I'm still busy making improvements on the gunblade and so have been TehXeri and CrystAAHHL, coming up with an even more improved transforming gunblade that is now fully automatic both ways, even kinda using the actual hand movements and animation: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/jaxMRZbuWVk
The accompanying bloopers video gives an idea of how many takes that short must have needed but still, fucking impressive! There's also one with a side-by-side comparison to the game.
Oh no, I discovered some fan artwork of Lightning with the gunblade in gun form and now I have a new idea how to improve that form.
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Took me 6 hours and got much more complicated than planned but you know what? Turns out I really like parametric CAD when I actually get to design something instead of googling 90% of the time and cursing because nothing works as expected. This was fun!
I am still wondering if I should have stuck to only wood for the gunblade - it's not like the wood-only version was bad, I just felt like I could push it further. So I did and made this locking mechanism.
Milestone reached! This is Lightning's gunblade I have been working on. You can see the rotator (middle, natural MDF brown) that holds the blade (right). It's transformable and hence the rotator needs to be able to move. For months, my main unsolved problem was that it fell apart on its own when held like this. This photo was possible because my newest locking mechanism is able to withstand the absurd leverage the blade puts on the rotator. SUCCESS. HELL YEAH
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I cannot tell you how delighted I am that this exists.
Adam Savage Builds a Real "Chicken Replace-Inator" from Phineas and Ferb!
Small improvements that took way too long: Lightning's gunblade handle now has a foot and the screw and the grip cushion is closer to the form in the artwork.
Screws are actual screws that I shortened. Grip cushion is leather, rest of handle is wood / MDF and the round thing that I call the trigger is PLA with an aluminium insert that will later hold a screw.
Finally two of the Andor ISB Data Pads are done. #starwarsandor #3dprinting #starwarsandor #starwars #propmaking
Yes I did! Super challenging and fun. https://www.emilyartist.ca/2025/05/i-made-dead-rooster-prop.html
#artist #art #canadianartist #propmaking #theatre #rooster
Now not to make a mistake glueing those magnets for the bajillionthst time. Magnets are so satisfying to use but kind of a pain to assemble. Also, how on earth did I already use up half a kilo of contact cement?!
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I found a solution for my gunblade locking problem!!! π₯³ The unpainted thingy will be smaller and transparent and go on the blade. The silver part where the screw goes through is what holds the blade, it will be locked in place by the transparent part - except when I loosen the nut enough so the spring extends, as visible on the photo. This finally solves the problem that I need to tighten the screw an ungodly amount to avoid slipping of the blade. (tl;dr: π₯³)
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I'm scanning some parts of the gunblade to make construction in Inkscape easier and I think the effect of the scan plus the magic wand background removal is kinda cool.
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A pair of Andor ISB Tablets / Pads are in production.
#andor #starwarsandor #3dprinting #prop #propmaking #fusion360 #lucasfilm #starwars #cosplay #propmaking #diy #StarWarsFanArt
@starwars @lucasfilm @disneyplus
I've looked back at the most recent photos of me as Lightning and I think I won't fix the issue with the gunblade I discovered yesterday. The gunblade's blade is composed of three big wooden parts glued together and I got the shape of the two identical outer ones (very) wrong. However, it looks amazing. Fixing it would be very difficult, risk breaking the entire thing and not teach me anything. I'll finish it instead and maybe make a v2 somewhen with much more changes. ..1/2
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Thinking way too much whether galvanization is known and used in a universe that uses 18th/19th century-like weapons but also space-like flying vehicles. Anyways, galvanization is pretty old, so I'll explain the blueish blade of Lightning's gunblade with that. If you bend your mind enough it kinda makes sense to make the blade of a different steel than the other parts (or the other parts might not be steel at all). π
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Since my motivation for woodworking is back, I'm working on the gunblade details. The long slot has angled edges while the two more round holes have some kind of decoration / protection ring. The entire blade is made of wood and all of these will be wood, too. My sand paper sticks (just sand paper glued to a piece of a broken yard stick) come in very handy here. A router bit might have done the job faster but I don't have a matching one.
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π¨π½οΈ: Oh, Vanity Fair, bless your hearts for passing off glorified prop-making as an "artistic journey." In an era where fake news is public enemy number one, it's comforting to know that at least Hollywood's forgeries are "legal." π Unlike real art, these masterpieces end up in the trashβor worse, as mail for Picasso's ghost. π»βοΈ
https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2014/04/art-in-movies #VanityFair #HollywoodArt #FakeNews #PropMaking #ArtisticJourney #HackerNews #ngated
My very first EVA foam prop was a large Skarmory knife in 2018. After making many knives (that would end up in my weapons merchant costume) in 2023, I decided to retackle it.
I expected the experience of making five experimental knives would result in a flawless project, but there was still much to learn and mistakes made.
I have since learned not to hype myself up too much, which has served me well.
