Half Life 2 Gravity Gun build (tons o' pics!)
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They'll actually be accepting proxy bidders for the item this year, just keep in mind the Portal Gun went for over $14,000! If you're interested, email Jamie Dillon at jdillion@childsplaycharity.org
I'll do just that when i get some proper shots tomorrow.
Ooof. yes indeed. Thank god for bench biscuits.
A few finished shots, fresh off the workbench. Better shots to come tomorrow, but you'll get the jist with these!
Off to Seattle on Thursday!
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Wow! Great looking stuff.
It's amazing what a difference that official Valve reference made though.
Trying to go from this -
to this-
would have been an interesting journey.
Nick
It's amazing what a difference that official Valve reference made though.
Trying to go from this -
to this-
would have been an interesting journey.
Nick
TMBountyHunter
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Turned out fantastic! Can't wait for proper photos to to hear how badly it destroys wallets on thursday. All for the children of course.
Will you be visiting Valve again this year before heading to the auction dinner? I'm assuming this'll get signed as well like the Portal Gun last year. If you do visit, think you'll have a moment to take a few pics to get their reactions? That would probably be fun to see
Will you be visiting Valve again this year before heading to the auction dinner? I'm assuming this'll get signed as well like the Portal Gun last year. If you do visit, think you'll have a moment to take a few pics to get their reactions? That would probably be fun to see
To be fair the game's view model does actually provide quite a substantial chunk of detail that the full high-detail model has, just the front and bottom facing parts are a mystery.
Weaselhammer
Sr Member
Good luck in Seattle with this ! I know it'll do really well !
Sweeet
Okay I'll concede. The first person model is much better reference if one had to make it without additional ref.
Still nice to get official confirmation of the nitpicky details.
Nick
Still nice to get official confirmation of the nitpicky details.
Nick
You'd want to use the world view model to get the proportions and the player view to get the details, at least, what details you can get.
LeoFirebrand
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absolutely love the final piece. I want to know how you pulled off the effects on the crystals. They really build up the Wow factor.
The pieces themselves are cast in smoothcast 325, which is translucent. I didn't use a pressure pot to reduce bubbling on the casts. It would have helped certainly, but I wasn't really going for water-clear anyways. Letting the resin sit for about 10 minutes after pouring out the 2 parts and being careful while mixing did a lot to reduce bubbling.
After pulling the casts, they were sanded to 220 grit, then wetsanded to 400. For the paint, I rolled up a piece of magazine paper to a crinkly round bar shape, then blotted this into a dark brown acrylic paint. This was dabbed on the surface of the crystal, then allowed to dry.
After drying, I took a clay sculpting tool like the bottom one in this image and scraped the paint away in vertical strokes, varying the angle a bit to make things look a bit more random.
The whole thing was given another 24 hours to cure, then topcoated with Krylon matte clearcoat #1311
Went out with my photographer friend Dan Almasy yesterday to an abandoned paint factory in Atlanta and got some killer shots. I'm so happy with how this thing turned out, and it's going to be pretty hard to give it up tomorrow... for a good cause though!
More pics on my Flickr if you'd like to take a look. I'll have an update late tomorrow after the conclusion of the auction dinner. Should be fun!
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