Hello all!
I've been a lurker for awhile, but this is my first post, about my first prop build.
Sooo... the wife is out of town for the weekend, and I was at work on Thursday and suddenly thought to myself "I need a Ghostbusters Trap". My friends and I (at our weekly gamenight) have been saying "I looked at the trap, Ray!" when one of us does something stupid.
I'm no stranger to building, as I like to paint miniatures and have built my own arcade machine. That build was also a mid-workweek idea out of nowhere.
So I did some research, and built this one based on Sean Bishop's mockup. I knew that trying to build an exact replica would take much longer, and be much harder/more expensive than I had time for, so I attempted to get it as close as I could with materials I already had on hand.
It's made from foamcore, with greebles I had, including some vintage knobs from old hand radios. I still have the front power display to finish, along with the roll plate and some labeling. Total time is somewhere around 16 hours or so.
When i finally got it to where I wanted it, i immediately thought of 100 ways I would have done it differently. That's when I knew I was on the right track for prop making! i know this is probably a common build, but i'm really pleased by it as my first attempt. Maybe someday I'll make one using arduino and some servos.
Anyways, I am super excited about the future, and thanks to my supportive friends, and inspiration from Adam Savage and this board for getting me in front of the work table. Cripes, WHAT TO BUILD NEXT?!?!
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I've been a lurker for awhile, but this is my first post, about my first prop build.
Sooo... the wife is out of town for the weekend, and I was at work on Thursday and suddenly thought to myself "I need a Ghostbusters Trap". My friends and I (at our weekly gamenight) have been saying "I looked at the trap, Ray!" when one of us does something stupid.
I'm no stranger to building, as I like to paint miniatures and have built my own arcade machine. That build was also a mid-workweek idea out of nowhere.
So I did some research, and built this one based on Sean Bishop's mockup. I knew that trying to build an exact replica would take much longer, and be much harder/more expensive than I had time for, so I attempted to get it as close as I could with materials I already had on hand.
It's made from foamcore, with greebles I had, including some vintage knobs from old hand radios. I still have the front power display to finish, along with the roll plate and some labeling. Total time is somewhere around 16 hours or so.
When i finally got it to where I wanted it, i immediately thought of 100 ways I would have done it differently. That's when I knew I was on the right track for prop making! i know this is probably a common build, but i'm really pleased by it as my first attempt. Maybe someday I'll make one using arduino and some servos.
Anyways, I am super excited about the future, and thanks to my supportive friends, and inspiration from Adam Savage and this board for getting me in front of the work table. Cripes, WHAT TO BUILD NEXT?!?!
