Negativecacti
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Im also available on weekends and Mon-Wed after 630pm EST
Ohio Booth Build - Ideas
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The mannequin we had at C2 belongs to Skidmorpheus.
If someone wants a good mannequin build instead of purchase or going the PVC route I recommend the "Fred" mannequin files from Etsy. It's quite the project but well worth it.
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yooooo this is so exciting! I hope to be down there for some build days whenever they happen!
Jocko made some nice live-fire themed walls for the booth in southern. He used a thin material secured to a 1x2 frame. The whole thing was made of 4'x8' sections which were held together with wing nuts. The walls held themselves up because of the 90 degree corner walls. That way he could have solid walls without needing to sacrifice any space for supports around the back. Even if you don't decide to go that route I figured you might find it interesting.
From the front:
From the back:
Jocko made some nice live-fire themed walls for the booth in southern. He used a thin material secured to a 1x2 frame. The whole thing was made of 4'x8' sections which were held together with wing nuts. The walls held themselves up because of the 90 degree corner walls. That way he could have solid walls without needing to sacrifice any space for supports around the back. Even if you don't decide to go that route I figured you might find it interesting.
From the front:
From the back:
Man I wish FanEx would get back to me that far in advance lol
usually saturday works! I don't think I'd be a huge part of the building process because of how far away I am, but if there's a day coming up that you're thinking of getting ppl together let me know! The weekends of July 5 and 19 are open for me right now!
ZeldaCat
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What about also considering the weapon briefcases that show up in Reach throughout the campaign? That might be an interesting concept to look intoIt won't be the last time I do this probably, but here's a list of tools we have for use towards the build at our place :
(2) Bambu X1C printers w/ AMS units
(3) Wired sanders
(2-3) Battery powered drills + Impacts
(1) Small miter saw
(1) Battery powered circular saw
(1) Scroll saw
(1) Sawzall
(1) Oscillating Tool
(1) Projector (Cast a design on the wall to be traced and painted)
(1) Gaming laptop PC that can be brought out to garage should it be needed for references
(1) Pickup truck with a bed cap for gathering materials (Thanks FuriousFido)
(1) Kreg 2 hole pocket hole jig (if needed)
Some misc tools of course, but that's the bulk of what is required for wood working projects. That's all I can think of at the moment...
Attached will be images of the crates I mentioned I had, but also an art reference for a Reach style weapon rack that someone else brought up before that I liked. Which we'll need to get the typical weapon rack designs so that we can have a set for this booth too (Who made those?).
Lastly, I mentioned this to Wayward Flood, but I would like to get a discord call going one night at least for us to all conversate about design and ideas too. The sooner we pass this stage, the sooner materials can be obtained and the build can begin. We can have more than one if you're unable to participate for the first call, or, just lay it all out here anyway!
A Discord call is not required, and we should still aim to use forums as the main source of communication / documentation. If you're up for a group Discord call, what time works for you? I am available weekends.
Wayward Flood
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I have a some sheets of 1/8" particle board and 3/4" OSB board I can donate.
The tools and I have are:
1x Circular Saw Corded
2x Sanders Corded
1x Osculating Tool Battery Powered
1x Drill Battery Powered
Files
Can of screws
Measuring stuff
The tools and I have are:
1x Circular Saw Corded
2x Sanders Corded
1x Osculating Tool Battery Powered
1x Drill Battery Powered
Files
Can of screws
Measuring stuff
sir howard
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the lore friendly trifold camping stools would be cool.. then those who show can just gather around and chill..
Sand bags would be cool too!! noticing from the Live fire image. could just fill them with stuffing or packing peanuts to not create the load a normal bag would be!
Sand bags would be cool too!! noticing from the Live fire image. could just fill them with stuffing or packing peanuts to not create the load a normal bag would be!
