mrcarkeys42
Active Member
Hello, this is my first post
recently i have been wanting to try my hand at prop building. i have almost no experience (i have made some stuff of my own, but never tried to replicate something for somewhere else) but i have been lurking the forums for a bit and would like to try something. in the game alien isolation, there is an environmental prop that goes amazingly well with the retro alien aesthetic. it is a retro crt tablet which looks like the alien universe equivalent of a PADD from star trek. The developers of the game talked extensively about their art style and how they only made things that could have been made on the set in 1979, and eluded that they designed all the props off of real world items. however seeing as this is just an environmental detail i am assuming they just kept it with the style, and there are no real world parts that correspond with it. that being said i would really like to make one but i have no idea how, so could any of you guys on here give me suggestions on how i could do this? firstly i imagine i will need to get the 3D model from somewhere (i have the ps4 version of the game, so idk how i could do it myself) in order to 3d-print any parts (i also dont have a 3d-printer, so i guess i will have to find a public one) but if there are any real world items such as knobs keys and switches that you guys think would work, let me know. my goal isn't really to make an exact 1 to 1 replica, i just want it to be close to it and have the same retro style. i also know this is something that is pretty obscure, but i want something that is more unique then the props most other people build.
here are all the screenshots i took of one of them in game:










here are all the screenshots i took of one of them in game:









