Star Trek Voyager - Gel Pack

[alexbailey]

This is a pretty obscure prop, I've always was somewhat interesting. They came up occasionally in episodes, from what I remember they got the flu once and sent the computer haywire. After finding some nice photos of an original prop on a cutting mat with some a 1in grid, this made the measuring and modelling work significantly easier.

Some screenshot from the show.

The very helpful photos

concept sketch, turned out a little different.

My Rough CAD model

 

[alexbailey]

Here my first go at a replica, metal pieces in aluminium and the bag section is made from heat sealable plastic packing.
With the plastic this was very much a first go, is just seeing how close to the size required went better than I expected.

Im hoping to use a silicone or translucent rubber for the 'liquid' as I think it is probably better than have a bag of goo hanging around.

Some in progress photos.

 

[renaissance_man]

Just be careful not to store it next to any cheese

Looking forward to seeing the finished prop. I always loved the idea of bio neural circuitry. It was a logical progression from the isolinear processors.

 

[vitacura]

This is really cool! Thanks for sharing your progress, can't wait for more!