Yeah, that's what i was thinking! Nice quick photoshop job there, +Rep for making a picture straight out my head!
-Dave
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Yeah, that's what i was thinking! Nice quick photoshop job there, +Rep for making a picture straight out my head!
-Dave
Good Job Glad to see you in the Featured Section
Thanks guys!
That photshop example looks very good! i don't think it would be a problem if the case is a little longer to fit his legs, so it's not a 'must' to cut his legs off above his knee. And in fact, a healty alien should fit the case as well.
So a long and short leg is also a option and if i have the time for it this weekend, then i wil do some claywork and collect/build metal parts which should look like his bones or knee etc. Whe have a lot of scrapy parts around here that could do the job for that.
Can't wait to give it some progress, led's and lasers (only the red ones, green has some delivery/stock problems) should be here within a few days too.
(i just came back from a holiday in Denmark)
Guys, first a happy new year! may it bring many modding wishes come true hehe.
I'm working on his legs atm. The left one is cutted just below his knee, including metal knee/bones and various tubes and wires which are broken off at that point. The same for his right leg, but that's one is a few cm shorter so it stops above his knee. quite like the PS picture above :)
Can't wait for pictures!
-Dave
Looks like youve got some good ideas popping in that head of yours, cant wait to see them put out into the mod ;)
Update time :)
Here are his legs, steaming hot, right out of the oven. The bolt should be replaced with something else wich looks more realistic.
Well, that's almost all i have to show, last thing is my garage, it was such a mess i decided to change some things and clean it up. Such a hell of a job!
While working on it
After 3 hours of work.
2 desks were moved, the one for the computer was too small, while the photo desk was very large, so i switched and now i have a lot more space.
The blacklite has been switched with a normal TL light. Another improvement is the huge blue dremel toolbox (in the middle of the 1'th picture), i placed all the parts and bits in a smaller box in a tray, easy and clean.
I'm not finished, but it's starting to look clean hehe :)
Lucky alien :P
Very nice work so far, and i like your workshop, btw who is the fly ass hunnie on the alien? lol
Sunday's update time :banana:
Time to connect his legs to the body part with polyester. I've never used that stuff before, but my thoughts were right: It's a very strong way to bind the parts together.
I took a piece of wood with screws to create some kind of mall to position the alien before the polyester is applied.
After applying.
The head was still waiting for a clear coat. I used matte coat on the overall skin, and some glossy around his eyes, mouth and veins. That's more realistic, see for yourself in the mirror that the skin around your eyes is more shiny.
Software thought it would be good to flip the image, and i forgot to flip it back. Sorry!
Back to his legs:
From now on, it's 'her' not his hehe, when the clay is hard i can finish that part hehe :p
Above the legs i'm planning to put this:
Otherwise it's so empty, the metal points will be growing out of the skin, hanging a bit above the mesh, acting like a protection shield.
ps: wanna guess where the points came from?
I wasn't shure if the difference in material (clay from his legs and the polyester) would be visible trough the paint. I added some green paint and saw no difference, only some bubbles, gaps etc. in the polyester which i was sanding away at this picture.
Looking good! But one question... who's the girl on the alien?!
My GF. :p
Nooo, just kidding. I saw it at a website, while searching for alien pictures etc. Thought it would be fun posting it :)
Awesome detail on those legs, love the texture. This is gonna be sooo cool! BTW, what's with the chastity belt?
Uhh, no chastity belt, it will be placed higher:
It's maybe not easy to see on the pictures because the legs/body aren't painted, but that area looks so flat and boring. I thought it would be good to add some metal, so there is on his arms and legs.
(i've made the mesh a little bit smaller after the picture was taken)
I could also add a 'umbilical point' above it, like a electrical -or- hose connector
I think that metal mesh would look cool if made into a arm-gaurd looking device maybe around one wrist that extends halfway up the arm and has little blinking LED's that reflect vital signs.
Good idea, like a 1337-functions-in-1-watch :P But the left arm will be in some kind of clamp/medical device with led's, sensors etc. I could do it on his right arm. With styrene i can make a nice small watch. Like a tokio flash watch
I could put a PCB beneath the mesh, eventually with some led's? There is another PCB shown in a wound at his stomach, as shown on the pictures, that should match nicely i guess.
That's a freakin great idea. This is one of my favorite projects, can't wait to see what you come up with next.Quote:
Good idea, like a 1337-functions-in-1-watch :P But the left arm will be in some kind of clamp/medical device with led's, sensors etc. I could do it on his right arm. With styrene i can make a nice small watch. Like a tokio flash watch
I could put a PCB beneath the mesh, eventually with some led's? There is another PCB shown in a wound at his stomach, as shown on the pictures, that should match nicely i guess.
-Dave
OK, i quickly worked out the idea yesterday and also today before going to bed (it's 21:48 here, and tomorrow i'm doing my car driving examination.)
I found 2x 7-segment LED displays at work, very usable for this project. The plan is to show random blinking segments, like it's having a short circuit while sometimes showing the letters "AH' (Alien Hospital). Off course controlled by a micro controller, that's why they are multiplexed. Other led's will be controllable as well.
Here you see the mesh+acryl, the acryl is pressed into the hole i cut into the body.
Only problem is that the letters are barely visible trough the mesh. I should look if i have some more open mesh, otherwise i can solve it by only using acrylic.
That will look like this.
Offcourse the acryl will be mounted nicely, so the rough cut doesn't mather at all. Simply with some clay around it for the looks and behind it to prevent pressing it into the body.
Absolutly sick... looks awesome
Wow man, creepy light up crotch. :) Looking cool. Good luck with the driving test!