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lol we had something similar last year at FanEx toronto, little green camping chairs! They looked the part so well we put them as part of the booth
ZeldaCat
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We also had sandbags at TORG in November, so if the SSG gang would be open to sharing their collection it probably wouldn’t be too difficult to get access to some
sir howard
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ohh perfect thats what i was thinking one day while i was sanding on my own camping stool lol
sir howard
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what were they made of??
ZeldaCat
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Not sure. They got them in bulk for TORG and there were a lot of extras or something
Negativecacti
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We can do something similar and use actually sand bags and we could fill it will spray foam or something like that. On a similar note something was brought up in a different chat, we could also build a m247 mounted MG and make it out of Foam to also keep it light weight.
Negativecacti
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From the SSG guys they used half sand and half rubber mulch to full the bags
Parzival
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For any and all who want to partake, how does a meeting sound for this Saturday night (2025/06/07), lets say 8pm EST in the 405th Discord?
I can create the channel and record the conversation for any who miss out. I hope to get a good path to move on into the build.
During the for the first meeting we can discuss:
-A recap of the goal(s) with the booth and what has been done for those unaware
-Layout (how many walls for the space available, room build?, look at the map(s) in game if need be)
-Breakup who can do what on their own time
-Accessories for the booth (turret, weapon stands, sandbags, crates, etc..)
-Build day dates (If we're shooting for CGC, we NEED to get progress made)
I can create the channel and record the conversation for any who miss out. I hope to get a good path to move on into the build.
During the for the first meeting we can discuss:
-A recap of the goal(s) with the booth and what has been done for those unaware
-Layout (how many walls for the space available, room build?, look at the map(s) in game if need be)
-Breakup who can do what on their own time
-Accessories for the booth (turret, weapon stands, sandbags, crates, etc..)
-Build day dates (If we're shooting for CGC, we NEED to get progress made)
Wayward Flood
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I'm free for the meeting. Going over planning for how to incorporate the instructions from Fallen's booth build thread would also be a good discussion topic for us all.
billeybob250
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Cnc or programmable table saw was my 1st though.
Wraith0912
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Noticed earlier in the thread that there was discussion over doing a holotable for this one, along with some references. Thanks to the magic of the Halo Archive and the Ekur tool for Infinite, it's possible to rip the models and textures for (most) of the forge props in the game, and the holotable is one of them. It still isn't perfect, as the holographic textures are still being worked on to rip properly, but everything else is there. Here's some quick pictures and a drive link to the .blend file for those involved in this project. Good luck from Harvest!
.Blend file
.Blend file
billeybob250
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I have asked about potentially using a programable beam saw and what sort of time it may take engineers to convert cut sheets into the saw programming. while I don't have a way of transporting the materials after cutting (i only have an SUV) I do have a space to cut them and access to materials.
So if someone in or around Cbus can transport the materials after i have cut them i imagine this could save a lot of time and potentially money.
update:
I have been informed that they don't currently output programs to the saw but if i had a list of cuts and materials for everything we wanted I could get it done. Biased on my relationship with the business i could potentially get materials as bulk purchasing price (its a wood shop) but i would definitely want/need a materials list before i ask for this. I also would not want to do this during normal business hours and i know they typically have someone who knows how to operate the saw on site Saturday mornings (typically doing personal projects).
If we want I would be more then happy to talk to the wife about all this and potentially join in on the call tomorrow (that's happening right?).
So if someone in or around Cbus can transport the materials after i have cut them i imagine this could save a lot of time and potentially money.
update:
I have been informed that they don't currently output programs to the saw but if i had a list of cuts and materials for everything we wanted I could get it done. Biased on my relationship with the business i could potentially get materials as bulk purchasing price (its a wood shop) but i would definitely want/need a materials list before i ask for this. I also would not want to do this during normal business hours and i know they typically have someone who knows how to operate the saw on site Saturday mornings (typically doing personal projects).
If we want I would be more then happy to talk to the wife about all this and potentially join in on the call tomorrow (that's happening right?).
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marinesniper
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My mother in-law passed away so saturday i will be at the funeral but would love to catch up on what is done or said on the discord..
