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Projects and stuff

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Update because the series is over and the spiders are gone

They spring out now :D

Still working on a mechanism for retracting them

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Terrible news: I can't finish these.

Even worse news: I have to get rid them

I was trying to cover the mechanism to look more like the originals but I can't finish them. They are big and heavy and I have more important things to deal with (last year of school). My dumbass measured the wings from the show and tried to make them to scale. I am not even tall enough to wear them

They're being dismantled because I have been told they are not safe to give to anyone (weight, material, discomfort, size)

Process post detailing the making coming soon

[themsthenow]

Update because the series is over and the spiders are gone

They spring out now :D

Still working on a mechanism for retracting them

[themsthenow]

Terrible news: I can't finish these.

Even worse news: I have to get rid them

I was trying to cover the mechanism to look more like the originals but I can't finish them. They are big and heavy and I have more important things to deal with (last year of school). My dumbass measured the wings from the show and tried to make them to scale. I am not even tall enough to wear them

They're being dismantled because I have been told they are not safe to give to anyone (weight, material, discomfort, size)

Process post detailing the making coming soon

[themsthenow]

🫡🥲

It's so over chat

[themsthenow]

Right so it's kinda dumb but I want to make a darkworld kris cosplay with actual armour

It's only the beginning so we'll see how it goes

Most of the metal is recycled from other stuff which is why the fingers are black and I bought nails to use as rivets for the plates

Shaping the metal plates has been surprisingly easy... I'm not looking foward to the chestplate tho like you can see the size of my anvil in the background right??

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🤖

I think I did pretty good for a first welding project.

[themsthenow]

Week in review: making V1's head

Week 1

Not much to say. Used cardboard and the one sketchfab model on my tablet to make a 3d pattern that I can transfer onto metal.

I bought 2 sheets of metal. They are small, it might not be enough

It's a box in a box cause I have a projector lense from that one projector I cannibalised for N's tail, it's gonna sit in the inner box.

Idk bout the neck joint rn because i only have sheet metal

Idk how I'm going to cut the metal out cause i only have a saw and 5cm blade scissors. I'll figure it out.

[themsthenow]

Week in review: making V1's head

Week 2

Most of the parts of the cardboard model have been cut out in 1mm mild steel.

While in storage in between days the metal developed a little bit of rust which is sad but fixable so whatever.

I'm hoping the fit up will be smooth enough but I probably will have to file down the edges

[themsthenow]

Week 3 and then some

It's gonna be a while before I'm allowed weld the head together 😔 so next update will be whenever substantial progress is made

[themsthenow]

I weld now🦾

[themsthenow]

Base plate

It probably only needs paint now

LOOK AT THEM 👊💥👊💥

[themsthenow]

Painting now

[themsthenow]

It's done

[themsthenow]

Week in review: making V1's head

Week 1

Not much to say. Used cardboard and the one sketchfab model on my tablet to make a 3d pattern that I can transfer onto metal.

I bought 2 sheets of metal. They are small, it might not be enough

It's a box in a box cause I have a projector lense from that one projector I cannibalised for N's tail, it's gonna sit in the inner box.

Idk bout the neck joint rn because i only have sheet metal

Idk how I'm going to cut the metal out cause i only have a saw and 5cm blade scissors. I'll figure it out.

[themsthenow]

Week in review: making V1's head

Week 2

Most of the parts of the cardboard model have been cut out in 1mm mild steel.

While in storage in between days the metal developed a little bit of rust which is sad but fixable so whatever.

I'm hoping the fit up will be smooth enough but I probably will have to file down the edges

[themsthenow]

Week 3 and then some

It's gonna be a while before I'm allowed weld the head together 😔 so next update will be whenever substantial progress is made

[themsthenow]

I weld now🦾

[themsthenow]

Base plate

It probably only needs paint now

LOOK AT THEM 👊💥👊💥

[themsthenow]

Painting now

[themsthenow]

I just want more people to see this. I got spray paint for it now but weather has been awful

[themsthenow]

Week in review: making V1's head

Week 1

Not much to say. Used cardboard and the one sketchfab model on my tablet to make a 3d pattern that I can transfer onto metal.

I bought 2 sheets of metal. They are small, it might not be enough

It's a box in a box cause I have a projector lense from that one projector I cannibalised for N's tail, it's gonna sit in the inner box.

Idk bout the neck joint rn because i only have sheet metal

Idk how I'm going to cut the metal out cause i only have a saw and 5cm blade scissors. I'll figure it out.

[themsthenow]

Week in review: making V1's head

Week 2

Most of the parts of the cardboard model have been cut out in 1mm mild steel.

While in storage in between days the metal developed a little bit of rust which is sad but fixable so whatever.

I'm hoping the fit up will be smooth enough but I probably will have to file down the edges

[themsthenow]

Week 3 and then some

It's gonna be a while before I'm allowed weld the head together 😔 so next update will be whenever substantial progress is made

[themsthenow]

I weld now🦾

[themsthenow]

Base plate

It probably only needs paint now

LOOK AT THEM 👊💥👊💥

[themsthenow]

Week in review: making V1's head

Week 1

Not much to say. Used cardboard and the one sketchfab model on my tablet to make a 3d pattern that I can transfer onto metal.

I bought 2 sheets of metal. They are small, it might not be enough

It's a box in a box cause I have a projector lense from that one projector I cannibalised for N's tail, it's gonna sit in the inner box.

Idk bout the neck joint rn because i only have sheet metal

Idk how I'm going to cut the metal out cause i only have a saw and 5cm blade scissors. I'll figure it out.

