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Might F the grass up a bit more, but quite happy with this.

As usual, budget total: £0

Same sign only now the top line is made unreadable by spray paint. The wooden base has embedded castors and is coved in astroturf.

Who's He? Podcast @Youtube Channel...

Custom Sonic Screwdriver Build

Phil gives a break down on how he put together a sonic screwdriver for his son Scott.
#DoctorWho #sonicscrewdriver #propbuilding

https://youtu.be/wp3ukSxTknU

On my workbench: A long delayed project for my "Minions at Work" photo comic for Pulphouse Fiction Magazine. The original "Minionmobile" (the white one on the left) was made probably a decade ago from a toy golf cart I found in a thrift store.
The concept was inspired by the similar carts, used by the nameless flunkies in the hollow volcano lair, seen the the James Bond film "You Only Live Twice." The figures used in "Minions at Work" are 1/6th scale (about a foot tall), but original toy is closer to 1/8th scale (where a 6-foot person would scale to only 9 inches tall). To make them fit, I needed to raise the seat and seat back (they're attached separately) using stacks of 2x4 stud Legos as spacers and then cut and extend the metal bars support the roof. The smaller scale works better in my tiny table-top sets, and cramming these big guys into the Evil Lair version of a clown car is just inherently hilarious to me.
I also painted the upper body parts of the vehicle flat white, to make it look less 18th hole, and more industrial/scientific. Some time later I found a second thrift store golf cart, and it's been sitting around for years awaiting conversion. But I wanted to do something DIFFERENT this time, and I couldn't figure out what.
The inspiration hit me a month or so back on a road-trip, when I found myself following a truck with two similar (but full-sized) golf carts in the back. Both had a second, rear facing seat in the rear, with a small platform for the passengers to put their feet on.
That's my plan for this one. I'll probably fabricate the platform and railings conventionally, but I plan to design the seat bench and back in Blender and then 3D print them. My Blender skills are pretty limited, but I think I know how to import the horizontal outlines of the original cushions, extrude them for depth, and bevel the top edges to create rounded cushions. At the very least, it will be good practice for me.
I also need to extend those roof supports again (I spent an afternoon fabricating half a dozen metal parts, only to figure out an easier, quicker, and more attractive way to cut and splice the poles that doesn't use them), and then disassemble the whole thing and sand it for painting. Minionmobile 2 will be a pale, safety green rather than white. Pictures when I get it done.

#minionsatwork #photocomic #webcomic #pulphousefictionmagazine #pulphousemagazine #sciencefiction #minatures #propbuilding #lair #supervillians #minions #henchmen

Got my serial number plate for the proton pack today! My mom passed away just before I got everything built and finished, but she would have thought it was all cool as hell and gotten a kick out of it. So in her honor, I used her birthday as the serial number.

#ghostbusters #protonpack #cosplay #propbuilding

Google photos was reminding me that it's been four years since I last went to Disneyland, but also that four years ago I was trying to build a life-size lego speeder bike in my basement. Not out of lego, that would be silly.
#Starwars #Propbuilding #timewasting

A 3ft tall lego person, made out of cardboard and flooring foam, sits on a construction of wood, cardboard and plastic pipes. If you didn't examine it too carefully, it might resemble a lego speeder bike, but a lot more work would be needed to convince most people.

DIY Wunderwaffe and Others Make Up This Open-Source Arsenal

Unless you stay up all night and have a dozen printers going, it's probably way too late to make one of these beautiful prop weapons designed by [Andrew] of The Ray Gun Project in time for Halloween. Most of them are from Call of Duty: Zombies, though there is an awesome little disco grenade from Fortnite as well.

All of the projects are fantastic, but we chose to highlight the Wunderwaffe DG-2 from COD: Zombies because, well, vacuum tubes. For those unfamiliar with the 'waffe's operation, those vacuum tubes act as ammo magazines. Once they're empty, you power them down with that big red switch and eject them one at a time with the lever, just like in the game.

Inside is a Feather M0 Express that runs the RGB LEDs and uses a Hall effect sensor to read magnets in the quick-change ammo magazine. You can see how it works in the demo video after the break.

There are BOMs for several of the prop weapons, along with assembly drawings and support forums for anyone who wants to build their own. Don't feel like gathering all the bits and bobs yourself? [Andrew] is selling hardware packs for the ray gun, but you'll have to scrounge the parts yourself if you want to build the Wunderwaffle.

Are you a Grinch who wants to keep kids off of your lawn? Scare 'em off with a giant NERF gun.

#3dprinterhacks #howto #callofduty #model #prop #propbuilding #vacuumtubes #wunderwaffe