My Rubies/Spirit pack modification

hawkbatsquadron · September 3, 2021, 7:40pm

The journey so far…

So, I figured, what the heck…

Fresh out of the box:

After some modifications:

Add one Spengler wand…

Paint and tear down…

Add new parts and details.

The finished pack:

This was my first build and I’m really happy with the results, I used a few of the tutorials online. The paint was textured black Krylon and the silver was dry brushed to simulate wear and tear. I used the Moby Signs 80% sized die cut label kit and Frankengeek Laboratories light kit, V-Hook and Motherboard kit. The alice frame was from Rothco and some of the 3D Printed parts were from Great Scott Props. BenofKent did the aluminum bumper I had to replace after snapping off the plastic one. I may try a full sized pack in the future, but for now this is good…

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Double_T · September 4, 2021, 12:09am

Nice work, bud!

hawkbatsquadron · September 8, 2021, 4:10pm

Thanks Tony, I used all of the tricks I learned doing other costumes over the years.

I probably should have gone for the full sized pack, but I’m still not sure how much use this will get, so this will have to suffice for now.

darthbuster · September 12, 2021, 3:28pm

Thanks for posting. Really nice work,

hawkbatsquadron · September 20, 2021, 2:07am

Thanks, I can’t figure out how to post a video of the light mod, but here’s a link: Video

faerfaron · September 20, 2021, 7:19pm

Is that Krylon Fusion All In One textured spray paint or their truck bed liner? Looks good!

hawkbatsquadron · September 21, 2021, 3:10pm

Thanks, I used the black textured Krylon Fusion. It looks really good when it dries.

hawkbatsquadron · October 3, 2021, 5:30am

Please ignore the Tardis in the background…

hawkbatsquadron · October 13, 2021, 7:36pm

I wasn’t looking for anything more than ambient Proton Pack sounds.

Add one Bluetooth Pager/Speaker from Bumpboxx, an SD card

And a sound file…

Video LINK for sounds: Poor man Proton Pack sounds

I can clip the pager to the Alice Frame or my belt. The Spengler wand has the rest of the sounds.

The loop is an hour. Then it plays the Ghostbusters theme song and repeats.

hawkbatsquadron · December 29, 2021, 4:54am

Final modification to my Spirit pack conversion was putting the original wand back on.

I’m saving the Spengler Wand for the Haslab pack. Just waiting on a few toggles for the activation box.

I’m quite proud of how this turned out…

Fresh out of the box:

Now:

LINK:

VIDEO