Skyrim Alduin Dragon Lamp/Sconce... thing

I recently saw a post on imgur (http://imgur.com/gallery/yrEt3) in which member Immersedn3d had taken the Alduin dragon model from the game Skyrim and modified the head for 3D printing and printed one. It looked pretty freaking cool, so I looked around to see if he had posted his 3D files anywhere and found them on Thingiverse (www.thingiverse.com). I thought it would make a nice wall mounted lamp, so I started 3D printing one on my Makerbot.

After about three days of printing the pieces in translucent PLA, I epoxied it together and started filling, sanding, and painting it.

I drilled a hole through the back of the throat for the wiring and the bulb, and I covered the eyes with painters tape while painting. Since the plastic I printed with was translucent, the eyes would glow when the light was on. I did the base coat in black, and then dry brushed it with a gold to give it an aged bronze-ish look.

I picked up a plaque from Michaels, stained and sealed it, then epoxied the dragon head on it, and was done.