- August 29th, 2017, 2:16 am#4897524
Hey guys, I know Hooker, our fellow Ghosthead on this forum, told me about styrene which I am really considering using to make a Proton Pack sometime and then buy all of the resin casted parts for the things that require the details that your really not going to find anywhere else. I think I am going to have to make that a project that is worked on over time but I absolutely would love to have a decent and affordable Proton Pack now.
I see that the Spirit Halloween Proton Pack is releasing and before I get into the things I wish it had, I want to at least say the few things that I don't like about it. It's not even the size difference because I think it looks fairly decent. I know it's about 20% smaller than any pack that we would build but it's not too bad looking. It's NOT even the fact that the brass ION Arms aren't in place. I realize when I made a pack years ago, the ION arm was the first thing to get snagged when I took the pack to a Halloween event.
The main things I don't like about the pack are:
1) The Cyclotron bumper is one whole piece with the Cyclotron itself.
2) The Lights don't rotate or go up and down, or stay on without constant sound.
3) The way the gun is mounted.
4) The straps.
5) The speaker holes being visible.
I wonder if this thing can be completely modded.....
- There is a military surplus near my house and I know they have the Alice Pack Frames with the straps.
- I Think it should still be mounted to a motherboard cut to fit it, plus it may give it a little more "body" but would have to make sure to leave a rectangular hole to still access the battery setup. This will also allow the big red warning sticker to be placed on the motherboard.
- Fix the lights to be constantly on and animating as they should, which in this case isn't a priority since Halloween is just about around the corner as fast as time flies.
- Add the red stripe and possibly fill in the "dots" of the N-Filter with some silver acrylic paint.
- Scuff it up just a bit here and there with some silver paint, just lightly to give it a worn effect.
- Swap out the ribbon cable for one of the ones in the shop.
- Somehow add a V-Hook to it, possibly by fixing a wood block or panel behind the mounting area inside of the pack to add support for the V-Hook and not stress the plastic. The gun will have to be opened and that silly little peg removed that they have for mounting it and maybe reinforce the bottom of the gun from the inside to add the v-hook... OR..... simply don't open the gun and find a resin gun track and use that plastic glue to put it in place but since its smaller the gun track may be too big but if it's not too funny looking, maybe plastic glue that to the gun and then attach the other side of the V-Hook to that.
After that I would have to say this thing would be a damn cool proton pack, especially for the price. If anything I think the price makes it a nice collectors piece to own. For those of us that still plan to build a movie accurate pack someday from the plans, I still think this makes a nice display piece and along with all of the reference photos and plans that we have on the site, this still looks like a fairly decent and tangible visual reference as to where things go and how they may look. Keyword is "May" because we know a few things are off and the size is a little different.
What do you guys think about my opinion of the pack? Do you think those mods can be done? How would you go about attaching a custom motherboard to it, or attaching the v-hook to the pack and gun?
For the price, it is on my list.
Hey guys, I know Hooker, our fellow Ghosthead on this forum, told me about styrene which I am really considering using to make a Proton Pack sometime and then buy all of the resin casted parts for the things that require the details that your really not going to find anywhere else. I think I am going to have to make that a project that is worked on over time but I absolutely would love to have a decent and affordable Proton Pack now.
I see that the Spirit Halloween Proton Pack is releasing and before I get into the things I wish it had, I want to at least say the few things that I don't like about it. It's not even the size difference because I think it looks fairly decent. I know it's about 20% smaller than any pack that we would build but it's not too bad looking. It's NOT even the fact that the brass ION Arms aren't in place. I realize when I made a pack years ago, the ION arm was the first thing to get snagged when I took the pack to a Halloween event.
The main things I don't like about the pack are:
1) The Cyclotron bumper is one whole piece with the Cyclotron itself.
2) The Lights don't rotate or go up and down, or stay on without constant sound.
3) The way the gun is mounted.
4) The straps.
5) The speaker holes being visible.
I wonder if this thing can be completely modded.....
- There is a military surplus near my house and I know they have the Alice Pack Frames with the straps.
- I Think it should still be mounted to a motherboard cut to fit it, plus it may give it a little more "body" but would have to make sure to leave a rectangular hole to still access the battery setup. This will also allow the big red warning sticker to be placed on the motherboard.
- Fix the lights to be constantly on and animating as they should, which in this case isn't a priority since Halloween is just about around the corner as fast as time flies.
- Add the red stripe and possibly fill in the "dots" of the N-Filter with some silver acrylic paint.
- Scuff it up just a bit here and there with some silver paint, just lightly to give it a worn effect.
- Swap out the ribbon cable for one of the ones in the shop.
- Somehow add a V-Hook to it, possibly by fixing a wood block or panel behind the mounting area inside of the pack to add support for the V-Hook and not stress the plastic. The gun will have to be opened and that silly little peg removed that they have for mounting it and maybe reinforce the bottom of the gun from the inside to add the v-hook... OR..... simply don't open the gun and find a resin gun track and use that plastic glue to put it in place but since its smaller the gun track may be too big but if it's not too funny looking, maybe plastic glue that to the gun and then attach the other side of the V-Hook to that.
After that I would have to say this thing would be a damn cool proton pack, especially for the price. If anything I think the price makes it a nice collectors piece to own. For those of us that still plan to build a movie accurate pack someday from the plans, I still think this makes a nice display piece and along with all of the reference photos and plans that we have on the site, this still looks like a fairly decent and tangible visual reference as to where things go and how they may look. Keyword is "May" because we know a few things are off and the size is a little different.
What do you guys think about my opinion of the pack? Do you think those mods can be done? How would you go about attaching a custom motherboard to it, or attaching the v-hook to the pack and gun?
For the price, it is on my list.
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