Ok, here's the deal. I wanted to get a Stargate compatable with my 3.75" Joes. I looked for an affordable alternative that had the correct size, but finally decided to try to make my own. I want it to be like the Stargate in the movie and show, but I don't want THAT stargate. I want the same Concept. An alien porthole that can transport you from one to another, same shape, but looks different and not tied to the Stargate universe!

I looked for a sturdy material. I started looking for Wood and metal at Lowes and Home Depot. But with no luck! I even went to Michaels. The only thing I found was a Styrofoam Wreath. I remembered I had a large assortment of Stryofoam at home, so I could build a base from that! But I don't know how I'm going to paint it! (Paint usually melts styrofoam!) Anyway, this is what I have so far;



I pinned it together with dowels from WalMArt. Then I went to coat it with DAS. (my intention is let it harden, sand and paint it to look like Stone or a weird Alien Material..but one step at a time......);




I decided to coat it to coat it with DAS Clay. I had to work fast and pinch it off and stick it together in small pieces;

It comes out lumpy. I had to smooth it by getting my fingers wet and rubbing it down.

I didn't have enough DAs to finish, so I'm off to Palm Springs to get more, but here's what it looks like so far;






and here's another shot to get an idea of the Scale;



This is a work in progress. I'll be adding more as I finish this project.......stay tuned!

Holy FRAK, Frank, that's awesome. As far as I know, melting the stryofoam depends on what kind of paint you use. Back in my warhammer days, we knew better than to use spray paint on that stuff. We always painted a base coat then texture painted the stuff. I can tell by what you are doing, it'll be great. I simply don't use styrofoam cuz I don't feel like trying to carve it all up. 3d modeling is NOT my forte.

loking good frank looking good. keep up the great work.

Nick

I've seen some of the stuff Frank's come up with, I think we should start calling him Martha Stewart ;-)

Yes, definitely Maathaa! What would you recommend for decorating a Joe themed rec room Frank?

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OK, I finished covering it with Clay.




But I forgot.....the clay adds mass that will "crowd" the ring, so I had to cut a chunk out to get it to stand upright!

I painted the base primer gray to get the effect of stone.



I needed to make the ring look "other Worldly" so I used a metallic blue....I still have to add some decoration to make it look alien....but here is so far......