- May 22nd, 2010, 4:33 pm#232817
This past halloween I was invited to a party a friend of mine was throwing. It was a costumed event, so naturally I decided that I had to go as a GB. Another of my friends wanted to go as one of the boys in gray as well, so I went to work on making the packs.
I bought everything from the dollar tree ($1 for every individual item!), with a few various small details found in boxes in the garage. The bulk of the pack was made out of foam board that I sliced then hot glued together (LOADS of hot glue). The cyclotron was made from the classic cake pan. I found little wooden basket/box things that I used to make the ion arm, proton gun etc. A rainbow belt was cut and used for the ribbon and an old cable cord was used for the pack-to-gun connection.
The proton gun was made with one of the basket/box things, a turkey baster, a wine opener and a lightsaber type toy. The handle of the gun was the handle of the lightsaber. The glowing lights from the lightsaber were fed through the plastic front of the turkey baster so that the tip of the gun actually glowed (red) and charging sounds were produced from it. The foam sword part of the lightsaber was sliced and turned into the grip at the front of the proton gun.
It was primed then spray-painted black. I made stickers in photoshop and stuck them to the pack (stickers not seen in these images). I also added random screws in to make it look more realistic, as well as painted on rust and scratches. Then, finally, backpack straps were reupholstered with a dull green fabric and glued onto the packs.
Without further ado, here are the (at that time incomplete, with a few of the final details missing) $15 proton packs:
I bought everything from the dollar tree ($1 for every individual item!), with a few various small details found in boxes in the garage. The bulk of the pack was made out of foam board that I sliced then hot glued together (LOADS of hot glue). The cyclotron was made from the classic cake pan. I found little wooden basket/box things that I used to make the ion arm, proton gun etc. A rainbow belt was cut and used for the ribbon and an old cable cord was used for the pack-to-gun connection.
The proton gun was made with one of the basket/box things, a turkey baster, a wine opener and a lightsaber type toy. The handle of the gun was the handle of the lightsaber. The glowing lights from the lightsaber were fed through the plastic front of the turkey baster so that the tip of the gun actually glowed (red) and charging sounds were produced from it. The foam sword part of the lightsaber was sliced and turned into the grip at the front of the proton gun.
It was primed then spray-painted black. I made stickers in photoshop and stuck them to the pack (stickers not seen in these images). I also added random screws in to make it look more realistic, as well as painted on rust and scratches. Then, finally, backpack straps were reupholstered with a dull green fabric and glued onto the packs.
Without further ado, here are the (at that time incomplete, with a few of the final details missing) $15 proton packs:
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