Merugear Posted August 16, 2009 Report Share Posted August 16, 2009 (edited) Hey there troops! Yesterday I went to a camping store to get myself some webbing, man was I in for a surprise! I am planning to make a Heavy Weapons Trooper, so eventually I will have to make myself a backpack and perhaps some other sandy accessories. Now I was strolling around the camping stuffs and found some items that made me think of that screen-used macrobinocular, used by a Sandtrooper. Now with some scrounging through the piles of items I found some items that could prove useful to me. Now a rundown of what I used to make this little accesory: A cheap tupperwear-wannabe container, conveniently shaped like the rangefinder/electrobinocs. A doorhandle 2 round push-knobs for caravan doors. 1 thingy to stick into tentpoles to make them have an iron hook on it. 1 tube with attachmentring (the most expensive part as they didn't sell seperately lol) Several wooden shish-kebob sticks So I bondoed the attachmentring to the end of the container, added the casing of the caravandoorknobs upside-down on the lid of the container to use as eyeholes and bondoed them as well. Put a knob upside-down next to the attachmentring for the left greeblie. Then I drilled a hole in the place where the right greeblie should be, and cut the plastic cap to the 'cross' (so that it appears as the greeblie seen on the movie) of the tentpolethingy. Secured that with bondo and added the doorhandle as a sunscreen above the eyeholes. Added advantage were the holes in the handle to attach it. I can now put a piece of string or such through them! Well here's my budget-binoc. Enjoy! -------- The white stuff in the background is my ATA armor being made . Mom 'n Dad are on a holiday for a week or so so the livingroom has become my personal armor shop . Vincent Edited January 15, 2022 by gmrhodes13 link not working removed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TK-2126_MD[TK] Posted August 16, 2009 Report Share Posted August 16, 2009 Hey not bad..... looks good,easy to make and for the price..... how much was it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merugear Posted August 16, 2009 Author Report Share Posted August 16, 2009 Hey not bad..... looks good,easy to make and for the price..... how much was it? Bout 5 euro's for the 2 doorknobs, 3 for the doorhandle, 2.5 for the tupperware and.... bout 4 euro's for the tent cap? well paint and shish kebob thingies were allready in hand. 12.50 for the tube with ring (of which I only needed the ring ) so yeah it could be cheaper, but heck it beats a Radica game . Will add more greeblies in time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D-MAC Posted August 17, 2009 Report Share Posted August 17, 2009 Now i like that!! Iv'e got the sub hunt game some where in the garage and after seeing this i'd better get on with it!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daetrin[Admin] Posted August 17, 2009 Report Share Posted August 17, 2009 That's pretty awesome - great job Hopefully it will inspire others as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VacTrooper Posted August 18, 2009 Report Share Posted August 18, 2009 Screen accurate work!! NICE! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merugear Posted August 19, 2009 Author Report Share Posted August 19, 2009 Thanks gave me a good boost while churning out armor Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dutchy[501st] Posted September 1, 2009 Report Share Posted September 1, 2009 That's a nice scratch build you did there buddy!! I always love scratch builds.. Keep up the good work Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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