Claude 3D Models
A small, handmade desk companion of Claude. Modelled, printed, painted, photographed, and sold from my workshop. Started as a weekend project. Turned into a thing people actually pay money for.
Why
I use Claude every day. Somewhere along the way it stopped feeling like a tool and started feeling like a character. Useful, friendly, oddly likeable for a piece of software. I wanted something physical on my desk that captured that, so one weekend I sat down to model it.
A few iterations and a lot of failed prints later, the Claude Code mascot was sitting next to my keyboard. The obvious next thought: someone else probably wants one of these too.
Process
Modelled
Designed in CAD from scratch. A few rounds of getting the proportions right. The difference between “that's Claude” and “that's a generic blob” lives in millimetres.
Printed
Printed on my own machine. Tuned wall thickness, layer height, and supports until each part came off the bed clean and consistent enough to ship.
Finished
Hand-finished, painted, photographed. Every photo on the listing is mine. Cheap on the wallet, more honest on the product.
Modelling the body in CAD.
The family
Three sizes. Large, medium, and small. Same proportions, different scale. Pick the one that fits the gap on your desk.
Real sales
I listed it half as a joke, expecting nothing. People bought them. Then more people bought them. Selling something I'd made with my own hands to other Claude fans turned out to be the most quietly satisfying part of the whole project. Also a useful reminder. “Will anyone want this?” is a question you can't answer from your desk.
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