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DIY Open Sauce 2024 Snowglobe (remixable)

I designed some DIY snowglobes as a thank you to some of the Open Sauce team.
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updated January 14, 2025

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As a thank-you to some of the people who made my Open Sauce experience great, I made some custom snowglobes with little LED lights! The bases house a rechargeable CR2 battery and the centerpiece includes holes for running thin wire through to the base. 

The detailed centerpiece is resin printed (Elegoo Mars 4 Ultra) and the base and battery cover are FDM printed (White PLA on the Bambulab P1S). I airbrushed the centerpiece and then painted details with thin airbrush paint on tiny brushes and needles.

Because the centerpiece is separate, it's easy to make new ones and design your own custom snowglobe!

They're based around some small glass globes and other components that I got on Amazon.


Materials I used (Amazon affiliate links):
Tiny LEDs: https://amzn.to/3VOIQYU
Glass globes: https://amzn.to/4gsvaLk
Silicone hole plugs: https://amzn.to/408y9CU
Adhesive rubber feet: https://amzn.to/4iQtm0n
Clear liquid Flex Seal: https://amzn.to/4fu65yp
Rechargeable CR2 battery: https://a.co/d/bXSJ2cS
Thin wire: https://amzn.to/41Mzel5
Battery terminal plates: https://amzn.to/3ZOgjE3
Siraya Tech Fast Grey Resin: https://amzn.to/4gP5sQW
Elegoo White PLA: https://amzn.to/427meXN

For filling the globes:
Deionized water: https://amzn.to/4fvxPCT
Benzalkonium Chloride (some snowglobes use this as a biocide?): https://amzn.to/4fvxPCT
A bit of airbrush cleaner (surfactant): https://amzn.to/4fvxPCT

Tools I used (Amazon affiliate links):
Magnifying glasses glasses: https://amzn.to/4gp8T19
Airbrush starter kit: https://amzn.to/4gp8T19
Airbrush cleaner: https://amzn.to/4fvxPCT
Airbrush white primer: https://amzn.to/4fvxPCT 

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