Fallout: New Vegas Transportalponder

After a too long absence, Chris from ChunkaNuke Props returns to our pages with his recreation of the transportalponder from the "Old World Blues" DLC for Fallout: New Vegas.  I really appreciate his old school, trash-bashing approach to prop creation.  Nothing wrong with 3D printing, of course, but there's something to be said for hand-crafting an item from found objects.

 

 

Fallout Propapalooza

If you haven't seen it yet, I would highly recommend Amazon's Fallout series.  It's not perfect, but on a scale of 1 to 10 I'd give it an 8.5.  I'll avoid any outright spoilers, but I hopped on the hype train for the second season based solely on the ending of the final episode.  *That* location, and the cameo from *that* character, were a very pleasant surprise.

Thanks to the series, interest in the props from the franchise has hit a new spike.  Luckily, Much Props has a whole series of DIY videos, including this one on crafting a T-45d power armor helmet from foam.  What's wild is that this video is one of just 45 (!) Fallout props he's done and collected into this playlist.

Back to the Wasteland

Almost ten years ago I fell in love with Fallout: New Vegas.  Since then there have been two more installments in the video game franchise, neither of which came come anywhere close to the immersiveness and storytelling of New Vegas.  That craftsmanship, and a still thriving mod community, mean I'm still diving back into the game every couple of months.

That's all a set-up to explain why I'm so excited about the new Fallout project.  No, not the long-awaited Fallout series that premiered early on Amazon Prime last night, although I'm jazzed for that as well.  I watched the first episode last night and absolutely loved it.

I'm actually talking about Fallout: Breaking, a direct sequel to the amazing Fallout: Nuka Break fan series.  Zack Finrock has been posting some previews of the project, including some cool prop work, over on his Twitter account.  Based on the previews, and my love of the original, I think there are a lot of reasons to throw a few dollars his way.

 

Fallout Mr. Handy Replica

Folkenstal returns to our pages after a long absence with this full-sized replica of Codsworth, the main character's Mr. Handy household robot from Fallout 4.  Amazingly, it's almost totally made from foam.  Click through to see his complete build log, including dozens of in-progress photographs.

 

T-51 Power Armor Helmet

A huge number of Fallout fans were disappointed by the reproduction T-51 power armor helmet included with the special edition of the game.  That didn't discourage Aaron Kahler.  He did a complete rebuild of the helmet, including an amazing weathered finish.  Click through for a full gallery of the finished product.

Fallout 4 Laser Pistol

Bill Doran brings us this masterful paint-up of the Fallout 4 laser pistol kit from Reciprocation Props.

Deathclaw Skull Mask

This great deathclaw skull mask comes to us from Brazen & Bold Productions.  The finish really brings out the details of the sculpt.

Heavy Metal

In honor of Fallout 76, Wasteland Weber brings us the factory made helmet from the Power Armor edition of the game and his custom-made classic version.

Fallout Pipe Pistol

Chris from Chunk-a-Nuke Props brings us his recreation of the Fallout 4 pipe pistol.  Click through to check out the rest of his amazing Fallout prop collection.

T-51b Power Armor Helmet

This evocative Fallout-themed tableaux comes to us from Russian propmaker nikolauskas_2la. The T-51b power armor helmet is spot on.

Fear the Mechanist!

Deadbeard Props gets the credit for these recreations of the Mechanist helmets from both Fallout 3 and 4.

A Terminal Case

Power Up Props has posted a nice build log on the RPF for their recreation of the wall mounted terminals in "Fallout 4".    The level of detail the process can capture is pretty impressive, but they don't gloss over how much finishing work is required.  Getting rid of the striations from printing means hours of applying bondo and sanding things down.

Fallout Props

Ammnra Creations has posted a tutorial video for a slew of minor Fallout props.

The video opens with the most interesting segment- how he recreated the game's IV drugs, including Rad-Away. It turns out Bethesda based the label on a marketing prop used by Touch Branding. They literally plopped a prop blood bag into a scanner, scanned the label, and removed the marketing references. For a game that was in development for six years.

Click through on the YouTube logo in the player below to open up the full sized version of the video.

Zap!

Chunk a Nuke props returns with this recreation of the electrified paddle ball from Fallout 4's "Nuka World" DLC.   The newest release has somewhat soothed my disappointment with the franchise, but I really hope the rumors of a new Obsidian-authored sequel are true.

The Shishkebab

This impressive take on Fallout's Shishkebab comes to us from Ammnra Creations. What really sets this project apart from similar efforts are the extensive electronics. That includes LED lighting for the propane jets and superheated blade, sound effects, and a miniature smoke generator.

Med-Tek's Finest

Jacob Briggs created the Red Beamer poster that was the inspiration for yesterday's post.  He just posted a trio of equally well done posters for products from Fallout's Med-Tek.

You'll Shoot Your Eye Out!

What kid didn't want their own Red Beamer laser rifle?  Chunk-a-Nuke props brings us this conjectural "Fallout" prop inspired by the classic Red Ryder BB gun. 

Fallout Water Chip Prop

Chunk-a-Nuke Props brings us the Ur-Prop of the "Fallout" series- the water chip.  One of the many disappointments of "Fallout 4" is that it didn't continue the underlying theme of the importance of water. 

Fallout 4 Gauss Rifle

Show and Tell Props is responsible for this amazing recreation of "The Last Minute", a unique gauss rifle from Fallout 4.  Their construction thread at the RPF includes a detailed build log.

Eyebot Paintjob

Brazen and Bold Productions is in the homestretch of their Fallout eyebot project.  The latest gallery entries feature priming and painting the prop robot.  The next step will be weathering it down.