Inferno Lamp
This project was done in-between my 2023 Black Templar Cosplay, for Sci-Fi Valley Con, and my Halloween Costume.
This project was based on the housing item in Final Fantasy XIV.
It’s a craftable item that is a wall trophy of the Primal Ifrit’s head.
I found a 3d model on Thingiverse.com that seemed to have been the in-game model, ripped from the game files. I imported this file to Pepakura Designer, and used it to build a paper template.
This Template is available on my Free Template page!
Once the template was made, it was converted to .PDF and printed out onto cardstock paper.
I cut out the template, and using painters tape, I assembled the paper template first. I do this to ensure there aren’t any problems with the paper template, and to fix any problems I might find.
For example, my printer is pretty old, so there’s no options to print to the edge of the paper. so there is always a boarder around the edge, sometimes cutting off parts of the template.
Meow!
Building the template.
The base was done with 10mm EVA foam, and the face and horns were 5mm. Long story short, angle cuts were hard to keep track of with the face, but I did it!
Finished foam construction.
From here I added the lamp in the mouth.
Inside was an LED strip that was remote controlled and battery operated. (3 AAs)
Up next came the foam clay. I used a thin layer on the face, only to cover up the polygons from the template to smooth things out. If I used too much the whole face would get too bulky.
Also, while the chin is a little bump, foam clay will smooth out a little after it dries. This is because foam clay expands a little after air drying.
The Horns scales were done from the tips, working my way down. Laying down a clump of clay, and pulling it back smooth, then repeating the process with each overlapping layer.
After letting the clay dry for a few days, I did a few more detail passes with a Dremel, and then smoothed those details out with several tubs of KwikSeal. I then taped off the lights, and primed and sealed the whole thing with Plasti-Dip.
Once that was done, the rest was Hand Painted. Everything got a base coat of black, and the base was painted metallic silver and metallic gold. Then the face and horns got 3 passes of color, starting with a dark color, covering the majority of the surface, then working my way up to lighter colors, only applying it to higher surfaces.
