"Realistic" Kryptonite

[Paji]

A realistic Kryptonite eh? First let me explain what I mean.

All the Kryptonite models/ replicas I've seen look like crystals, not the meteorite rock that its supposed be (yeah I know Kryptonite isn't real). So hopefully this will be, like I said a "realistic" Kryptonite.

Ok, Please bare with me this is my first post, not only here but in any forum, ever! (so it might be a little ropey).

Anyway I started out looking at pictures of meteorite rocks and then decided on a basic design. It was to look like a rock with a glowing green core. Simple.
I began with a piece of dri-foam.

I carved up the foam to make a 'rock'

Gave it a couple of coats of PVA and a matt black spray as a base.


Wired up 4 LEDs to fit inside.

Made some Kryptonite from Styrene, PVA and green food colouring.

Tomorrow I'll fit the LEDs and kryptonite into the rock.

 

[YenChih Lin]

Ohhh! you screwed up with the image code… :facepalm

[img]use the direct link of photobucket[/img]

You can always use food-coloring like copper-chlorophyll and some crystal growing sets (amazon).

 

[Paji]

Ohhh! you screwed up with the image code… :facepalm

[img]use the direct link of photobucket[/img]

You can always use food-coloring like copper-chlorophyll and some crystal growing sets (amazon).

Sorry, I've tried to fix the images I'm new to this.
The point of this build is I don't want 'grown' crystals. Kryptonite is a metiorite and that's kinda what I want it to look like.

 

[Mr_Creepy]

Showing my age, but I remember these.....

Superman Kryptonite Rocks - Toys Kitsch - The Allee Willis Museum of Kitsch

 

[cavx]

I attempted to stick his images with no luck either.

 

[Paji]

I'll try again this morning after I've been swimming. Maybe a different image host?

 

[YenChih Lin]

Ahh! you got the images working :thumbsup

 

[Paji]

Yeah I used a different image host, just an iPhone app, don't know why photo bucket wouldn't work?.
Any way I've glued the LED's and 'kryptonite' into the 'meteorite'.
LED's off

LED's on

Need to fill around the kryptonite to stop it looking so uniform, make and fit battery holder and then paint with acrylic mixed with sand to give it some texture. I'll start on this as soon as the glue's dry, maybe this evening, probably tomorrow. I'll start on its box later.

 

[Paji]

Finished this off today, box n' all. Rethinking things, maybe it's not a realistic Kryptonite, but that's down to interpretation I suppose. What it is, is a Kryptonite meteor rock. Don't get me wrong it's exactly what I set out to make, it looks like a meteor, glows like you'd expect Kryptonite to glow and looks pretty cool (I think). Most of all I'm happy with it. Onwards to the next project.

LEDs on

LEDs off

 

[cavx]

Any chance you could reduce the image size back to say 800 pixels wide? Looks good (what I can see anyway).

 

[Robiwon]

"Holy Huge Picture Batman"!

Looks good but I have to scroll side to side and top to bottom to see fuzzy pics!

I had those rocks back in the day. I bought them at the SuperHero store in Michigan somewhere.

 

[renesw]

Huge pics indeed, but if using Firefox browser, hold down "ctrl" and tap the minus key - and the + key to zoom in again

 

[Paji]

Thanks for the positive comments.
Sorry about picture size guys, like I said at the start this is my first post so expect a few mistakes. I had a lot of trouble just getting them up. I'll take a look next week see if I can reduce them, heading to London at 2am so it'll have to wait for now I'm afraid.

 

[JaySee1983]

Awesome work. It looks great. Great idea having the rock like surface with the crystal coming out:thumbsup

 

[hikarub]

Nice work! Probably better off using a metal box (or painting over the wooden box to make it look like a solid metal box?). It would give the impression it was made of lead which would make more sense than one simply made of wood.

Otherwise, a great first build on the rpf! Well done!

 

[Paji]

Thanks, I used a wooden box mostly because of cost the total build was around £4. I did paint the inside to appear lead lined and the outside was carved with kryptonese. Sadly I don't have anymore pictures of this, I gave it to a friend for his birthday. Thanks again for the positive comments.

 

[Cadeus]

I love your project! It looked very convincing. As a rock lover, I would recommend that if you decide to make another one, weather the meteor with some browns and rust... About 98% of the debris that enters our atmosphere vaporizes. The stuff that makes land-fall is usually, mostly, iron-ore. Exposure to our atmosphere would cause some oxidation. I only recommend that for the "realistic" aspect. Great model, though. I love it!

 

[OBI WAN KEN0B1]

i THINK YOU DID A GREAT JOB I REALLY Like IT looks like Kryptonite should

 

[Paji]

Thanks guys and thanks Cadeus, I'll definitely take that onboard. I've been meaning to revisit this for myself and make a display stand with Green, Red and Gold Kryptonite.

 

[ZolarKresh]

That is a great looking prop. I love the look of a "real" meteorite.