Hi this is my first prop building thread here.... Sooooooooooooo be gentle...
I used to do props a lot when I was in my teens but then I focused more into graphics and effects, that ended up being my career...
Anyway I never lost the love of props and most of all Star Trek props... Tricorders most of all... In my teens I finally saved up enough and brought a Mark X from a builder, I spent way too much money on the thing but it was my most prized possession.
This was around 20 years ago and recently I found it in the family storage and the thing does look a little worse for wear. The graphics have all bled and the paints scratched up...
Anyway, this got me to get back into doing some props... I will do my own Mark X but right now I want to make something a little different...
If you google youll see some one else has had a go at the Voyager Tricorder, but appears to have never finished it. They based the designs on some concept art they found...
Using these two I started to draw my own take on the design in f360, and have started prepping it so i can print he parts and assemble it...
Some might think 3D printing is cheating but I love my printer. Ive had it for a year and used it a lot to work on some other projects of mine. As well as print upgrades to the printer.
My design isnt 100% accurate to the concept work, but the two concept pieces arnt accurate to each other so I've added a little bit of creative licence and made a few parts a little different...
I still have some work to do... But I think the cad files are nearly there...
I still need to work out what im going to do with the screens. Whether to use an LCD screen with some animation displaying, or to go with the good old decals with leds behind. Im likely to use an Arduino for the leds but not sure what to do if I do the LCD route...
This is a WIP, but I do have other things to do as well. So updates might be slow.
Right now its all about deciding on the final details and then i can build the circuit design in kicad and make a pcb...
Anyway hope you like for my first actual Props post
I used to do props a lot when I was in my teens but then I focused more into graphics and effects, that ended up being my career...
Anyway I never lost the love of props and most of all Star Trek props... Tricorders most of all... In my teens I finally saved up enough and brought a Mark X from a builder, I spent way too much money on the thing but it was my most prized possession.
This was around 20 years ago and recently I found it in the family storage and the thing does look a little worse for wear. The graphics have all bled and the paints scratched up...
Anyway, this got me to get back into doing some props... I will do my own Mark X but right now I want to make something a little different...
If you google youll see some one else has had a go at the Voyager Tricorder, but appears to have never finished it. They based the designs on some concept art they found...
Using these two I started to draw my own take on the design in f360, and have started prepping it so i can print he parts and assemble it...
Some might think 3D printing is cheating but I love my printer. Ive had it for a year and used it a lot to work on some other projects of mine. As well as print upgrades to the printer.
My design isnt 100% accurate to the concept work, but the two concept pieces arnt accurate to each other so I've added a little bit of creative licence and made a few parts a little different...
I still have some work to do... But I think the cad files are nearly there...
I still need to work out what im going to do with the screens. Whether to use an LCD screen with some animation displaying, or to go with the good old decals with leds behind. Im likely to use an Arduino for the leds but not sure what to do if I do the LCD route...
This is a WIP, but I do have other things to do as well. So updates might be slow.
Right now its all about deciding on the final details and then i can build the circuit design in kicad and make a pcb...
Anyway hope you like for my first actual Props post