Mad Bodgin’ Mage (Amiibo Smash) Log: The Trifource

For this bodge log I will be going over the process of making a Triforce that also functions as multiple amiibos.



I thought it would be a cool concept having each piece containing the NFC chip of their chosen holder.

Din, Goddess of Power for Ganon



Nayru, the Goddess of Wisdom for Zelda



and Farore, the Goddess of Courage for Link



The design that I went for was a tetrahedron (a d4 or 4-sided die) so that the completed product would be nice and compact. I made a quick mock model to test that it would work. This design also meant I had space to add another chip as there would be a fourth side available. Shiek & Toon Link were the candidates. I went with Toon Link as I needed Sheik for a future project and she’s harder to come by where I am at the moment.

Next I had to extract the NFC chips. This had it’s ups and downs. Ganon was the easiest – he popped off and had no problems. Zelda had such an excess of glue that I was afraid I actually damaged the chip during the extraction. Link’s base…didn’t survive the process

With that done I was able to take proper measurements of the chips and make a proper paper d4 to place them in and test:



With the scans confirmed I was able to cut plasticard to cover the paper D4 with:



Once I confirmed the shapes fit together, I took them apart to begin painting. If I had the tools, I would have liked to bevel the cuts to make everything fit neater.

Here’s the painted bits before they went together:





and after that the proper assembly:



T’was a bodgin’