A Gentleman's Challenge #4 (about time eh?)

[The Reverend Catmandoo]

Here are the pics, hope that you all like 'em. this was a very enjoyable project ! Rev. CMD

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[k-9]

wow  that turnd out great i love it great work rev catmandoo so when does my shipment of recoilless rifles get to me 

[The Reverend Catmandoo]

K-9,
 Glad that you like it ! About that shipment, Monday is a holiday so it will ship out the following Tuesday. Batteries not included for the photonic emitter. Maybe a multiline argon can be adapted to fit ? I heard that you had a new toy ! CMD

[k-9]

why yes i do it im geting a new multi line argon laser it shoud be here thursday hheheheheh cant wait

[Ld.Willoughby]

Whew, I made it.. late night glueing and painting.. wheeeee


The List of items!

- 3 items from a Hardware store.
Drain screen kit

- Something Red.
plastic bottle cut for lenses

- Nuts and bolts of any number and size.

- Child's toy.
Thrift store plastic hockey mask

- 2 items from a garbage. Dumpster diving or browsing the office recycle bin, both count.
2 computer headsets stripped for multiple parts

- 5 paint colours of your choice.
plastic primer
steel grey
gold
brass
copper

- Something taken from something else.
lens from old cheap plastic camera

- 3  items of your choice.
another busted headset

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And finally a aweful pic of it on my massive head. Please ignore the tub of lard behind the mask.

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I never realized how hard it is to take a pic of yourself.

[Angus A Fitziron]

Willoughby,
excellent result, well done. The parts come together in a splendid and suitably scary whole.

[van der Waals]

So here we are...

The Helmet Raygun


3 items from Hardware store:
   copper reducer
   brass tubing
   brass fitting

something red
   red liquid

nuts and bolts

glass
   test tube

2 items from garbage
   blowtorch
   black metal part (I think an old door hinge)

item from friend
   helmet

wood
   handle from fork

buttons
   pushbutton switch

3 items of choice
   LED
   battery
   black spray paint

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[k-9]

@ van der Waals and Ld.Willoughby both of you came up with great head gear cant wait to what other people come up with 

[stardust]

ladies, gentlemen and scallywags, may i present to you my solar powered utility top hat.

i used the following....

3 items from a Hardware store. - three copper pipe joins
Something Red. - red satin lining
Nuts and bolts of any number and size.- small nut used as light switch
Glass. - small brown bottle
1 item from a friends house (stolen or borrowed). - chimney/reducer thingy
Child's toy. - action man compass, though not actually photographed because i forgot
2 items from a garbage. Dumpster diving or browsing the office recycle bin, both count. - glass jar and plastic pastry container
Wood. - on front of hat
5 paint colours of your choice. - brass spray paint, copper spray paint, red glass paint, yellow glass paint, black undercoat
2 types of fabric. - brown ribbon, black fleece (under lining)
Gauges of any kind. - typre pressure guage (always losing this and so useful to have on a utility hat!)
Leather. - entire hat made from leather
An item from an Antique store. - traveller inkwell
Something taken from something else. - copper pipe. used to have something to do with a boiler
3 items of your choice. - solar panel, desk lamp/fan combi, burgundy quill pen

unfortunately it has not photographed all that well, but the light on the front is actually a fairly powerful desk lamp which lights up a whole room. the brass jar lid in  front of it screws off so it is either a furnace with light shining through the glass painted front or it is an actual head light. and the chimney is the exact right diameter for an insence cone, hence the reason there is smoke coming from it! the fan is there so that on a hot day the solar panels dont fry the battery and i can take some of the power away to cool my face down! the fan is on a flexible stalk so i can get it right down in front of my face. the storage compartment inside is to hold the items being charged, because not only does the solar panel power the lights and fan, but it has 11 adapters for various phones, cameras and MP3 players. it even has an ipod adapter so you can charge practically anything from the top of this hat!

i think that's all i have to say about it for now, but i'm bound to have forgotten something so i'll come back to it later!

here we go......

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[JingleJoe]

That is fantastic Miss Stardust! I think we will require a better photo of the light in the front, perhaps from in the dark?
Fantastic creation! Carry on the good work

[stardust]

thank you!

unfotunately it is too bright to be photographed. or rather, i don't have the photography techniques required to capture light that brightly using only my phone!

[wildcargo]

Well here's the results of my assembly.  Something of a more feminine nature for a fancy dress ball.  Psyche's tiara.
Crafted from...
1 item from an antique store - a silver plated dish holder (that forms the base of the crown)
Leather - the leather is the liner for the crown and the back strap
Faux fur
Glass - chandelier crystal
5 colors of paint (for the butterfly wings)
1 item from a friends house -the brass butterfly
Something red - the heart brooch
3 hardware store items - two mirror holders and a roll of copper tape (which is holding the wings in place)

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http://www.flickr.com/photos/wildcargo/3896695479#

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http://www.flickr.com/photos/wildcargo/3897474728#

This is my first attempt at posting photos so I'm not quite sure what the results will be?
I also started a set of "sand goggles" created from the other half of the silver dish, but those are still on the slab.  Once they are completed I'll make sure they get posted as well.

[Miss Amelia]

Wildcargo: That's absolutely beautiful. I look forward to seeing your goggles project

[Otto Von Pifka]

excellent work all!
unfortunately real life reared it's ugly head and I got no further than a red fez with a pile of crap next to it.

I still need to assemble a hat to my liking, so its still on the drawing board.

kudos to everyone who got their projects done!

[Der Tinkermann]

Great work everybody,it's interesting to see the diversity of the designs.

[atomic ray]

I am a late bloomer it would seem...please to put together another project, soon

I stand at the ready this time...really.

May I offer a suggestion as to a subject?

Rather than a raygun, something for your head, etc. perhaps offer up a part of the name and let the creators work with the name rather than an established form or function?

As an example:  "Tesla's experiment #71"  or  "X-J9" etc..

Thanks for your time and consideration.

Ray

[Nefthys]

As always, great creations from everyone. I hope you all had a good time in the 4th Gentleman's Challenge!

[Silas P. Morgan]

Well... mine didn't work as planned.... I made a dust mask for Burning Man (I still have to develop the film...) But I made it too heavy, so it wouldn't stay on my face... I could probably move the straps, but I think I'll just work on something else.