Hey gang!
Boredom makes one do rather weird and interesting stuff. So earlier today, while being bored out of my mind, i decided it would be cool to make a model of a wraith dart out of cardboard. I actually brought this subject up in one of the Wraith threads awhile ago, and someone affectionately named my project "the Dart Board." So here's the Dart board in it's entirety:
I actually designed the display stand first: Original Display Stand.
After some thought and a redesign, i settled upon a different display stand. Final Display Stand. I will be using two of these, as i designed the model to be free standing. And obviously one display stand won't work out too well.
Once the display stand was designed, i started throwing around som ideas for the actual Dart itself. So i came up with this: Early Concept Design For the Dart Board. Pretty atrocious looking, huh?
So i sat back and thought of a better design. It came to me while watching "The Storm" (SGA: Season 1) on dvd. It just came, and kept coming, until i had the designs i ended up with now.
Essentially, there's a base frame that attaches to the Display frame. Base frame. The front end of the base frame is here. I couldn't get the whole base frame onto the scanner at once, so i scanned it in two parts.
Next come the cover frames. The Rear Cover Frame and the The Front Cover Frame. The cover frames will have be drawn on to make the Dart "look like a Dart."
To attach the Cover Frames to the Base Frame, I devised a clever set of inserts that are attached to slots on both sets of frames. The Inserts for Attaching the Frames together. The base frame contains the slots where the display stand is attached to the frame itself.
As you peruse the pics, you'll even see my chicken scratch and even the guide lines sketched onto the designs. You'll also note the references to the Inserts. Insert 1 attaches the Rear Cover Frame to the Base Frame. Insert 2 attaches the Front Cover Frame to the base frame. The Display Stand slots are for the notches at the top of the Final Display Stand, where the Dart is attached to the Display Stand.
So now all i have to do is actually build the Dart. To do that, i will need to procure the cardboard stock as well as an Exacto-knife (as a standard razor blade or box cutter won't do for the precision i will be needing). There's an art supply store not too far from home that can probably handle all the my supply needs. I won't be using standard corrugated cardboard (the kind that boxes are made of - with the wavy layer in the center), but heavy duty paper/card board stock. It's fairly resilient, and will hold up well to the rigors of the Dart Board construction phase.
So there you have it. A bored Gater with nothing better to do than build a Wraith Dart out of Cardboard.
More pics and updates will follow as the project continues.
Thanks for stopping in!
Boredom makes one do rather weird and interesting stuff. So earlier today, while being bored out of my mind, i decided it would be cool to make a model of a wraith dart out of cardboard. I actually brought this subject up in one of the Wraith threads awhile ago, and someone affectionately named my project "the Dart Board." So here's the Dart board in it's entirety:
I actually designed the display stand first: Original Display Stand.
After some thought and a redesign, i settled upon a different display stand. Final Display Stand. I will be using two of these, as i designed the model to be free standing. And obviously one display stand won't work out too well.
Once the display stand was designed, i started throwing around som ideas for the actual Dart itself. So i came up with this: Early Concept Design For the Dart Board. Pretty atrocious looking, huh?
So i sat back and thought of a better design. It came to me while watching "The Storm" (SGA: Season 1) on dvd. It just came, and kept coming, until i had the designs i ended up with now.
Essentially, there's a base frame that attaches to the Display frame. Base frame. The front end of the base frame is here. I couldn't get the whole base frame onto the scanner at once, so i scanned it in two parts.
Next come the cover frames. The Rear Cover Frame and the The Front Cover Frame. The cover frames will have be drawn on to make the Dart "look like a Dart."
To attach the Cover Frames to the Base Frame, I devised a clever set of inserts that are attached to slots on both sets of frames. The Inserts for Attaching the Frames together. The base frame contains the slots where the display stand is attached to the frame itself.
As you peruse the pics, you'll even see my chicken scratch and even the guide lines sketched onto the designs. You'll also note the references to the Inserts. Insert 1 attaches the Rear Cover Frame to the Base Frame. Insert 2 attaches the Front Cover Frame to the base frame. The Display Stand slots are for the notches at the top of the Final Display Stand, where the Dart is attached to the Display Stand.
So now all i have to do is actually build the Dart. To do that, i will need to procure the cardboard stock as well as an Exacto-knife (as a standard razor blade or box cutter won't do for the precision i will be needing). There's an art supply store not too far from home that can probably handle all the my supply needs. I won't be using standard corrugated cardboard (the kind that boxes are made of - with the wavy layer in the center), but heavy duty paper/card board stock. It's fairly resilient, and will hold up well to the rigors of the Dart Board construction phase.
So there you have it. A bored Gater with nothing better to do than build a Wraith Dart out of Cardboard.
More pics and updates will follow as the project continues.
Thanks for stopping in!
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