Holoboards and Power Fields

or "She blinded me...with SCIENCE!"

After working on the modular wall project a few months ago, I thought it might be nice to get a bit fancy and add holoboards and power field walls. Since both endeavors were "in progress", I never posted anything here. I thought I had... but apparently not. Anyway, I went online to see if I could find transparent fluorescent acrylic sheets that could be used in the aforementioned capacity. I was lucky, and found Inventables online. They have some really nifty stuff that would work wonders on any futuristic terrain display.

First up was the simplest project- power fields. Using fluorescent orange acrylic sheet, I cut out small sections and carved in a criss-cross pattern using the back-edge of an eXacto knife*. These power fields will be integral parts of the wall sections, so I had to create appropriately sized brackets from sheet styrene and rod. All the walls and brackets are current out for painting, but here's a shot showing the concept and a finished field.

The second project was a bit trickier, and to be honest- I cheated. I used fluorescent green acrylic sheet for these, and cut out blocks of similar size to the power fields. However, knowing that I wanted more than just lines going back and forth, I left this project alone until I was able to find somebody who was willing to do some laser etching for me.


I got lucky. That being said, I still expect at some point to do hand carving, but in the mean time... well, damn, but these just look good. They'll need their own support structures, and I'm thinking that something that fits on top of wall sections or can stand on it's own is what I need. Soon...

*eXacto knives are very sharp. Use them carefully. Have bandages nearby just in case. Just sayin...