Billiards Lamp - The Thing (1982)

The billiards lamp in Outpost 31's rec room from John Carpenter's *The Thing* (1982).

This was a really fun, yet...tricky challenge because there were no production photos of this item. Nor did there seem to be any replicas in existence. This may have been a unique item for the movie for all I know. So all the reference I could gather had to come from the HD version of the film. The "Billiards" side in particular was a major concern, but thankfully there was at least 1 shot in the movie where the design could be in full view. As for dimensions, I managed to find a billiards lamp sold online that looked similar and the seller included dimensions in the posting.

I also reached out to FB groups of fans of the film and stained glass enthusiasts for their input and expertise. I wanna thank everyone from those groups for their help and encouragement <3

Film references

Film references

Real reference

Real reference

Took this photo of the red lamp into SketchUp to make a rough base.

Took this photo of the red lamp into SketchUp to make a rough base.

Straightened the snapshots from the movie in Photoshop so I could trace the patterns in Illustrator.

Straightened the snapshots from the movie in Photoshop so I could trace the patterns in Illustrator.

Took the Illustrator graphics into ZBrush

Took the Illustrator graphics into ZBrush

Corrected dimensions of the rough base from SketchUp and proceeded in Maya

Corrected dimensions of the rough base from SketchUp and proceeded in Maya

Baked and textured in Substance Painter

Baked and textured in Substance Painter