The base for Fallout’s Pip-Boy 3000 was my cell phone, which had to fit into the case. So I decided to build everything around it. It was the easiest approach to me that time.
I mostly traced the patterns around the cell phone and cut them out of craft foam and covered them with Cosplayflex.
What’s Cosplayflex?
I used a different thickness of craft foam reaching from 2, 3, and 5 mm for this build.
Re-checking the fit for my phone was cruxial. Nothing’s more annoying than having your phone not fit inside after the prop was painted and done. Mine was still good to go.
A few lights on the Pip-Poy are relevant. You don’t want to have a lifeless props especially when it’s supposed to show a computer.
Inserting batteries was a challenge at first, because I didn’t have much space to put them in, so I decided to keep the design as simple as possible. The battery is embedded in a piece of Cosplayflex and to close the circuit a metal plate with the wire is put into the socket on top of the battery.
Easy!
I hid all the LED wires and battery in the back of the Pip-Boy. The cover is attached with magnets.
The cover for the phone slit with the yellow LED is something I’m a bit proud of. It snaps in place when you put it around the screen and gauntlet part. No magnets needed here, because notches on both ends keep everything in place. It works like a sort of clamp.
More details! Though sculpting raised letters here was hard, they’re too tiny!
Here’s another LED light visible. It can’t get easier than that I guess.
