works on any printer regardless of what hotend or multicolor unit you do or don’t have sitting on the desk. Nobody has to own an AMS to end up with a convincingly multicolor mummy, which is probably the main reason this one got released as a free model in the first place: it’s meant to be printed by as many people as possible, not gated behind extra hardware.

The bandage texture carries the detail

The wrapped-bandage surface is where most of the visual interest sits. It’s called out specifically as detailed texture, and on a model this size that’s what separates it from a plain lumpy mummy shape. The pumpkin face sits on top of that texture rather than blending into it, so the contrast between the dull wrap and the glossy-bright orange face is doing a lot of the work once it’s painted or printed in color.

That contrast is also why the color split matters so much here. A single-color print of this same geometry would still show the bandage detail, but it would lose the pumpkin face entirely as a separate visual element, which is really the whole joke of the design.

Color choices beyond the classic combination

Sektor 7 Studios printed theirs in white bandages, an orange face, and a brown stem, which is the obvious seasonal choice and probably the safest first print. But because the parts are separate, nothing stops you from running a full monochrome version for a cleaner, less cartoonish look, or trying an unconventional Halloween palette, purple bandages, green face, whatever matches the rest of a display.

It’s described as a fun model for experimenting with filament combinations, and the multipart structure is exactly what makes that experimentation cheap. You’re only reprinting the piece you want to change, not the whole figure, so testing three color schemes costs you three small parts rather than three full mummies.

Assembly and where it sits

Putting it together is just gluing the pumpkin face and stem into position on the body, no pins, no supports to clean up mentioned anywhere. That makes it a fast weekend print rather than a project you have to set aside time for. Scale-wise it’s pitched as desk, shelf, or general home decoration, small enough to tuck between other objects without taking over a surface.

That fits a lot of October decorating, which tends to be more about scattering small spooky details around a room than building one big centerpiece. A mummy pumpkin figurine 3D print like this one slots into that kind of setup easily, next to other small seasonal prints rather than instead of them.

It’s free on Thangs, Patreon and MakerWorld, with predefined print profiles available and 3MF files set up specifically for Bambu Lab printers if you want to skip manual slicing. For anyone adding to a small Halloween collection piece by piece, this is an easy one to print, glue, and set down without committing much filament or time to find out whether you like it.

That is everything we wanted to share about the Mummy pumpkin figurine 3D print for now. Have fun printing, scaling, coloring, or experimenting with it, and stay tuned for whatever comes off our virtual workbench next.

Leon Sektor 7 Studios

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Recommended Print Settings

The settings and the filament we used for our own print of this model, and the combination that gave us the best result. A recommendation, not a requirement.

Filament
Bambulab PLA Matte bone white, orange, brown
Infill
10% Gyroid or Grid
Layer Height
0.2mm
Walls
2
Nozzle Size
0.4mm
Support Structure
needed
Brim
we recommend a brim for better bed adhesion
Skirt Loops
1 (optional)

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