Is there any way you can make the screen look bigger than it is? Perhaps the screen could have black borders at the top and bottom and the actual working screen can be in the centre. That way while it's off it looks screen accurate, but when it's on you get some really awesome functionalitySo, here's a conundrum. The TFT display I'm working with is a decent width to be a substitute for the device, but it is not as tall. I put together a quick model for scale comparison of the display I've been toying with and laid it over one of my to-scale reference images:
[url]http://i.imgur.com/kTeycN3l.png[/url]
The module in question is this 1.8" TFT LCD Display from China, which I picked specifically because it looked like I could cut the SD card end of the PCB off. Most displays have circuit boarding that extends past the display itself in such a manner that would show or otherwise interfere with the device - this one didn't.
I don't think there actually are TFT or OLED displays that match the dimensions of the screen prop closely, and there's not a whole lot of room in the case or I'd just use a bigger screen and make a plastic frame that covers everything but the necessary parts.
I can cheat it a little bit by bringing the top of the screen down and the bottom of the screen up, but it starts to change the overall appearance of the device. I photoshopped a quick example of what I'm talking about:
[url]http://i.imgur.com/0ycfNNql.png[/url]
What do you guys think? Is the working screen a cool enough feature to divert from making it accurate in terms of dimension?
Id be happy with something that just pops open and has the LEDs if it means it wont cost a ton more, but the screen is cool either way.
In the Tested video, the prop master said that they CG the eye on to the screen and in the prop case they show a green screen stand in.
They also have two rubber stunt versions, one open and the other closed.
Seems to be 2 Hero pop-up with LEDs.
If the screen is going to be just an image of an eye, maybe the simplest way to go about is it to just have a back-lighted, thin panel
and a transparency.
Do you think that the circuit board in the pop-up portion is an actual board.
Maybe it is the microcontroller itself which controls the LED flicker?
this will be a great prop and its fun to watch your updates. I hope I can add this prop to my growing blade runner collection in the end
I'd like to make these available, as part of the reason I went for a niche prop (instead of, say, the guns) was so that I could scratch that itch for collectors. I'll know a bit better once I get one of these done about how much work is required for a run of them. Might be like my last run of titanfall stuff, where I made ten and called it a day.
I’m with you on the working screen. Definitely worth the effort! And to have it animate is awesome. Means you literally took the prop further than the original prop makers in functionality. [emoji1360]