Tron Identity Disk

I got bored and nerdy one day and decided to buy an Identity Disk from the Tron Legacy movie. Like the one below.

Well, the disk sounds dumb and only has 12 LED lights in it and the one in the movie had like 150. So I decided to get super nerdy like I do and pump up the LED count.

You can go to your local auto store and will most likely find a set of these flexible LED light strips in any color you want.

Now rip that disk open and cut everything out of it keeping the outer ring in tact.

This is not an exact science and took a lot of toying and rigging to get all the light strips to fit.

I added a blue inner light ring and a white outer light ring.

The battery packs for each light ring had to be installed outside the disk. I also drilled holes for the power buttons for each color just below the batteries.

Now the previously crappy 12 LED light disk is a considerably better 54 LED light disk.

Another Steampunked Nerf Gun

People love to Steampunk the shit out of Nerf guns. Especially the Maverick Nerf gun. Which looks like this.

 I got bored one day and decided to scope out some of these online for some inspiration and came up with my own. Which looks like this now.








The cool thing about this line of Nerf guns, is that this scope detaches and fits on any of them so I Steampunked it and through it on there for a more over exaggerated look. The scope came off of the Nerf N-Strike Longshot CS-6.

 

 

 Here are some links to the other Nerf guns that I based mine off of. Gotta give credit where it is due because these are way cooler than mine.

http://www.jeremyclough.com/2008/12/29/steampunk-nerf-maverick/

http://hacknmod.com/hack/top-7-outstandingl-nerf-gun-mods/

http://gadgetsin.com/tag/steampunk

If any of you plan on making your own, I recommend spraying a coat or two of some black Krylon: Fusion spray paint that bonds to plastic. From there you can apply your acrylic model paints with a brush. 

If you are looking for some brass gears and sprockets for the Steampunk look, you can find them in old brass clocks at antique stores near you. 

Be warned, when you pull apart the clock there is a winding coil that is usually covered by brass plates. If you remove the wrong plate when you are not expecting it, it will fire out with insane speed and scare the shit out of you or hurt you or both. The gears should be fairly visible so you shouldn't have to open anything else in the clock.     

 

Han Solo Blaster

Before...

After...

A little bit of paint, added weight, relocation of the speaker and a 9v battery instead of the 2 AAA batteries and we have ourselves a relatively, loud, cheap replica of Han's famous blaster pistol.

Blaster now has functioning, yet campy cross hair sight and large barrel you can see down.

And if you feel like getting real nerdy you can hand carve and paint your own custom Star Wars blaster plaque and put that blaster on a pedestal.


I'm not selling this shit George, so please don't sue me.

Sub Zero Costume

So this is the first costume I made when I really started getting into this stuff. The mask is made out of a child's Iron Man mask that I modified. The chest piece is made out of cardboard that I fabric glued the black and blue fabric to. The eyes are special contacs. Just fyi, you can't see out of them and they hurt like hell. Anyway, the under suit is black Under Armor. You can't see them but I actually bought some of those two toed ninja boots, which also hurl like hell. I don't know how real ninjas do it.