I recently got the Ghost edition of the game and decided I wanted some custom ghosts to go with a Destiny journal i'm doing as a paper prop, problem was the 3d printed ones are a bit out of my price range for multiple ones so I decided to go with styrene. I have to admit i cheated a bit and traces the shapes onto card stock as templates but as it turns out they're actually slighly bigger than the original ghost and make an interesting shell which got me also thinking into sort of interchangeable armor to put over the Ghost edition prop to change the looks.
They're not going to be canon by any stretch of the imagination but as the game states Ghosts can adapt themselves at will so who is to say they would look like all the other ones in game. Getting this part right is the big concern then i'll go on to modify them with bits and bobs later on. I'm using .60 sheet styrene and this prototype i did a quick cut and glue to work out template issues more than anything. Turns out I didn't leave enough extra material for good glue adhesion so i have to add a tiny big of extra to some parts of the templates. The hard part is going to be figuring out the ball in the center and if i want to make the back rotate and/or the eye move. I'd like to have the other parts move like they do in game when it talks and moves but that's way past my skill level. Actually cutting styrene is past my skill level so i'm rather amazed they turned out this well lol.
As you can see in the last picture there are still some issues with the gaps and such but once i tinker a bit more and take my time with the next version i think i should get the kinks worked out and actually if i were to go with just a shell to fit over the prop I would probably connect each part with a piece of styrene and have it look like it's part of a decoration. The fit snugger than i figured they would. In the last photo i put it on the back as the front has those square LED holders.
They're not going to be canon by any stretch of the imagination but as the game states Ghosts can adapt themselves at will so who is to say they would look like all the other ones in game. Getting this part right is the big concern then i'll go on to modify them with bits and bobs later on. I'm using .60 sheet styrene and this prototype i did a quick cut and glue to work out template issues more than anything. Turns out I didn't leave enough extra material for good glue adhesion so i have to add a tiny big of extra to some parts of the templates. The hard part is going to be figuring out the ball in the center and if i want to make the back rotate and/or the eye move. I'd like to have the other parts move like they do in game when it talks and moves but that's way past my skill level. Actually cutting styrene is past my skill level so i'm rather amazed they turned out this well lol.
As you can see in the last picture there are still some issues with the gaps and such but once i tinker a bit more and take my time with the next version i think i should get the kinks worked out and actually if i were to go with just a shell to fit over the prop I would probably connect each part with a piece of styrene and have it look like it's part of a decoration. The fit snugger than i figured they would. In the last photo i put it on the back as the front has those square LED holders.