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Bas-relief carving of a hanging lantern with dripping wax and a ghostly skull spirit in swirling smoke
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Gothic & Skull Art

Haunted Lantern with Ghostly Skull Spirit Bas-Relief STL

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📐 Design facts
Carving it at your size
Carving size
5.4 × 8 in (138 × 203 mm)
Relief depth
0.67 in (17.1 mm)
Board thickness
1 in or thicker
Rough with
1/8 in end mill, 40% stepover
Finish with
1/16 in tapered ball nose, 10% stepover
Estimated carve time
about 4 h 20 min (roughing 1 h 5 min, finishing 3 h 15 min)
Carving size
8.1 × 12 in (207 × 305 mm)
Relief depth
1 in (25.6 mm)
Board thickness
1.5 in or thicker
Rough with
1/4 in end mill, 40% stepover
Finish with
1/8 in ball nose, 10% stepover
Estimated carve time
about 4 h 35 min (roughing 55 min, finishing 3 h 40 min)
Carving size
12.2 × 18 in (310 × 457 mm)
Relief depth
1.5 in (38.4 mm)
Board thickness
2 in or thicker
Rough with
1/4 in end mill, 40% stepover
Finish with
1/8 in ball nose, 10% stepover
Estimated carve time
about 11 h 15 min (roughing 3 h, finishing 8 h 15 min)
Carving size
16.3 × 24 in (414 × 610 mm)
Relief depth
2 in (51.2 mm)
Board thickness
2.5 in or thicker
Rough with
1/4 in end mill, 40% stepover
Finish with
1/4 in ball nose (1/8 in for the finest detail, about twice as long), 10% stepover
Estimated carve time
about 14 h 25 min (roughing 7 h 5 min, finishing 7 h 20 min)

Estimates for a mid-size hobby machine (Shapeoko, X-Carve, Onefinity class). Scaling all three axes together keeps the depth in proportion; for thinner stock scale Z on its own. Hardwoods with fine grain (cherry, hard maple, walnut, basswood) hold this detail best. Check your exact setup in Will it cut, free, nothing uploaded.

How we estimate carve time

Finishing is one raster pass over the whole carving with the ball nose shown, at 10% stepover and half of a 1,800 mm/min (71 in/min) feed. Roughing assumes about 45% of the block above the base is waste, cleared with the end mill shown at 40% stepover and 3 mm per pass (1.5 mm for the 1/8 in end mill) at the full feed. The model leaves out acceleration, tool changes and moves between passes, so a real job usually takes somewhat longer. Times are rounded to 5 minutes.

File format
STL only decimated high-quality mesh, binary STL
Model size as supplied
198.9 × 293.1 × 24.6 mm
Shape
portrait, 0.679:1
Carve depth
12.4% of the width
Mesh
2,026,238 triangles · 96.6 MB
Base
flat and sitting at zero, ready to machine

Opens directly in Aspire, VCarve Pro, Carveco, ArtCAM and Fusion 360, and in any slicer for 3D printing. For a laser, the relief is first turned into a greyscale depth image, which our Laser Studio app does from this STL. STL only, no OBJ or DXF: the DXF files used in CNC work hold 2D outlines, not the 3D relief surface. Scale it to whatever panel you are cutting. Scaling all three axes together keeps the depth in proportion; scale Z on its own for a shallower carve. How to open it in your software.

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About this design

A weathered lantern hangs in the dark, its wax dripping low while a skeletal spirit coils out of the smoke behind it. This is the kind of piece that stops people in a hallway. Carve it once and you have a haunted little story frozen in wood, all hollow eyes and curling vapor and shadows that shift as the light moves across the surface. This is a high-detail bas-relief STL built for dramatic depth. The lantern sits proud of the panel with crisp framing on the glass, the ghost's flowing form sinks back into the grain, and the melted wax reads cleanly down the front. Toolpaths run smooth with no muddy spots in the smoke or the eye sockets. It is ready for Aspire, VCarve Pro, Carveco, and ArtCAM, and it carves well on a CNC router in hardwood or MDF. You can also run it through a resin or FDM 3D printer, or push it onto a laser engraver if your machine handles deep relief. For a clean result, rough the shape with a 6mm end mill at 40 percent stepover, then come back with a 3mm ball nose at 10 percent stepover to pull out the skull's texture and the fine smoke detail. Think haunted house plaques, gothic wall art, spooky signs, and one of a kind Halloween gifts. The file downloads instantly the moment you check out, so you can be cutting tonight. Commercial use is included, which means you are free to carve it, sell the finished pieces at markets and fairs, or gift one to the horror fan in your life. Add it to your library and give your next spooky build some real bite.
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Got a lot of stl files that I'm drawn to, my kind of style. File works fine. Going to be a repeat customer. I've only done a few carves learning as I go. Great files makes it easier.

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