This is my first post to the RPF, so hello everyone! I figured I'd share my first prop build even though it's not really a replica, more like my interpretation of an object from the Fallout universe.
Since I have a few friends who are fans of the Fallout 4 game, I made them each a functional clock for Christmas. Each piece was accompanied by a letter of acceptance into the vault program for the specific recipient, detailing their vault number assignment and a notification that a free gift had been dispatched to their address as a signup bonus. The free gift was scheduled to ship and arrive in December of 2077, which was after the nuclear disaster(s) in October of that year. That explains why they are in preserved condition... they never shipped.
Now that the "story" is laid out, here are a few pictures of my progress.
I started with some scrap 3/4" aluminum plate from work and drew up my design in Autodesk Autocad. After I got the logo drawn, I imported it into Mastercam to generate a program for the CNC milling machine to whittle away at it. There are two programs: one for cutting the back relief for the clock motion and the outer profile, then another for cutting the face details. Shown is the second program for cutting the face side.
Here is the progression from a piece of raw material through the first operation, then through the second op.
This was the final product, coated in an appropriate Vault-Tec safety yellow paint. I might try weathering the one I saved for myself, but we'll see where it goes. I'm also toying around with the idea of making a back plate for mine to cover the motion as well as making some glow in the dark features on the dial graduations. Maybe you guys can provide some suggestions.
Since I have a few friends who are fans of the Fallout 4 game, I made them each a functional clock for Christmas. Each piece was accompanied by a letter of acceptance into the vault program for the specific recipient, detailing their vault number assignment and a notification that a free gift had been dispatched to their address as a signup bonus. The free gift was scheduled to ship and arrive in December of 2077, which was after the nuclear disaster(s) in October of that year. That explains why they are in preserved condition... they never shipped.
Now that the "story" is laid out, here are a few pictures of my progress.
I started with some scrap 3/4" aluminum plate from work and drew up my design in Autodesk Autocad. After I got the logo drawn, I imported it into Mastercam to generate a program for the CNC milling machine to whittle away at it. There are two programs: one for cutting the back relief for the clock motion and the outer profile, then another for cutting the face details. Shown is the second program for cutting the face side.
Here is the progression from a piece of raw material through the first operation, then through the second op.
This was the final product, coated in an appropriate Vault-Tec safety yellow paint. I might try weathering the one I saved for myself, but we'll see where it goes. I'm also toying around with the idea of making a back plate for mine to cover the motion as well as making some glow in the dark features on the dial graduations. Maybe you guys can provide some suggestions.
