pipninja
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So I did a thing today.
I just got back from halo Outpost discovery, and I was talking to my brother, and he said when he makes his helmet for next year, he wants to put a active sticky grenade on it. Well I have only seen one person make an active sticky before, so I figured, let's see if I can make it possible. Thank you to my brother Nob1e Actua1 for the idea!
So where to start? Well with something round. I just so happen to have a plethora of the starwars soda bottles from disneyland! Let's get started!
So once I had that, I had a game plan. I wanted to make it blue, even with lights off, and I was going to use hot glue for the plasma on the outside. I wanted to keep the transparency of the glue so I decided to paint underneath the glue.
However, that left me with another problem: I would have a perfectly round ball you would be able to see under the glue. So my solution: cover the ball in clear tape for texture before painting. For the paints I used two different blues, and with a wet brush, I painted the tape covered ball blue. I watered it down a bit to allow more light through. It was at this point it dawned on me to document it and take pictures.
Next I rested a patch of glue. I put a load of glue on top, and used a flat price of plastic and essentially tapped the molten glue. This would bring up strings and clumps, giving it that plasma texture I was looking for.
Next up, the lights! For this, I wanted to use what I had on me. I had these blue string lights that I had ordered for my Spartan costume. I decided to pinch these. These are the lights I had
Now I had the lights, I had to get it in the ball. However, the battery pack was too big. I had a spare flashlight which I chopped up for a clean on off button, as well as a battery pack holder. Here comes the back job of getting these components ready.
Next I cut out the parts of the old battery box I didn't need. Leaving only the circuit board, and the case around it.
I then put these two together, into one unit. At first I tried soldering to the outside edge of the flashlight, since the power runs through the casing for the negative lead.
However, there came a problem. The solder didn't stick to the aluminum. So after many hours of thinking, I decided to drill a hole in the casing, and it worked like a charm!
Next to test the light on the new battery box
Next up, I had to cut off the top, and put in the light string
I then attached the top to the flashlight top
Next was a test run
Next it was time to seal it up!
Next I Finnished the glueing of the outside, and it was done!
And I stuck it
I just got back from halo Outpost discovery, and I was talking to my brother, and he said when he makes his helmet for next year, he wants to put a active sticky grenade on it. Well I have only seen one person make an active sticky before, so I figured, let's see if I can make it possible. Thank you to my brother Nob1e Actua1 for the idea!
So where to start? Well with something round. I just so happen to have a plethora of the starwars soda bottles from disneyland! Let's get started!
So once I had that, I had a game plan. I wanted to make it blue, even with lights off, and I was going to use hot glue for the plasma on the outside. I wanted to keep the transparency of the glue so I decided to paint underneath the glue.
However, that left me with another problem: I would have a perfectly round ball you would be able to see under the glue. So my solution: cover the ball in clear tape for texture before painting. For the paints I used two different blues, and with a wet brush, I painted the tape covered ball blue. I watered it down a bit to allow more light through. It was at this point it dawned on me to document it and take pictures.
Next I rested a patch of glue. I put a load of glue on top, and used a flat price of plastic and essentially tapped the molten glue. This would bring up strings and clumps, giving it that plasma texture I was looking for.
Next up, the lights! For this, I wanted to use what I had on me. I had these blue string lights that I had ordered for my Spartan costume. I decided to pinch these. These are the lights I had
Now I had the lights, I had to get it in the ball. However, the battery pack was too big. I had a spare flashlight which I chopped up for a clean on off button, as well as a battery pack holder. Here comes the back job of getting these components ready.
Next I cut out the parts of the old battery box I didn't need. Leaving only the circuit board, and the case around it.
I then put these two together, into one unit. At first I tried soldering to the outside edge of the flashlight, since the power runs through the casing for the negative lead.
However, there came a problem. The solder didn't stick to the aluminum. So after many hours of thinking, I decided to drill a hole in the casing, and it worked like a charm!
Next to test the light on the new battery box
Next up, I had to cut off the top, and put in the light string
I then attached the top to the flashlight top
Next was a test run
Next it was time to seal it up!
Next I Finnished the glueing of the outside, and it was done!
And I stuck it
