Fight the Netherbrain with your own astral prism

BG3-inspired 3D-printed Astral Prism

This screw-top astral-prism ornament will keep the Netherbrain at bay all season long. Photo by Monica Jones

Last week, I posted pics of the astral prism replica Devon made with iron-filled PLA and remote-controlled fairy lights.

We considered giving them to friends as holiday gifts, but the cost was prohibitive. So he redesigned the artifact, giving it a screw-top lid and exchanging the fairy lights for an LED tea light. He diffused the tea light with fiber fill for a softer glow and added a tiny hole in one of the spokes for a string or hook.

These smaller, lighter artifacts make awesomely nerdy holiday ornaments, and we’re excited to be selling them in our store. Every ornament includes an LED tea light and a string for hanging. We’re also including a small tube of glue in case your cat knocks it off the tree and smacks it around like a stone-cold predator.

If that example seems oddly specific, it’s because our cat is an asshole.

A tea-light insert gives the orange underlay a soft, ominous red glow. Shadowheart approves. Photo by Monica Jones

Hans Gruber gets the drop on Christmas

Hans Gruber from Die Hard falling off of Nakatomi Plaza

Hans Gruber takes the quick way out of Nakatomi Plaza. Photo by Monica Jones

Yippee-ki-yay, motherfuckers! It’s Christmas time in Hollis, Queens!

“Die Hard” is my favorite Christmas movie, and Devon decided I needed this 3D-printed advent calendar in my life. He wasn’t wrong. I’m just another American who saw too many movies as a child, I guess.

Hans is attached to the calendar with a magnet, making it easy to slide him toward his well-tailored doom.

The file is from Otrodon at Cults3D. Devon printed it at 130% in order to make the writing legible, and he used the new Arachne wall generator.

Happy trails, Hans!

Just say no to ceremorphosis

Devon designed and printed this BG3-inspired astral prism to celebrate one of the best RPG video games we’ve ever played. Photo by Devon Jones

You might have heard of a little game called Baldur’s Gate 3. Devon and I saved the Sword Coast from the Netherbrain about a month ago, and he was inspired to design and 3D print his own astral prism.

Look, it was either make an astral prism or write Emperor porn fic. I think he made the right choice.

The underlay consists of translucent orange filament, and the runes are printed with Protopasta Metal-Composite PLA. He secured the lid with magnets, and remote-controlled fairy lights create the inner glow without the need to remove the lid.

Remote-controlled fairy lights create a glow from within. Photo by Devon Jones