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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.
The eye is a 100mm (4") cheapo magnifying glass, set into some 30mm MDF.
Next step is to turn some more MDF to extend the eye back into the dome, then cut and screw it together.
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.
The eye is a 100mm (4") cheapo magnifying glass, set into some 30mm MDF.
Next step is to turn some more MDF to extend the eye back into the dome, then cut and screw it together.
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.