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=Crazy giant t-rex skeleton= | =Crazy giant t-rex skeleton= | ||
| − | I | + | ==Background== |
| + | There's a bit of a joke around the hackspace that I'm a t-rex because I have short arms and I'm constantly asking for help getting things off of shelves. I then randomly found these plans to build a huge t-rex skeleton on Instructables... With EMFCamp coming up, I thought a t-rex in a field would be a good addition to the field. | ||
| + | ==Construction== | ||
| + | Weirdly, trying to print out the pattern pieces took the longest amount of time. In retrospect, I should have done what the instructable suggested and just take the PDF to a copy shop and have it all printed out properly. Printing out and piecing together the pieces took me about two weeks to complete. | ||
| − | + | I used two 8ft x 4ft sheets of exterior grade 12mm plywood. It took about a week to trace & cut out the pieces using a jigsaw with the help of my husband, Sully. | |
| − | + | I then managed to nab some generic off-white emulsion off of a friend and painted all the pieces. Then I spraypainted the pieces with glow in the dark spray paint. | |
| − | + | ==Field Work & Lighting== | |
| + | Used some cheap 1.2m UV/Blacklight tubes to light up the dinosaur at the bar at EMFCamp.I had made lovely wooden holders for the UV tubes but I forgot that, in a field, things are not flat or level... So had to hack up some Club Mate boxes to hold the lights up. | ||
| + | He hid nicely under a dark archway under the M1. | ||
| − | + | ==Gallery== | |
| + | <gallery> | ||
| + | File:T-rexunfinished1.jpg|T-rex in the lobby, just after I had completed cutting the final pieces. Still needed adjustments to the slots. | ||
| + | File:T-rexgarden.jpg|T-rex painted white | ||
| + | File:T-rexEMF1.jpg|T-rex near the bar at EMFCamp 2012 | ||
| + | File:T-rexEMF2.jpg|T-rex from the back | ||
| + | </gallery> | ||
| − | + | ==Links== | |
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| + | [http://www.instructables.com/id/Build-a-6-0-tall-Wooden-T-Rex-Model/?ALLSTEPS How to build a 6ft tall wooden t-rex model on Instructables] | ||
Revision as of 07:24, 9 September 2012
Crazy giant t-rex skeleton
Background
There's a bit of a joke around the hackspace that I'm a t-rex because I have short arms and I'm constantly asking for help getting things off of shelves. I then randomly found these plans to build a huge t-rex skeleton on Instructables... With EMFCamp coming up, I thought a t-rex in a field would be a good addition to the field.
Construction
Weirdly, trying to print out the pattern pieces took the longest amount of time. In retrospect, I should have done what the instructable suggested and just take the PDF to a copy shop and have it all printed out properly. Printing out and piecing together the pieces took me about two weeks to complete.
I used two 8ft x 4ft sheets of exterior grade 12mm plywood. It took about a week to trace & cut out the pieces using a jigsaw with the help of my husband, Sully.
I then managed to nab some generic off-white emulsion off of a friend and painted all the pieces. Then I spraypainted the pieces with glow in the dark spray paint.
Field Work & Lighting
Used some cheap 1.2m UV/Blacklight tubes to light up the dinosaur at the bar at EMFCamp.I had made lovely wooden holders for the UV tubes but I forgot that, in a field, things are not flat or level... So had to hack up some Club Mate boxes to hold the lights up. He hid nicely under a dark archway under the M1.
Gallery
T-rex in the lobby, just after I had completed cutting the final pieces. Still needed adjustments to the slots.
T-rex painted white
T-rex near the bar at EMFCamp 2012
T-rex from the back
