Destiny 2 Stalwart Ghost Shell with LED Eye/Base
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Someone commissioned a custom Stalwart Ghostā¦ but when it came time to pay, they Ghosted me ā so now everyone gets a Stalwart Ghost!
It features
- A Magnetic pogo pin connector joins the Ghost to the stand, providing power and signal to the LEDs inside the eye from a D1 Mini running WLED.
- Not into microcontrollers? No problem ā you can use the alternate rear eye shell, which fits a standard LED tealight candle instead. (Tested with this one: [Insert Link])
- Switched to 10mm magnets to hold the front and rear shells together ā the original 3mm ones just didnāt cut it.
- The stand includes a light-up Destiny logo, with internal space for wiring and a clean finish.
- Great as a desk ornament, cosplay prop, or part of your Destiny shrine.
Whether you're lighting it up with RGB effects or keeping it simple with a tealight, this Ghost is ready to resurrect your workbench.
Boost Me (for free)
If this Ghost has your Light shining, give it a Boost! It helps other Guardians find it and keeps me crafting more gear straight out of the Tower. Eyes up, Guardian ā your support means the world!
To complete you will need the following:
1 x D1 Mini ESP8266 or other esp32/8266 compatible with WLED
0.5 Metre of 60LED/M ws2812 RGB LEDs or any WLED Compatible addressable LED
1 x 3 pin male&female magnetic connectors
1 x USB Cable for power
4 x M3x3mm screws
CA/Super Glue
This is how I assemble the ghost.
- Glue the Front eye into the Front Shell, Rear eye into Rear shell, I just add a few dabs of CA/Supper Glue to the Tabs of the eye.
- Glue Mount into base, I try to avoid getting any glue near the wire passage.
- Glue diffusers into Ghost Eye and Base.
- Add the Wing covers and Wing tips to the shell using a few dabs of CA glue if needed.
- Insert 2 magnets per hole into the front and back ghost shells, just keep the magnet polarity in mind before you insert them. The hole is very tight for a friction fit.
- Flash WLED onto the Microcontroller using install.wled.me website. I use version 0.14.0 the others versions have issues with WiFi and displaying the Web GUI
- Solder on approx 150mm length of wire to the Base side connector and about half of that to the Ghost side connector, I use the female connector on the ghost and male on the base but I don't think it really matters. Pay attention to the orientation of the wires and pins, I keep the male and female connectors joined together so the wires are in the correct positions, the connector will only stick together in one specific orientation so you can't just twist the connector around if you mess up the wiring order. I solder the wires that is in the same order as the LED strip, Ground, Signal, 5 Volts which helps make the wiring neater.
- Put the connectors into the base and ghost, I don't glue them yet, if the hole is too tight, I just use a little jewellers file to widen it a little so if goes in smoothly.
- Trim the wires to length and solder the 3 or 4 LEDs in the Base and about 30 in the ghost eye. You don't have to use that many but I just like the eye to be nice and bright. The base connector is soldered to the signal out/DO side of the Base LEDs and then the Signal In/DI goes to the microcontroller I use a D1 Mini esp8266, they are small and cheap. Solder the LED 5v to 5v on the D1 Mini, Ground to GND and then the LED signal wire goes to the GPIO2/D4 pin on the D1 Mini, it's the pin next to the Ground. I then use a little bit of hot glue to glue the LEDs around the hump in the middle and aim the LEDs onto the Base diffuser.
- Solder the wires to the Eye LEDs and attach the LEDs around the inside of the back of the eye.
- Solder in the USB cable 5 volt and ground wires to the D1 Mini.
- Plug in the USB cable and test the Magnetic connection, if everything powers up ok, add some glue to the ear tabs of the connectors and glue them in place.
- To get the Destiny Logo a different colour to the eye you need to add a segments, follow the WLED wiki for more help
- Glue the Spikes to the front shell from the rear, it can be a little tricky so just take your time when doing it
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