Half-life Dog(early Version)

in this project, i'll show you how you can make a detailed, early version Dog from half-life: alyx.

you will need:

a small(redish-orange)thermos

scissors

glue gun

paste

cardboard(or some stiff paper from boxes)

printer

a laser pointer with a white light

i had a short amount of time to complete this project, so i ended up scrapping the 3D printing idea. what i eventually settled on was to print out a picture on a normal printer, and paste it to cardboard and scissor it out. download(or screenshot the picture above and print it out on a A4 paper(make it big as you can).

now that we're done with the print, get a big, decent piece of cardboard(or a stiff piece of paper) and stick the picture above it using paste. make sure the paste covers the whole under-side. when you're done, cut all the parts out with a pair of scissors.

for the main body, get a redish-orange thermos and hot glue the finished body parts at the right postions. save up the head and neck part for later, for now we only need the legs.

now for the final step: the head(and the neck)! poke a hole at the black spot at the neck and the head frame, and hot glue it together(make sure the holes are connected). glue a small laser pointer with a white light(facing the hole), and glue the rest of the head(those metallic leaf things)on the head frame. to give it more detail, i folded up the neck a few times.

it's done! it really looks great for a rushed model. maybe i'll do a another valve-themed project next time...