Moisture Vaporator Build

[bigkidbiggertoys]

I moved this to home since most of the fabrication was done. It easily breaks down in a few minutes.

 

[bigkidbiggertoys]

I started making the topper with some scrap sintra and a 3d piece I modelled up. I also printed the marker lights in a translucent PLA and will light these.

 

[bigkidbiggertoys]

Here is my low tech lighting solution, a bright led flashlight and a couple of pieces I printed up. This should light up nicely at night but I’ll still throw a key light onto it.

 

[bigkidbiggertoys]

I added a little bit of weathering and I am calling this done at this point. There are a couple of small details that I would like to add but I can always revisit this when I have more time. BTW, this is for my Halloween display this year.

You can see some of my past projects in the background. I built a tactile electric chair that I would strap the tots into and you can barely see the Jurassic Park set I built for a couple of years.

 

[Brett Banner]

Awesome work going on!

 

[bigkidbiggertoys]

Here is a pic of the prop self lighted. I’ll still throw a warm spotlight on it for Halloween night to really make it pop. My idea is to have it at the foot of the driveway as a marker light to gather interest.

 

[bigkidbiggertoys]

Part of recreating Tatooine in will be adding the items for that lived in look. I have added some miscellaneous containers inspired by Galaxy’s Edge. I have a few more things that I’ll be building as I go so I’ll start individual build threads for these to make it easier to find them.

 

[Zaphod]

This is a great project. Great work!

 

[dbowker3d]

This looks amazing; great job! My only comment would be that it's in a desert, right? The surface would be blasted to a fairly matte finish I'd think. If it were me the final step would be to hit the whole thing with a dull matte clear coat and as it's drying maybe toss some fine grain sand on it here and there.

When it's time for installation it'd great to make a bed of sand around it too. Not sure how practical that step would be, but it'd be a nice touch.

 

[bigkidbiggertoys]

The finish has toned down since I painted it and it is a satin finish, almost flat with the weathering on it. If I have more time to work on it I’ll go over it with a scotch brite pad and maybe a little more sand color in the crevices.

I could spend hours on weathering this but it won’t show up at night. I do like the idea of the sand base, just have to wrap my head around hue I am going to do that and keep it to a size I can easily store.

 

[ID10T]

Nice! Great project and great use of "junk" to finish it off.

 

[russo3j]

Fantastic work. I am looking to start my own here. But I cant for the life of me find something to use that is wide enough for the pipes? Any recommendations?

 

[bigkidbiggertoys]

I was lucky enough to get some industrial piping for free but you could probably get sono tubes for concrete relatively cheap

 

[russo3j]

I was lucky enough to get some industrial piping for free but you could probably get sono tubes for concrete relatively cheap

That’s what I was thinking but out of stock most places in stores around me. I’m sure I can find something online. Thank you

 

[bigkidbiggertoys]

If you want to make something lightweight and dirt cheap, look at the method I used for a couple of the rings. I cut some 2” foam rings and wrapped them with paper and Weldon glue. You can give a light texture and paint afterwards.