I had always been fascinated by the xen light stalks. So I made a solar lamp.
There were several iterations and hard work until I was happy with this one.
The solar lamp was bought from a dollar store, disassembled and I only kept the LED and the few components on the PCB.
The text was made with the pieces of information I picked from here and here.
XEN-0124 is the specimen ID from Opposing Force where it can be found in the black mesa biodome complex.
The model was extracted from the game files using jed's half life model viewer/mdldec (I know that crowbar exists, but I had these old tools since ever and they work for me) and imported to blender using the blender source tools.
The block for the solar panel was designed using openSCAD.
The base is made from heavy wood so it stays where I place it.
I don't have much space at home so this lamp will be a birthday present for a good friend who also loves Half Life.