TMBountyHunter
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Re: Portal Gun woes - Now an actual WIP thread with pics
Update time.
June was a perfect example of my time management skills, nothing got done.
July I managed to sand down the back shell:
August is when work actually restarted properly, since the new deadline is a con at the end of August. That is next weekend, starting thursday, so 2 days left
I decided to "fix" the front shell's shape yet again, beefed it up here and there
But apperently I was fixing all the wrong things and in the end it's still wrong
The base bits that hold the claws are made of chunks of resin with scavanged pens:
On top of that will be more bits of pen into which the cables will be plugged in.
Onto the fun part, the wiring and lighting. Here's how extensively it was planned out:
The LEDs I used was whatever I had on hand so the amber and blue are wired slightly differently. Using that scrap clear acrylic to mount the LEDs in. In the end I decided to have an inner tube since it's the only decent way of doing it. The lights will be out the front, lighting the outer and inner clear tubes, and the top light in the back shell. A few more pics to show the wiring mess:
Testing out, everything but the inner tube
As you can see the amber LEDs I had laying around are not as bright as the super blue ones. I tried messing around with them before working out the layout but they're just too old and crappy to compete with the ultrabright stuff.
Wiring mess
Stuff getting painted!
Other stuff getting masked and painted!
Shells were first painted black on the inside, then masked and got the first coat of white primer on the outside. I ran out and it's not quite consistent, but it's decent for a first coat.
Stuff left to finish in the next 2 days:
-detail on the pen bits for cables
-the very fine detail at the base of claws
-inner tube lighting assembly
-finish painting shells
-paint endcap
-nozzle inside? (I'm debating omitting this and just leaving the LEDs uncovered, they make quite a nice flashlight actually)
-FINAL ASSEMBLY!
-FUN!
Looks like I'll finally finish my portal gun, exactly a year late
Update time.
June was a perfect example of my time management skills, nothing got done.
July I managed to sand down the back shell:
August is when work actually restarted properly, since the new deadline is a con at the end of August. That is next weekend, starting thursday, so 2 days left
I decided to "fix" the front shell's shape yet again, beefed it up here and there
But apperently I was fixing all the wrong things and in the end it's still wrong
The base bits that hold the claws are made of chunks of resin with scavanged pens:
On top of that will be more bits of pen into which the cables will be plugged in.
Onto the fun part, the wiring and lighting. Here's how extensively it was planned out:
The LEDs I used was whatever I had on hand so the amber and blue are wired slightly differently. Using that scrap clear acrylic to mount the LEDs in. In the end I decided to have an inner tube since it's the only decent way of doing it. The lights will be out the front, lighting the outer and inner clear tubes, and the top light in the back shell. A few more pics to show the wiring mess:
Testing out, everything but the inner tube
As you can see the amber LEDs I had laying around are not as bright as the super blue ones. I tried messing around with them before working out the layout but they're just too old and crappy to compete with the ultrabright stuff.
Wiring mess
Stuff getting painted!
Other stuff getting masked and painted!
Shells were first painted black on the inside, then masked and got the first coat of white primer on the outside. I ran out and it's not quite consistent, but it's decent for a first coat.
Stuff left to finish in the next 2 days:
-detail on the pen bits for cables
-the very fine detail at the base of claws
-inner tube lighting assembly
-finish painting shells
-paint endcap
-nozzle inside? (I'm debating omitting this and just leaving the LEDs uncovered, they make quite a nice flashlight actually)
-FINAL ASSEMBLY!
-FUN!
Looks like I'll finally finish my portal gun, exactly a year late
