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I haven't been posting to forums much in the past month or so, but it wasn't just the hustle and bustle of the holidays. I was working on a few projects. Here's the one I am most proud of. Imagine a Bad Piggies live action movie.. or maybe a large-scale line of toys..
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16 Comments
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Awesome, Funny stuff. Like it !!! :-)
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Wow, awesome @dromega! How did you make that?
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This is SO COOL! The detail is amazing!!
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this is outstanding :O attention to detail is amazing. The piggy's even facing the camera at all times... Mind that TNT crate isn't seen by anyone official. You may get a visit!
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Thanks everyone! I tried really hard to get the details down. My one big failure is that I got the middle box rotated 90 degrees off. The TNT box lines should be vertical, not horizontal. Other than that, I am happy with it.
As to how to make it? Lots of cutting, grinding, drilling, nailing, etc.
The boxes are made with molding I got at Home Depot. 3/4" if I recall. The crate part is just cheap lath from Home Depot, cut and hot-glued. The TNT sign was made from scratch.
The power wheel uses the metal part of a castor from Home Depot, cut in half. The power wheels themselves are from the local R/C Plane shop, as is the front propeller. The back wheels are made from scratch using leftover fencing wood I had in my garage. I used aluminum threaded tubes (?) (not sure exactly what to call them) for the wheel axles and they all spin, as does the prop.
The bottles took some work. I took smaller sized soda bottles, then cut them down to the size I needed, making sure to cut in the middle. I also cut a strip to used to help glue them together. I painted the insides black and the top red. I glued the strip in on side using epoxy, then the second side. Lastly, I drilled a hole through them.
The bracket that holds them to the contraption is a conduit strap, with the wings cut off and holes drilled through. It all attaches together using a cut down threaded rod going through the conduit strap and bottles, then to an L bracket that is attached to the contraption. This was by far the hardest piece to accomplish on this project and cost me a metal cutting blade to my vibration hobby tool and a 1/2" drill bit.
The final cosmetic touches:
Pig - standard 5" plush pig, with freckles added with a green Sharpie. Note: As per the Rovio art, Freckles pig has a very specific freckle pattern - both sides are triangles of three freckles, but inverted from each other.
Egg - Larger than an Easter Egg, it came with a Cars toy inside. Spray painted it white.
Balloons - Red balloons from Target, taped together, with wire wrapped around the valves to the contraption.
Rope - I bought some cheap jute at the hardware store and tied around the back. It was a last minute addition as it was a recent addition to the game too.
Most of the pictures were taken with me holding the back strut of the rear box, so there was some Photoshopping involved to remove my arm and hand. -
This is really epic! Nice work @dr-omega :)
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OMG @dromega this is sooooo graet, you sure did it awesome and I believe that was fun to test contraptions in real life.
You are very creative young man and that is amazing to see. -
@cosmo2503 - heh.. "young." you flatter me..
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Are you able to reorganize the parts?
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@AngryBirdsSpaceMaster - no, they are all nailed together. Good thought, though, if I ever made a v.2.
I would love to see some company like Build-a-bear offer this option.. -
Anyone with an iPad that plays Bad Piggies? Was wondering if anyone could do me a favor and create this machine in Field of Dreams and take a screen cap in HD.
I only have my iphone and the resolution is horrible.
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Also had to reverse the vehicle to be able to use it in the Field of Dreams.
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@spacemaster - Thank you for this!! Yeah, as a working vehicle in the game, it doesn't do much. It really needs a motor..
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That would be so cool if you could rig you R/C airplane's motor in there!
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DrOmega that is the Abso best contraption I've ever seen!! Kudos to you for your awesome creativity!!! LOVED IT!! :D
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