**Disclaimer:** This is not my original model, I made my modifications to it and painted the entire thing.

***All credit goes to*** [***the original model and its creator on Cults3D***](https://cults3d.com/:2495602)***, Krakink3D.***



I have a really good friend who loves Legend of Zelda and was gifted a Switch 2 for his birthday because of the new Ocarina of Time remake announcement, so I wanted to give him a special gift rather than just get him a regular Amiibo.

I found this model online that looked perfect for the gift, and I made quite a few modifications to it to fit my needs:

* I added a hole at the base that's roughly 35mm by 1mm, big enough for an NTAG215 NFC Tag ([I used these ones from Amazon](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B091FDSTVP)), and I programmed mine using TagMo to behave like an Ocarina of Time Link Amiibo using an original one I have. I also painted the tag to match the rest of the base.
* I gave the rocks base a more stone\\rock-like texture using a few settings in the program.
* I combined several parts to reduce the time it took to print everything, and changed a few parts so they'd print more cleanly.
* I painted parts of the model inside the printer's slicer to the colors of filaments I have available, and the rest I printed in white and painted over with acrylic paints (first time painting a model with acrylics, that was a very painstaking process...)

After hours of painting everything I needed to the best of my abilities, I assembled everything with superglue, and did 3 coats of a matte clear coat spray to protect the paint and give it a smooth finish.



In the end, the model took a total time of roughly 2 days to print, and a few more hours to paint.

This took a lot of work and it's not as perfect as I would've liked it to be, but it was totally worth it.



I learned a lot from this, and I'm super happy with the result! I'm giving it to the friend tomorrow.

[OoT] My friend loves The Legend of Zelda, so I made him a custom, functioning Amiibo for his birthday!