01-07-2020, 07:06 PM
Starting from the top down, I've built and fibreglassed the Pepakura dome. I purchased an obj file which I'm using to get measurements and also the data for the dome. It's low resolution, but easy enough to smooth with some builder's bog.
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The eye is a 100mm (4") cheapo magnifying glass, set into some 30mm MDF.
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Next step is to turn some more MDF to extend the eye back into the dome, then cut and screw it together.
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The lens foreshortening makes the eye look too large in relation to the dome, but it's just posed for the photo.
Next is to epoxy the dome to a plywood base that'll hold the neck attachment and various greeblies.
I have cut out the base, which will sit inside the dome, recessed about half an inch above the bottom of the dome rim. Before it is epoxied into place, I have to make a rotating base which can be tightened so the head can be posed at different angles.
Cheers, Phil.
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The eye is a 100mm (4") cheapo magnifying glass, set into some 30mm MDF.
[attachment=378]
[attachment=379]
Next step is to turn some more MDF to extend the eye back into the dome, then cut and screw it together.
[attachment=380]
The lens foreshortening makes the eye look too large in relation to the dome, but it's just posed for the photo.
Next is to epoxy the dome to a plywood base that'll hold the neck attachment and various greeblies.
I have cut out the base, which will sit inside the dome, recessed about half an inch above the bottom of the dome rim. Before it is epoxied into place, I have to make a rotating base which can be tightened so the head can be posed at different angles.
Cheers, Phil.