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What Beyblade Did I Want?

For this specific design, it came as a challenge from my friend, and it’s a Beyblade designed to move fast and hit hard.

Design-wise, I wanted this Beyblade to be round, fast, and aggressive. But getting the design right meant paying attention to a few key details, from its overall shape to the tip and the finer details of the model.

Key Design Details

When designing a Beyblade, small details can make a difference in both its appearance and how it moves. Here are a few things I focused on when designing Blasphemous Beelzeb.

Blasphemous Beelzeb 3D Model

The CAD model shows the shape and fine details of Blasphemous Beelzeb before manufacturing.

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• Shape: Typically, round Beyblades are more defensive than they are aggressive, so that’s why I went with an oval shape. The elongated ends were intended to give the Beyblade a more aggressive design.
• Tip design: One of the basic fundamentals of Beyblade movement is the shape of the tip. To make this one super fast, I went with an entirely flat tip with a hole bored out in the middle, with the hole intended to give it a little extra spinning stamina! 
• Fine details: I also wanted to capture the finer details of my original design, including the honeycomb pattern at the top and bottom ends of the Beyblade. These details were important to the overall look of the finished piece.

Choosing My CAD Tools

Believe me when I say that I’m no professional when it comes to CAD. But where there’s a will, there’s a way. Picking up basic 3D modeling skills from the countless video tutorials on YouTube, I was able to quickly understand the basics of 3D modeling using TinkerCAD, an online 3D modeling platform meant for students.

But like any good student, you eventually graduate. Moving on from TinkerCAD, my CAD program of choice became Autodesk Fusion. But CAD is CAD, and the fundamentals of Beyblade modeling are the same, no matter what you use.

I’ve been hobby-modeling for over a year and a half now, and I like to think I’m pretty dialed in on the fundamentals of making Beyblades.Creating my own Beyblade 3D models has also given me more freedom to experiment with different shapes and details.

Check out my video and see how I got started?

Why Metal 3D Printing?

With Beyblade designs moving from mostly plastic toward more metal-forward designs, getting the material right is important for both performance and giving a custom project that official product look.

For this project, I using Selective Laser Melting (SLM) from IN3DTEC for its ability to print metal parts with fine details, along with its range of material and surface finish options.

Some areas of my design had a minimum wall thickness of 0.1 mm, making it important to capture the finer features of the original model.

Choosing 316L Stainless Steel and the Surface Finish

For my design, the material I chose was 316L stainless steel. To give my custom Beyblade that official look, I went with the stone/magnetic surface finish.

The goal was to get closer to the look of an official Beyblade, rather than leaving the stainless steel in its unfinished printed state.

Finished Custom 3D Printed Beyblade

The finished Blasphemous Beelzeb combines a 316L stainless steel component with additional nylon parts.

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Here’s the finished product in its full glory! Meet Blasphemous Beelzeb, a fully custom Beyblade printed using in3dtec!

This was my first time getting a custom design of mine printed using In3dtec and I’m impressed with the quality! From the surface finish itself, thanks to the stone and magnetic finishing options, to the file details in the “honey comb” detailing you can see at the top and bottom ends of the Beyblade!

I’m no stranger to printing my custom Beyblades out using stainless steel, but you can really tell the difference between stainless steel 3D print without any surface finishing versus the surface finishing offered by in3dtec

Unfinished Stainless Steel 3D Print

An unfinished stainless steel print shows the difference surface finishing can make to the appearance of a custom Beyblade.

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With any custom creation based on an existing franchise, making a custom piece so convincing that it’s hard to distinguish from the actual product is a tall order and probably the goal that any custom hobbyist strives for. But with services like in3dtec, it really gives you that extra edge on creating something both beautiful but also realistic enough to fool the average person. 

Official vs. Custom 3D Printed Beyblade

The official Storm Pegasis and custom Blasphemous Beelzeb show the visual similarities between a commercial Beyblade and a custom 3D printed design.

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Visually, despite official Beyblades (Storm Pegasis in Blue on the left), being made of zamak-3, a zinc alloy, with the stone and magnetic finishes, stainless steel is near indistinguishable from the real deal! At this point, it’s only super fans or flaws in the custom design itself that would give away its true nature as a custom project (though I’d like to think that my design passes that test).

And of course, Beyblades are battling spinning tops, not just display pieces! Blasphemous Beelzeb was made for actual battles, too. The metal part forms the base, while lightweight nylon parts from IN3DTEC sit between the metal and plastic parts, contributing to the overall design.

Metal and Nylon Components of a Custom Beyblade

The assembled Beyblade combines a metal base with lightweight nylon parts as part of the overall design.

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A custom Beyblade is more than just a 3D model or a finished metal part. It’s meant to spin, battle, and be put to the test.

See this 3D printed Beyblade in action and learn more about the design process? Check out the video below!