Community Event / Creation Chair - with attachments

[pigfumbler]

A few hours of greebling

Made from hardboard and cardboard then filler

Hole for indent as per design

Cut plastic ball glued in place

Trimmed to fit and filled

more greebled items

and more

and even more. All to be painted and main box to be sanded.

The sticker collection on the tool box is coming on too. Still more stickers to age and add!

and still more to do!

 

[Winterwalker]

agreeable greebling agreed !!

 

[pigfumbler]

agreeable greebling agreed !!

Thanks M8!

Two new switches fitted, one to control the fans, the other for something for later on.

Fan fitted under the seat with the electrics to expel the heat. The pipe goes to the wine warmer to keep the red just above room temperature.

 

[pigfumbler]

A bit more

Painting started. Lots of various layers and paint types

A start to the greebling on the back

Paint on the side and a start to the greebling there

 

[pigfumbler]

Sooooo,

I added the headrest and was not happy with it. It didn't gel for me as it just looks like something stuck on top - the move from chair body to headrest needed to be more of a gradual affair

Still more greebling and finishing to do on the headrest but it was ready to be put in place

so out of some double thickness corrugated card I have decided to make a couple of 'bits to assist the change visually

one of the problems is the rear speakers are under the new inserts so I will take a chance and make them hollow and let them direct the sound forwards. ( I can always decrease the delay on the rear speakers via the surround sound)

I made a template of them from paper then drew them out on the card and cut them out. I glued them together with a glue gun because that stuff sticks like wossname to a blanket. They will have a mesh at the front as speaker grills

covered in filler and sanded

The underneath. I've used cardboard for weight and as it's not a structural piece it doesn't bear weight.

sanded so well, I needed to add some imperfections to the finish so sea salt was scattered on the top the sprayed. This will be removed later but the marks where the spray has congregated around the salt crystals will still be there.

Hopefully more time will be available over the weekend!

 

[pigfumbler]

More on the side panel bits

sea salt scrapped off

a new coat of black. after this it's the rubbing on of the grey

 

[pigfumbler]

Yay! Managed to get most of the day at it!

silvering up the inserts

In position. extra layer with the glue gun to represent welding and then silvered to make it look more so. Not sure if it's too bright so made go over it with a darkening wash

Long view

close up of inserts with mesh

Front view of head rest. Still more to do with extra cushioning. Still some stenciling to do with the 'do not cover' graphic on the seat

Rear view. Still a lot more finishing on the back to do

Front view with microphone on goose neck stalk

Still a lot of finishing to do but the main build is finished. Now it's just coats of paint and greebling

 

[Enride]

Great work mate!

Dont forget about the overview movie showcase when your finished!
I wanna see this bad boy in action!

 

[pigfumbler]

A bit more today

EL wire glued in place

Silver spray but applied with a sponge in certain places for a well worn silvered look

EL wire in place

Control unit and EL wire

A bit more finishing on the chair, a very metallic finish on some bits of the chair for a real metallic look

Sidelook

Other side, darker

Front view


Still loads more to do, stencilling, finishig etc. However the end is in sight and I will be sad to finish it.......

 

[Kavid]

Nice to see that you are still cracking on with it

Regards

 

[pigfumbler]

Nice to see that you are still cracking on with it

Regards

Thanks!


A bit more done

stencils done with a laser cutter to save the fiddly cutting out

Both sides of headrest

Name tag on the side. Used a 'military' type font for obvious reasons

Handle made for the emergency access cover. This is where the emergency wine is kept

getting near finishing now. I shall be hosting a black tie chair launch party soon - look for your invitations in the post....

 

[Enride]

Awesome work commander!
So nice too see the project soon be completed! Im jealous to hell and back :O

Just a warning though, no matter what you believe...These projects are never "finished"...
Youll find something youll want to change, expand, redo and add.

And if nothing else, why isnt there a second chair beside this one, so you can fly with a friend!?

 

[ThereIs0nly0ne]

Awesome, awesome awesome, awesome.

It looks awesome PF!

 

[pigfumbler]

Awesome work commander!
So nice too see the project soon be completed! Im jealous to hell and back :O

Just a warning though, no matter what you believe...These projects are never "finished"...
Youll find something youll want to change, expand, redo and add.

And if nothing else, why isnt there a second chair beside this one, so you can fly with a friend!?

Thanks, I think you may be right Enride, I will be tinkering with this for a long while! One project will be a motorised riser for the wine bottle at some point and also thinking about an x52.....

Awesome, awesome awesome, awesome.

It looks awesome PF!

Thanks TIOO, very different from your amazing build, but it would be odd if we were all the same! looking forward to progress on yours when time allows!


I may hold the launch party at the black hole at Sag A. as it resembles my chair in some ways regarding time and money I'm half way there currently

 

[pigfumbler]

A bit more today.

I have a surround sound amp for the standard bass shakers / tactile transducers embedded in the seat and other places but I was after a bit more deep bass. I ordered myself 2 more professionally made shakers to add to my home made ones and a 500 watt 2 channel amp.

Amp

Bass Shaker

I plugged them in from the bass out on the surround sound and got a very satisfying rumble from the discovery scanner.

Now, I thought, I have to make them fit the chair ( you know, make it look used and crappy and put my 'touch' on them )

Sprayed the amp black and will add some silvering

wasn't happy with the amp dials so made a new facia. I used the original as a template

Also I have always wanted a dial that went up to 11 because it's one more than ten

Silvering and positioning over the weekend hopefully as the Mrs is away and i'll have time to play



Also added a couple more stickers to the tool case

and

this is just my bit of fun for me as nobody else sees them...


Also on a completely unrelated note, I discovered my first earth like planet this week

And so it goes on. Thank you for all the comments thus far. Rep incoming for those I can!

 

[Winterwalker]

+1 for earth like planets +1 for Gramaphone / Wireless.

+1 for "goes to eleven" (for that extra push .. over the cliff)

and +1 for pampers stay-dry, personal use only ...

though you do realise .. you did just post that to forum!?

fun-est project on ED

 

[pigfumbler]

A tiny bit more today. Amalgamating tape on the joystick to improve grip

Amp in position above the access hatch. Access hatch cover in production then i can finally finish off the finish on this side of the chair

 

[Enride]

Let the planet be Earthlike, but if its inhabitants are Humanlike you invoke EXTERMINATUS and get the eff out of there mate!

Ontopic, have you tried the bass shakers yet? Im interested to hear how they fare!

 

[pigfumbler]

Let the planet be Earthlike, but if its inhabitants are Humanlike you invoke EXTERMINATUS and get the eff out of there mate!

Ontopic, have you tried the bass shakers yet? Im interested to hear how they fare!

The Bass shakers have added a new layer of bass and I must say I'm very happy with them.


A bit more greebling today

'Repair' welds added to certain bits

Christmas tree added for those who remember them

Access panel made with nut headed screws

Panel in position

A new arrival from Commander Winterwalker today. Check the bottom of his sig if you fancy one!

Coming on with the finishing touches, more greebling panels in production too

Glued and first spray of paint

 

[Enride]

Oh my, with just a few quick steps your creating very believable props!! VERY well done mate!

Love the name patch