My skynet edition endoskull mod

[guyverraziel]

Wasn't sure if this should be a post in the previous thread or a new one entirely, so feel free to merge if necessary

I wasn't happy with the original eyes that came with this piece, thought i'd swap them out for something better

 

[ONEYE]

Looks great. What did you use and how did you do it?

 

[MooCriket]

Can't really tell for sure what you did there. What did you use to upgrade? What did the other ones look like when lit up for comparison?

 

[guyverraziel]

Well, the eye lenses that were in originally were plain red lenses, too big fir the sockets and looked too stare-y. Will post a picture when back home. I replaced them with what I am told is the same lens used in the sideshow replicas. Had to take the whole thing apart to do so tho. I ha e pics of the process if anyone is interested.

 

[ONEYE]

I ha e pics of the process if anyone is interested.

I am! Thanks! :thumbsup The members at http://terminatorprops.forumotion.com/forum.htm would also love to know.

I got these for a a project. Radioshack, they come in green, blue, and red. I wanted to use the blue as a nod to Cameron, from Termnator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles. She had blue lit eyes in season one, but the last show showed her with red. I liked the blue for her much better.

I'm giving my friend dropshipbob this since he has the skills to make it look great.

 

[guyverraziel]

Yep, those are the exact same lenses I used. They look GREAT. I was also planning in getting the blue ones, gotta finish my endoarm first tho.

I can post a mini tutorial here on how to improve the blu-endoskull later today.

 

[Howlrunner]

Looks cool. I need some of those red lenses for my endoskull - any idea where they can be bought in the UK (online)?

 

[guyverraziel]

http://www.t2retail.co.uk/Bulbs/12_Volt_Red_Snap_in_Lamp_Assembly

 

[Howlrunner]

Perfect! Aaaaaannnnnddddd..... Ordered! Thanks! Now I can finally get that skull finished. :thumbsup

 

[guyverraziel]

Can't really tell for sure what you did there. What did you use to upgrade? What did the other ones look like when lit up for comparison?

this is what the original looks like unmodified

(not my pic, contact me if its yours and you want it removed)

and mine again for comparison

may do a little work on the nose and teeth later to finish it off

 

[28injection]

Great stuff, and a tutorial on taking it apart would be good. Did you close the jaw up and repaint the teeth?

J

 

[guyverraziel]

Great stuff, and a tutorial on taking it apart would be good. Did you close the jaw up and repaint the teeth?

J

close up the jaw? how do you mean?

 

[ONEYE]

I started disassembling it from the bottom up, then realized the top just pops off.

I need to get a black washer for the eye to fit properly. Unless there is a better way to do it.

 

[28injection]

close up the jaw? how do you mean?

The teeth on yours meet like the jaw is closed, on mine its open and does not look as good.

Jon

 

[guyverraziel]

I started disassembling it from the bottom up, then realized the top just pops off.

I need to get a black washer for the eye to fit properly. Unless there is a better way to do it.

well damn, thats an easier way to get to the eyes than my way :-/

anywho, (and i apologize for the amount of photos)

this is the stock lens... comes with a halogen bulb that requires 12 volts, gets hot and looks RUBBISH. that'll have to go.

get a pair of pliers, hold the red part in one hand and pull the black part out with the pliers.

you'll need to shave down the little ridge by the base of the led, and then put a little glue in, but otherwise its a pretty good fit.

following the pictures above mine, pop the lenses out of the skull, (it seems some are glued in stronger than others... i broke one pin on this one, whereas the other came out much easier and with no breakage) the original leds will just drop straight out

using a 12mm drill bit, drill out a hole...as you can see, what your left with is UGLY. I needed something to cover that up...

turns out what i needed was a dvd case :-/ I used one of the slim cases and cut off the front. drill another hole in it to match that on the mount.

fit em all together

what you're left with will be inevitably too big so trim it down

(nail clippers are good for this)


Then its just a case of resoldering the wires. Make sure you get the polarities right. i swapped my led's out for some 10.000mcd ones, not sure if it made much difference as i think the strength is limited somewhat by the circuitry, but the still look good in daylight and great at night. After that press the mounts back into the skull and glue them back in place. for some peoples tastes, the lenses will sit too far back in the socket using this method, but i am quite happy with the results.

fun photo time

franken-endo

raziel-endo (look it up)

 

[ONEYE]

As soon as I got finished tearing apart the bottom, I looked at the top "lid" and I thought of you. My thought was, he's going to "terminate" me if this just pops off, I tried it and it did. I appreciate all the pictures, and your brilliant ideas of using a thin CD case and nail clippers. Saves me a trip to Home Depot or Lowes.

I saw so much potential for this endoskull. Plenty of room to insert a CD, DVD player, external hard drive in there. I don't have the skills, but would love to see someone tackle that.

I have the parts and will place the blue lights in mine tomorrow.

Edit - I am not a fan of the special effect sounds, I'll probably disassemble and remove the speaker. The on/off button slipped during my first re-assemble and well, you know, disassemble, position correctly and a PITA (Pain In The Ass). I was going to try to remove the lower jaw but just couldn't get those "Franken-bolts" to come loose. It's 0200 here, so I'm going to hit the rack.

Thanks again! :thumbsup

 

[guyverraziel]

Those fraken bolts are a royal pain. if you get a jewellery screwdriver and prise it out that way, they do come loose, but you have to be really careful not to damage the surrounding chrome.

In regards to the speaker, yeah i hate the sound clips and just cut one of the speaker wires so that i would have to ever listen to it again.

What i cant figure is why they didnt just use these or similar lenses in the first place? i know cost was probably a factor, but the new ones look SO much better, and closer to the original.

Any way, cheers for the kind comments comments, and I DEMAND photos of your finished cameron-endo!

 

[MooCriket]

Thanks for posting those pics OnEye)

 

[ONEYE]

... Any way, cheers for the kind comments comments, and I DEMAND photos of your finished cameron-endo!

Thank you! I would never have thought of this project or attempted it without you! I would so love a Cameron bust, undamaged with eyes that light up blue and heavily battled damaged in the last episode. I miss that show. I would have loved to see her endoskeleton.

If only they would have kept the color blue.

Thanks for posting those pics OnEye

No problem. I would never have if it wasn't for guyverraziel though.

 

[dropshipbob]

Where are those endoskull photos from Rich?