Chicken 1 (Did the chicken or egg come first?)

 Did the Chicken or the Egg come first?

My clock project made an unexpected turn from my original idea. My original idea was inspired by my
 fat chicken plushy named Chicken Little. I was determined to make it work, and I did. However upon further research I realized that someone had already made a 3d printable clock very similar to my design. Of course the models were different sizes and shapes but I was a bit upset that someone had the same idea. So I went back to the drawing board.  

I was edited my chicken and deleted the body and I saw the new vision. How could something look 

so stupid yet so amazing at the same time!! This was my chance to make a new clock that was beautiful and unique to my knowledge and bring back something from my elementary school days. 

Sketches:

Ladies and Gentlemen I present to you Robert Robby Robbie:

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Render Version:

He's pretty cool and really round. However with my time limit I didn't feel like he was a good option.
He was really big and when I made him small he was too annoying to work around. In order to put a
clock part it would be quiet weird cause of the stomach being so round. It would cause a lot of excess filament to be used when I really didn't need all that waste. As a started model he served his purpose
and I love him. 

Something that really forced me to create a new module was when I searched up 3d printed chicken clock. I found a module that looked exactly the same as mine. Same idea, different eyes but that was enough for me to be like nope new idea. 

Which brings me to how I came across my idea for (who I affectionately call) Chicken 1:

So how did Chicken 1 become a model? Well it all happened when I was reworking my original
module and I deleted the body by accident. Immediately I knew he was perfect!!!!

Leading me to a rabbit hole of an army of chickens in my Rhino file. As shown below:

That's a lot of chicken modules. You can see how he starts to develop and how I started to stick
 to a pretty specific design. Big head and big eyes and generally bigger body. 

Final Version of Chicken 1:

What a guy!! He's so cool. I just love him.

Final Rendered Version of Chicken 1:

3D Printing Model

3d printing went super well and pretty easy. 

Here are a few pictures I took of the process:

Pieces after print:

Final Model (NO NUMBER):

Final Model (NO NUMBER):

 

Reflection:

• What worked well in your design
  My overall model worked very well and the build is great.

• What challenges you encountered during fabrication or assembly
  Challenges I encountered was only for assembly some of the fits were very tight. The left wing was slightly bigger than the right. The right wings fits in so perfect but the left I had to really twist and push it in to the hole. The feet to put in where such a strange angle but once I go them in perfect fit. Everything else was perfect. 

• What you might change if you were to produce another iteration of the clock                                           If I was to change anything the only thing I would change is maybe mayyybeee where the supports are add them tot he actual design. He looked like a sad chicken and he was kinda cute. That would be the only thing. I was thinking of maybe adding more allowance for the limbs to fit in but if I did maybe they wouldn't fit at all and constantly fall out.