Energy Sword in Real Life!
Posted: Sat Aug 05, 2006 6:18 pm
Yes, I've got it! Finally! I've extracted the energy sword from b30, and injected into real life!
This is my best mod for real life EVER!
FEAR ME!
(Yes, that's really me. Pretty frightening, huh?)
Alright, and now the real story...
My friend's dad is an amazing artist. He does all kinds of stuff; sculpting, molding, and occasionally, he does aluminum pours.
When he does aluminum pours, he first sands down styrofoam into whatever he wants to make, then packs it in sand. Then, he pours molten hot aluminum into the sand molds. The aluminum vaporizes and replaces the styrofoam, but leaves the sand intact. The result is a perfectly formed aluminum figure of whatever he made in styrofoam. Get it?
He usually does one pour a year, and this year, he invited me to make something out of styrofoam. I was so happy that I wet myself! (Just kidding!)
Anyway, I made an energy sword out of styrofoam for this pour. In a few hours, this styrofoam energy sword will be made out of indestructable, light-weight aluminum, and I will be able to play real life Halo with myself, slaying the leaves from various plants and whatnot...Oh what fun! I think I've wet myself again! (Just kidding!)
It's not perfect, but it's the damn best styrofoam energy sword model I've ever seen!
I'll post what it looks like after we've replaced it with aluminum...maybe tonight or tomorrow.
This is my best mod for real life EVER!
FEAR ME!
(Yes, that's really me. Pretty frightening, huh?)Alright, and now the real story...
My friend's dad is an amazing artist. He does all kinds of stuff; sculpting, molding, and occasionally, he does aluminum pours.
When he does aluminum pours, he first sands down styrofoam into whatever he wants to make, then packs it in sand. Then, he pours molten hot aluminum into the sand molds. The aluminum vaporizes and replaces the styrofoam, but leaves the sand intact. The result is a perfectly formed aluminum figure of whatever he made in styrofoam. Get it?
He usually does one pour a year, and this year, he invited me to make something out of styrofoam. I was so happy that I wet myself! (Just kidding!)
Anyway, I made an energy sword out of styrofoam for this pour. In a few hours, this styrofoam energy sword will be made out of indestructable, light-weight aluminum, and I will be able to play real life Halo with myself, slaying the leaves from various plants and whatnot...Oh what fun! I think I've wet myself again! (Just kidding!)
It's not perfect, but it's the damn best styrofoam energy sword model I've ever seen!
I'll post what it looks like after we've replaced it with aluminum...maybe tonight or tomorrow.
