Portal 2 Wheatley EVA Foam Build

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Daughter and I are going to O-Com-icon in Omaha next weekend (and to visit my Dad).

Doing a "quickie" build of Wheatley from Portal 2 to (hopefully) have my Dad carry around -he's not the type to cosplay.

Covered an old basketball in duct tape to make my preliminary sketches (oops, finger)
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Pieces cut and removed from basketball (and it even survived the process)
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Paper templates for inner sphere cut and pinned to EVA
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EVA pieces cut and heat formed
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this looks really nice already keep it up. also are you just going to use foam or other stuff.

I will use styrene for the interior side rails and PVC pipe for the handles, other than that it should be EVA.

Progress update:

Assembly of inner shell
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Added outer shell
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Sanded/shaped outer shell and top and bottom detail added
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Eye "lens" added
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Side rail and top detail added

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Sealed with black Plastidip
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I'm not happy with the ring around the eye and I think the lens piece is too small. Currently doing a lot of sanding and priming to smooth the surface but I think I'll be redoing those pieces.
 
Lots of progress!

Completed final sand/shape and added the basic colors
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Crated the supports and "eyebrows"
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Painted and attached -light weathering added (more to come)
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Next up, final weathering, the light/eye and the back plug.
 
Cool. If you have time you should add a sound board so he can tell people that they might have a very minor case of severe brain damage.
 
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