Glass Palace Lamp - Inspired by Throne of Glass
bycyanidesugar
Throne of Glass is my second favourite Sarah J Maas series. So of course, I had to make something inspired by it!!
This lamp has undergone so many revisions, I've probably wasted a full spool of filament just to make sure everything printed right. The palace, surprisingly enough, was the easy part to model. The base... oh my god the base.
Anyway!!
This lamp is mainly made up of three parts:
- The Palace
- The Base
- The LED Light
Now, of course If you don't want it to be a lamp, then just print the palace in whatever beautiful filament you want along with the base, and then just assemble and glue them together. It will look good just as a decorative shelf item, I think!
If you're going to make this a lamp, then you will want to grab the LED light kit from Bambu (the circular puck light (diameter of 6cm). Alternatively, I managed to snag a few of the exact same ones off AliExpress slightly cheaper here.
I printed the palace in PETG Translucent, and in order to keep it somewhat clear, the castle had to be printed REALLY SLOWLY (50mm/s speeds throughout). I mostly used Bambu's presets for their PETG Translucent (which is saved in the 3MF I'm attaching here).
The base itself is fairly simple, printed in PLA Sparkle with your normal settings!
Recommended print settings: The Palace (IF using transparent filament for the lamp):
- 0.2mm layer height (you can use whatever you want honestly, just be aware of layer lines I guess)
- Slow speed if you're using translucent PETG filament like I did (50mm/s)
- 2 walls, ZERO INFILL - this is important if you're using transparent filament!!
- One bottom layer, 3 tops
- The tips of the towers might end up a bit wonky if your cooling settings aren't calibrated properly, so make sure you've adjusted your layer times and fan speeds to ensure the sharp tips of the towers come up nicely! Alternatively, you can also print two models on the same bed and that will slow down the printing and let the layers cool with enough time.
The Base:
- Whatever your favourite settings are 🙂
- I used 0.2mm layer height, 8% crosshatch infill.
Assembly:
- I've adjusted the base for some pretty good tolerances, so hopefully you all get to just slide the palace onto the base!
- The first step is to make sure the front of the castle aligns with the front of the base (see the third picture attached).
- Then you just slide the castle into the base and it will sit nicely on the ledges within the base. There are two side 'cliffs' on the base that will help you also align the sides of the palace to the sides of the base. You can use glue if you want.
- The LED puck will fit into the hole in the bottom of the base, and then you just line the able through the cable space at the back of the base. You can also use glue for this if you want!
And now you have your very own Glass Palace!
I hope you all love this model as much as I do!!
Much love,
Cyanide.