-Dave
Don't need that good luck any more, because i've already got my driving license :D
I've been busy with some other things (led lights for someone's house). To earn some extra money/making work of my hobby. Might fun to show some pics:
Clickable, those strips (2 of them) with 8 red LED's will be put at the floor next to his door, even when you're drunk, this light should show you where the door is.
Anyway, that's done, it's now all about sanding and sanding and ehm, touching up his skin with sanding hehe. Quite boring and takes a lot of time.
I've been watching alien vs predator yesterday. I was thinking right: It realy gave me a lot of good idea's like the symbols/text, the way objects look like etc. Hopefully i can show that in the case itself. When starting this project i didn't want to build a alien that would look like the alien from the alien movie, because people would say "the real alien is less tall over there, and his skin is darker, you know, they will search for differences. By now i created my own alien, so there is no reference :)
I wish I had an LED codpiece :(
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Originally Posted by m4gnum
Hehe, i wish i don't. I rather have a belt like this:
I sanded some more on the alien's legs, and gave it a layer of plastic primer to fill small gaps etc. Only 1 problem was the clay, it has been shrinking. So i need to touch up some of the edges because there came small gaps between clay and polyester :(
Anyway, i'm also working on another project, not as big as this one, to be able to participate at the dutch casemod contest.
Update, well, i did some modding on the alien, but that's just sanding, sanding etc. Not realy interesting. But last thing to finish is his ass, then i can start painting his legs/hips/ass. Hope to start with that within 2 weeks.
Anyway, i made a picture of the rough construction of the 2'nd case i'm building:
The foil stuff on the side is the meshX protection foil.
Something quite different because i feel good when having some variation in casemodding (sanding the alien is totally different than welding a case together.
It can be used as a tower, but when needed also as a desktop. Pipes are 30x30mm, and the corners are going to give this case sweet eye candy...
Looking extremely cool, pretty damn big too.
I especially like the idea of using your imagination for an alien look, definitley (sp?) better than using an already established look.
Good luck for the rest of the mod.
Makes for a cracking motivational thread.....
drew i must say i love your sig lol, that a finnnee..... sig :D
+rep to _ferry_ for great work as always
+rep to DREW for making me laugh
Thanks GT40 - is the Gt in your sig yours?
mmmmmmmmm Ford GT......
awsome +rep
Man I would not use this PC the night, this alien this of giving fear, I don't only understand as an ugly alien of that it arranges a beautiful girl like this http://tweakers.net/ext/f/2937d58d0d...33195/full.jpg hehehehhe lucky alien.
good work man
The aliens have hypnotizing skills, easy job for him heheh.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rodrigo Vicentini
Here's a new update:
I made some of these small parts, i can put them on the optic fiber which is coming out of his head to keep it bundled. Off course they should be painted.
Before the last step: adding some putty to create a nice and smooth skin.
Sanding his chest and legs is done. I wanna start painting it. After that i can do his stomach, arms and neck, and then it's done!
Detail of the piercings near to the led displays. The acryl needs some polishing as you've might noticed.
That's it guys, hopefully i've got the time this week to do some base painting.
Looking good, I particularly like the pierced look.
I afraid that thing it going to come to life nd eat me! I want the gurl!!!
Heheh, don't be afraid. My girlfriend was afraid of the alien, she ran away, i'm single again.... More time for modding :D
No progress for the past weeks, because i'm working on that other project for the dutch casemod championship. I guess you guy's wanna see a project log of that one too? I'll try to write one tomorrow.
That case should be in a working state at the end of March, the contest itself is on the 22'th of april. So at the end of this month i'm expecting new updates for alien hospital.
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Originally Posted by _ferry_
Sweet.
Well, here i am, back with a update.
Before someone ask why the banners/text on the photos are missing, i'm currently at 1 of my other PC's, because i'm upgrading my main pc, and I'm to lazy to install the software at this PC ;) (Still waiting at OCZ and ABIT to recieve the hardware i need for it.)
Anyway, i've been working at 1 of the 2 instruments which will be holding the alien's left arm. This one has some kind of antenna on it, the other one will have cables and connectors to plug into the alien.
It's already primered, the led is not working (why should a antenna emit light?) but is just for the show, like a glass insulator. The dimension of the base is +/- 2,5"x1,25" / 6x2,5cm So yes, it's a small thing ;)
The 2nd thing i've done is airbrushing his legs:
I need to finish the instruments first before i can attach his arms, add the last pieces of skin around his shoulders and paint the rest of his body.
Krazeee. . Kewl. Whats the thing with the arms gonna do?
Nothing, just show :D
Imagine yourself like its a very modern medical instument which communicates with the internal electronics from the alien to bla bla bla... Well, hope you get the point :P
2'nd part is ready too:
There will be 2 paired cables (very thin ones, from a 80p ata rounded cable) coming out of those 2 strips on the front, leading to the alien.
In the display above it i'll try to add a printed text/logo/whatever.
Connected with 2mm thin RVS wire
I'm still not shure if i should use a readable font, or something total "alien" we can't read. The font will be used for example at the small display above, on other instruments and maybe a logo or name on the case. Any ideas? There are also fonts wich are very alien like, but still readable.
Oh boy oh boy oh boy! Looking forward to it dude!
-Dave
I'm still here,...
I want her. Anyways,... F@#$ing AWESOME JOB MAN! I want to make an ALIEN!!! LOL.
LMAO where did you find picture like that? Ewww. . a alien fetish. You are w e i r d Tribal! :D
Off topic Back to this kewl Mod.
I would use a alien font. Maybee alternating like on the movie Predator.
