not to spam this forums but ive been away from the 405th for awhile and wanted to share all my projects
just to let you all know its not a real hologram, im just trying to emulate a hologram like look and feel to my prop! Im actually really excited about this one because for once its almost completely my own original design (minus the N7 logo of course ).
So far im at this stage
the start of my inspiration for this actually came from this photo
I thought wow that looks really nice, almost like the light is just floating there. The only thing that ruined the illusion of projected light was the edges of the acrylic, so i thought if i could hide the edges of the acrylic it would give the illusion of a hologram like image
so i drew this!
very crude i know but i drew it in about 2 minutes just jotting down all my ideas for making this thing as compact as possible yet still light up nicely, after a few tweaks of the design in my mind i drew up a couple 2d cad files and cut out acrylic with the etching on as well as a wooden housing out of laser ply. Photo of the housing with the acrylic in:
to make it as compact as possible those holes you see are for 2mm bolts.... i didnt even know until i researched into it that 2mm bolts existed :? so i then ordered a couple nylon bolts for this project and put it all together! i also stained the plywood to give it a very nice oak look like so:
the etching on the acrylic isnt finalized, im trying to get the etching to have a layered look to it to give the illusion of depth. but until then i snapped a couple shots of the testing of the lighting and here are the pics!
that colour is pretty sexy isnt it
then i thought that the wooden casing while nice and ornate doesnt match up with the futuristic look so i made a black acrylic housing as well!
oh and for you fans of the games
now i know most people on this forum are massive halo fans so just for you guys i think ill draw one up with the marathon symbol on it, but please feel free to suggest what i could do with a halo theme
also im interested in finding a company that can do custom cut aluminium, that way i could see if itd be feasible to get my housing's made out of aluminium so if anyone knows of a company like that please let me know!
for more pics check out my facebook page, link is in my sig
just to let you all know its not a real hologram, im just trying to emulate a hologram like look and feel to my prop! Im actually really excited about this one because for once its almost completely my own original design (minus the N7 logo of course ).
So far im at this stage
the start of my inspiration for this actually came from this photo
I thought wow that looks really nice, almost like the light is just floating there. The only thing that ruined the illusion of projected light was the edges of the acrylic, so i thought if i could hide the edges of the acrylic it would give the illusion of a hologram like image
so i drew this!
very crude i know but i drew it in about 2 minutes just jotting down all my ideas for making this thing as compact as possible yet still light up nicely, after a few tweaks of the design in my mind i drew up a couple 2d cad files and cut out acrylic with the etching on as well as a wooden housing out of laser ply. Photo of the housing with the acrylic in:
to make it as compact as possible those holes you see are for 2mm bolts.... i didnt even know until i researched into it that 2mm bolts existed :? so i then ordered a couple nylon bolts for this project and put it all together! i also stained the plywood to give it a very nice oak look like so:
the etching on the acrylic isnt finalized, im trying to get the etching to have a layered look to it to give the illusion of depth. but until then i snapped a couple shots of the testing of the lighting and here are the pics!
that colour is pretty sexy isnt it
then i thought that the wooden casing while nice and ornate doesnt match up with the futuristic look so i made a black acrylic housing as well!
oh and for you fans of the games
now i know most people on this forum are massive halo fans so just for you guys i think ill draw one up with the marathon symbol on it, but please feel free to suggest what i could do with a halo theme
also im interested in finding a company that can do custom cut aluminium, that way i could see if itd be feasible to get my housing's made out of aluminium so if anyone knows of a company like that please let me know!
for more pics check out my facebook page, link is in my sig