Tron legacy Disk - My quick attempt

[wondersquid]

More progress, damn day job, it gets in the way of the fun stuff all the time. Interesting ideas you guys (and gals) post. I'm making the disk a 2-piece vacuform so I can light it, but I could use that as a mold to make a lightweight poly-foam version, that may just fly.

I carved the base out of hard-foam, I love how fast you can prototype in it.

 

[wondersquid]

I love having a 2-stage vacuformer, it lets me pull really tight pulls, that cleans up the pebble-like texture that the hard foam leaves in a sislcone mold. Now for the details. I pulled another vacuform over the first and now I can cut out the side shapes and they will fit perfectly to the base form of the disk. (an old trick I learned on star trek)

 

[Beeb89]

Wow!!! That looks fantastic, my friend!! Very cool!!!

Well done!
-B89!

 

[xstoys]

Lookin' good so far!

 

[kconner]

great work! i cant wait until this movie comes out

 

[wondersquid]

Now I have some details! It's almost there. I need to do some more sanding, then I'll make a silicone so I can pour the urethane master for vacu-forming. I think I'm going to make the inner ring details as urethane parts to be glued on after vacu-forming.

A 2 stage vacu-former is a system that employs a small turbine fan that sucks the plastic down on the piece, then the actual vacuum activates and pulls even harder, making a perfect vacuum (or at least very close). In my experience there are 2 things that make perfect vacu-form pulls, a multi-zone adjustable heater, and a 2 stage vacuum system. everything else is gravy if you have these cool tools.

 

[Jedifyfe]

Very nice! Are you going to have LED's in it?

 

[Chronos]

Very cool! :thumbsup

 

[TheMechanic]

That's awesome. Hopefully you can install some strobing LED's in that baby.

 

[Beeb89]

That is looking GREAT!!!! This thing is really coming together!

Awesome work, buddy!
-B89!

 

[Jack T Chance]

Just a quick FYI for wondersquid and anyone else that's working on recreating this prop: If you go to the movie's official website (disney.com/tron), the opening "loading" animation is an image of the new Identity Disc! By viewing that animation, you may be able to pick-up some additional detail information about the prop. :cool

 

[confusion]

Great job so far!

 

[CJ 617]

It looks great....can't wait to see more pics!!

 

[Dave Porter]

Seconded.

Looking great!

 

[DivineHeresy]

That looks seriously smart!
Very well done.

 

[wondersquid]

Well I guess this should be a lesson in getting the right reference before I start. After Jack T Chance showed me the Legacy site, I had a friend hack the site and give me some good images for viewing. Of course after seeing this I realized I was missing details, and was way off on other things.:cry
So now for the second draft, which I made so fast I only took these in progress pics. I know, I know, this WAS a quick attempt that turned into something more lengthy. I promise to wrap up the building section soon. The lighting and balancing will take longer to R&D so I can get just the right effect.
My hope is a disk that you can throw like a Frisbee and light up too.:love

 

[Beeb89]

This one doesn't look nearly as thick as the first one. Any chance of seeing the reference you got from the site?

I can't wait to see this one completed!

-B89!

 

[neosporing]

you still have a 2nd layer to put on right?

 

[neosporing]

new pics

get the original pic here

and this original pic here

 

[Jack T Chance]

Well I guess this should be a lesson in getting the right reference before I start. After Jack T Chance showed me the Legacy site, I had a friend hack the site and give me some good images for viewing. Of course after seeing this I realized I was missing details, and was way off on other things.:cry
So now for the second draft, which I made so fast I only took these in progress pics. I know, I know, this WAS a quick attempt that turned into something more lengthy. I promise to wrap up the building section soon. The lighting and balancing will take longer to R&D so I can get just the right effect.
My hope is a disk that you can throw like a Frisbee and light up too.:love

Well, I'm sorry you had to scrap the original, that was never my intent! I just thought "RPFers are so meticulous about getting every detail right, let me provide some extra reference material". I'm glad it turned out to be helpful.

But when it comes to hacking their site... I KNOW NOTHING!

new pics

get the original pic here

and this original pic here

Hmmm... is it just me, or does it look like the thing changes form somewhat when stowed on his back? :confused

In fact, the overall effect I'm getting from that first pic is that the suit combined with the disc stored on the back reminds me a LOT of the look of the armor suits in Mass Effect. If the disc goes into a more compact "retracted" mode when stored on the back, it'll just remind me of Mass Effect even MORE. :cool