HALLOWEEN DIORAMA - THE ABANDONED HOUSE (Patreon)
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Good evening my dear friends!
So here it is! As promised, although it took me longer than I expected, here is the brand new Halloween diorama! The abandoned house!
This is probably the most detailed and largest project I have done so far. Not necessarily in terms of size but rather in terms of quantity of pieces. But it is big, I won't hide it from you, it is about 12.5in x12.5in x 12in high. (Approximately 320 x 320 x 300mm high).
A big project! We are talking about:
-65 different pieces.
-A total of about 155 pieces in the whole assembly. (we lost track at one point, lol!)
-31 plates in the Bambu Lab project file.
What were my challenges in this design?
-Manage to make it printable on a mini format printer.
-Manage to keep the modular sections so that the floors can
separate even if it is completely assembled.
-Make the design easy to print.
-Make everything hold together without being too complex.
-Be able to use it with all types of lighting, whether LED strips
or battery-powered tealights.
-Be able to scale it to a Hot Wheels format if desired. So make sure the thicknesses and tolerances on the parts work even at a reduced scale. On the other hand, I'll have some comments for you below on this point.
That being said, it is however similar to my other projects on the other points. In other words:
-All the parts are placed in the right position for printing.
-The file names are color coded as well as printing specifications (example, fuzzy skin, quantities etc)
-Complete instructions are included.
-A complete Bambu Lab file is included, with the fuzzy skin, color changes and brims already set on the necessary parts. Remember, my color changes are applied by LAYER and not painted, so you have to slice the plate to see them.
IMPORTANT INFORMATION:
-On the window openings of the wall sections of the house as well as on the basement window openings, I advise you to use tree supports (on buildplate). Although bridging is possible, putting tree supports will not take you much more time and you will be sure of the final quality.
-The design is made to be customizable. Some parts, like the fountain, the monuments, the mini Pumpkins (which is a last minute addition) and the trees doesnt have a specific place. You can place them like i did, or in a complete different way to make your very own decor.
-If you want to put it in Hot Wheels format, you must scale the whole project to 80%. An important point about this option is that I did some tests on several small parts, to see their level of details, and to confirm the tolerances here and there. On the other hand, I did not print the whole project at this scale. It is possible that some details need to be adjusted. If so, please let me know, I will make the necessary changes. You are my testers on this one my friends.
-The project calls for black and dark gray pieces. I used ONLY dark gray in my case. An insignificant detail, but one that you might be happy to know.
-The lighting I used is mostly battery-powered tealights on both floors. I have 4 or 5 per floor.
However, in the basement, I placed a very small piece of COB led strip in front of each window to create the Red Effect. A conventional LED strip can also do the job. The design is quite adaptable with several pass-through holes and ways to light it so feel free to use your favorite source of lighting. You can see my basement lighting in the last photo.
As for the rest of the instructions, I believe everything is mentioned in the instructions provided.
I sincerely hope you will like it!!! It took me longer than I would have liked, but in the end I am very proud of it.
Enjoy friends! Keep printing!!!
Pascal
FILAMENTS USED IN THIS PROJECT:
-BROWN: Polymaker - Polyterra Army Brown
-MUTED GREEN: Polymaker - Polyterra Muted Green
-MARBLE WHITE: Polymaker - Polyterra Marble White
-DARK GRAY: Sunlu - APla Gray
-MARBLE LIMESTONE: Polymaker - Polyterra Marble Limestone
-BLACK: Polymaker - Polyterra charcoal black (didnt used it)
-GREEN (For the trees): Polymaker - Polyterra Light Green
-RED: 3DPrintingCanada - House Brand China Red
-LIGHT GREEN: Polymaker - Polyterra Lime Green
-ORANGE: Polymaker - Polyterra Sunrise Orange
COB LED STRIPS:
SOLDERLESS CONNECTORS:
WIRES:
POWER ADAPTER: