LED Holiday Litho-Lantern

cults3d

The LED Holliday Litho-Lantern is a remix of my own LED Skull Lantern, which can be found at https://cults3d.com/en/users/Festus440. This version of the lantern lets you create your own side panels. You can make panels with cutout patterns similar to the Skull Lanterner, use lithophanes for the side panels, or mix them up. I've included detailed instructions for creating lithophanes in a PDF document in the files section. The software is free and open source, making it really easy to use. Be sure to check out the "bonus" section at the end as well. I've included samples of each style, but the goal is to create your own unique designs. Lithophanes are printed images created by using the varying thickness of a transparent material like natural white PLA to produce light and dark areas. When lit from behind, they display an incredibly detailed image with a cool 3D appearance. The lantern was designed to use an inverted LED tea light in the top. This version features plain oval side openings as suggested by inle_rah. You can also add an optional bottom panel if you want to prevent light from shining through the bottom of the lantern, as suggested by robertwallace. Another option is to modify the bottom panel to hold a brighter light source like neopixel rings, as suggested by charleybot. Note that the Santa image used in this design is public domain.