[themsthenow]

Week in review: making V1's head

Week 2

Most of the parts of the cardboard model have been cut out in 1mm mild steel.

While in storage in between days the metal developed a little bit of rust which is sad but fixable so whatever.

I'm hoping the fit up will be smooth enough but I probably will have to file down the edges

[themsthenow]

Week 3 and then some

It's gonna be a while before I'm allowed weld the head together 😔 so next update will be whenever substantial progress is made

[themsthenow]

I weld now🦾

[themsthenow]

Week in review: making V1's head

Week 1

Not much to say. Used cardboard and the one sketchfab model on my tablet to make a 3d pattern that I can transfer onto metal.

I bought 2 sheets of metal. They are small, it might not be enough

It's a box in a box cause I have a projector lense from that one projector I cannibalised for N's tail, it's gonna sit in the inner box.

Idk bout the neck joint rn because i only have sheet metal

Idk how I'm going to cut the metal out cause i only have a saw and 5cm blade scissors. I'll figure it out.

[themsthenow]

Week in review: making V1's head

Week 2

Most of the parts of the cardboard model have been cut out in 1mm mild steel.

While in storage in between days the metal developed a little bit of rust which is sad but fixable so whatever.

I'm hoping the fit up will be smooth enough but I probably will have to file down the edges

[themsthenow]

Week 3 and then some

It's gonna be a while before I'm allowed weld the head together 😔 so next update will be whenever substantial progress is made

[themsthenow]

Week in review: making V1's head

Week 1

Not much to say. Used cardboard and the one sketchfab model on my tablet to make a 3d pattern that I can transfer onto metal.

I bought 2 sheets of metal. They are small, it might not be enough

It's a box in a box cause I have a projector lense from that one projector I cannibalised for N's tail, it's gonna sit in the inner box.

Idk bout the neck joint rn because i only have sheet metal

Idk how I'm going to cut the metal out cause i only have a saw and 5cm blade scissors. I'll figure it out.

[themsthenow]

Week in review: making V1's head

Week 2

Most of the parts of the cardboard model have been cut out in 1mm mild steel.

While in storage in between days the metal developed a little bit of rust which is sad but fixable so whatever.

I'm hoping the fit up will be smooth enough but I probably will have to file down the edges

[themsthenow]

Week in review: making V1's head

Week 1

Not much to say. Used cardboard and the one sketchfab model on my tablet to make a 3d pattern that I can transfer onto metal.

I bought 2 sheets of metal. They are small, it might not be enough

It's a box in a box cause I have a projector lense from that one projector I cannibalised for N's tail, it's gonna sit in the inner box.

Idk bout the neck joint rn because i only have sheet metal

Idk how I'm going to cut the metal out cause i only have a saw and 5cm blade scissors. I'll figure it out.

[themsthenow]

I'm making a Banjo

Recycled banister, guitar pegs, bodhrán and some metal stuff

Early photo

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Process post for the wings

Beginning with the draw ups and stuff. Mini wood/plastic prototype thing to make sure this would work

Blah blah blah after the small scale tests I moved onto metal. I got a bunch of aluminum from a shop that doesn't exist anymore

Cut the long bar into 2x60cm pieces, drilled 8 holes on each side on both pieces and cut out space for the wing feathers to slide in

The extra metal came from, I actually don't know, probably a building site

The general shape was put together

Extra metal was added at the back plate for more leverage to pull

That clothes horse in the top right corner got mauled for the bars ⬇️

[themsthenow]

Wing feathers segment

Here's the pattern I drew up to waste the least amount of material. Measured on a copy book, each cube is representative of 10cm

Blew them up to proper scale on paper

Cut them out

Cut them out again (4 times, twice for each wing to sandwich the pole between them)

[themsthenow]

I ended up having to use one if the 8 holes to be a support for the frame but it all worked out the same

I started glueing on all the feathers and godamn it was an experience trying to get these things to stick on identically, both sides

I didn't get pictures for this but there was this whole rigmarole of looking for springs and needing a bigger backboard. But it doesn't matter anymore

All in all this unfinished project took about 2 years to axe

fun fact that adds nothing to this failed build: during the measurements for this thing, based of images bellowand the average height of an Australian women being 162-ish cm, me and my fried were talking about the total wingspan in Tessas

[themsthenow]

Process post for the wings

Beginning with the draw ups and stuff. Mini wood/plastic prototype thing to make sure this would work

Blah blah blah after the small scale tests I moved onto metal. I got a bunch of aluminum from a shop that doesn't exist anymore

Cut the long bar into 2x60cm pieces, drilled 8 holes on each side on both pieces and cut out space for the wing feathers to slide in

The extra metal came from, I actually don't know, probably a building site

The general shape was put together

Extra metal was added at the back plate for more leverage to pull

That clothes horse in the top right corner got mauled for the bars ⬇️

[themsthenow]

Wing feathers segment

Here's the pattern I drew up to waste the least amount of material. Measured on a copy book, each cube is representative of 10cm

Blew them up to proper scale on paper

Cut them out

Cut them out again (4 times, twice for each wing to sandwich the pole between them)

[themsthenow]

Process post for the wings

Beginning with the draw ups and stuff. Mini wood/plastic prototype thing to make sure this would work

Blah blah blah after the small scale tests I moved onto metal. I got a bunch of aluminum from a shop that doesn't exist anymore

Cut the long bar into 2x60cm pieces, drilled 8 holes on each side on both pieces and cut out space for the wing feathers to slide in

The extra metal came from, I actually don't know, probably a building site

The general shape was put together

Extra metal was added at the back plate for more leverage to pull

That clothes horse in the top right corner got mauled for the bars ⬇️