MINI TEALIGHT LANTERNS! (Patreon)

Hello fantastic friends!

Sorry for the delay since the last model. Life has been rough on us lately, but I don't want to dwell on that in this post. I'll do another update in a few days to explain it in more detail. ;)

That being said, I'm coming to you tonight with a Halloween-themed quick print that will delight many of you because it's once again something I've been asked for often!

Beautiful mini tealight lanterns with spooky Halloween scenes!

You can print them with white backgrounds or colorful ones! Its up to you!

This is a project that couldn't be simpler to make! There are some small challenges, like the small lip on the side panels, but with good adhesion, a clean bed, and good settings, it prints super well without any hassle.

If you like the project, I'm thinking of making a few sets for Christmas as well. All I'll need to do is print the lanterns in gold or silver, and for which I'll create beautiful Christmas scenes, of course, rather than the ones shown here.

These little lanterns are lit with battery-operated tealights. I recommend purchasing rechargeable tealights with a remote control. It's a pure joy to be able to light them all at once without having to open the lanterns.

Here's a link of the tealights we are using here. It's a canadian link, but you can find them on Amazon.com too without problem:

https://a.co/d/9CfYbTy

True to my usual practice, the project prints without any supports; everything is already positioned in the correct orientation for printing, and a complete Bambu Lab file is included with the settings already configured.

The scenes require a simple color change on the correct layer to go from the background color to black. If you print at a 0.2mm layer height, you'll make the color change on layer 4.

In the Bambu Lab file, the color changes are already configured; however, they are per layer and not painted, so you must slice the plate first to see the color changes in the preview.

The scene backgrounds are 0.6mm thick, which allows you to use regular filament (transparent filament is not necessary) while still allowing light to pass through. However, I recommend not using Polyterra (now called PanChroma) as it is an excellent light blocker. But any other filament (ideally non-matte) will let light pass through perfectly.

An important detail: If you have trouble with the scenes, especially if you have small holes in the black section, a simple way to fix this is with a little ironing. The result comes out perfect, without any holes, since the ironing applies a small percentage of filament during the ironing process, which fills the holes perfectly. It's a simple trick for a problem that many people encounter. There's also plenty of other ways to correct that with the settings, but this is the easiest one for a part that small.

I've included simple instructions, really short, but with important details inside. Please review them before starting the project! ;)

As for the rest, I think everything is pretty intuitive.

Have fun, friends!

Pascal