NEW ILLUMINATED HALLOWEEN DIORAMA! THE HAUNTED HOUSE! (Patreon)

Hello my beloved friends!

Tonight I'm more than happy to present to you the first Halloween diorama of this year!

A cute, highly detailed haunted house that can be illuminated with battery-powered tealights or one (or more) LED strips!

It took me a lot of work, but in the end, I think it's my favorite Halloween house I've made! I particularly love the little ghost in the center window and the spiderwebs all over the place.

Honestly, i'm totally in love with it!

The design is modular, it comes apart into three sections, and allows access to all levels to add or modify lighting. So its gonna be easy for you to install your wires and other components.

That being said, the project is very similar to previous projects of this type from previous years;

Simple parts to print.

Prints easily on a "mini" printer, such as the Prusa Mini and the Bambu Lab A1. The project can be easily enlarged to suit your needs.

All parts are oriented correctly for printing.

Easy assembly, but you must follow the instructions carefully as they contain important information.

File names are color-coded and number-coded.

Complete Bambu Lab project file included.

The project is almost support-free. Almost, because only one part requires supports, and that's the basement foundation section. Technically, the part could print with good bridge settings, but the fact that the openings are very close to the corners isn't ideal for a beautiful result. Supports help to adjust everything.

Some parts require color changes. These are all per-layer and can be done on any printer. No AMS required. If you're not familiar with color changes by layers, I invite you to visit my community page for help:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/1403567230344891

Again, at the risk of repeating myself, the color changes are already set in the Bambu Lab file. However, they are set per layer and not painted. So you must first slice the plate to see the color changes in the preview and on the slider on the right.

A quick note before finishing: I always recommend performing dry fit checks before gluing your parts. I recommend it even more strongly on this project. If you're having trouble fitting the parts together, make sure you don't have elephant foot or over-extrusion in your prints. Or sometimes it can be a tiny little line all the way around the part, caused by the brim, that makes it difficult to insert.

If this is the case, a quick sanding with sandpaper will often resolve the issue, but it's always best to have the right settings for your filaments so that everything fits together easily. So, do some tests without glue first, and then glue afterwards, which is very important.

With that, I think I've covered everything for this project! I'll be back soon with an update on what's to come!

Have fun, friends! Keep printing!

Pascal