The Home Invaders

Customizable household organizers inspired by the classc game Space Invaders.

The arcade game would only hold you up for quarters but these aliens will also hold up your keys, wallet, phone, pocket knife, headphones, etc....

Key Design Features
* Personalize: Choose from all the classic invaders.
* Accesorize: Many accesories to fit your needs
* Mix & Match: Completely modular! tens of thousands of combinations
* No Hardware! (Other than two screws for base plate to drywall)
* All to scale, designed so everything fits on a 225x225 print surface.

Invaders

12x87 mounts
Lowest tier invader, holds the most stuff. Isn't that always the case when you're the lowest tier?



11x86 mounts
The "Jumping Jack" invader, arguabley the most memorable from the game.



8x85 mounts
The Lundberg of invaders, holds the least amount of stuff. Was always the last to sneak up on you just when you thought you had the level beat.

Accessories
Not shown, a wall mount and mounting pins are also included. All accessories use the 5mm mounting pin where the wall mount uses the original 6mm pin.

Acc
Description



Cover 2x1 Decorative cover plate



Hook 2x1 Single centered hook




Hook Right 2x1 Single hook offset right



Hook Left 2x1 Single hook offset left



Headphone Hanger 2x2 Holds headphones, was designed for the Bose QC 30 but should work with many others.



Shelf 7x1 A gravity operated anti movement device. requires two mount points with single space between

Mounting System

1. Insert the pin
2. Set tabs into notches
3. Slide down to lock

Print Execution
These are large flat prints for the majority of the print time and present all the associated challenges. Please read this if you are having trouble with adhesion, warping, scaring, etc.

Print Settings
| Print Setting | Value |
| Material | PLA |
| Initial Layer Height | 0.24 |
| Layer Height | 0.2 |
| Build Plate Adhesion | Brim (4mm) |
| Top Layers | 5 |
| Bottom Layers | 5 |
| Wall | 3 |
| Supports | yes (only for accessories printed vertically) |

Appendix

Also Published

Git Hub

Resources

Delta Mount:
https://www.youmagine.com/designs/deltamount

Credits and Inspiration
Attachment mechanisms for this project are based upon this design.

Delta mount (https://www.youmagine.com/designs/deltamount).

Misc Design Notes
Keen eyed video game purists will notice that I've taken liberties with a pixel here and there to make the characters printable and to allow space for hangers.

Models were created in blender are are based on 18.5mm per pixel.

Special Mention: Came across this https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4118227 while trying to decide which pixels to add to the middle invader. Nice design if you need support for large headphones. The center slot idea also wound up being the best solution for my headphones as well.

Notes on Scaling
Full disclosure I had some trouble scaling these in Cura, I think the problem is that Belnder isn't the best at joining parts cleanly, your results may vary. To maintain accuracy scale parts along consistent dimensions.

TL;DR: scale 10,20,and 30 pt invaders to equal height.