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Well, after seeing Michos9's awesome ping-pong ball Cores---> [link] I had to have a go myself. This is my Wheatley model, made from a couple of ping pong balls, a couple of message clips, and a handful of electronics.

Haha I learned quite a lot doing this. I basically had to go into a hardware shop and go 'HELP I DON'T KNOW WHAT I AM DOING.' Then I had to go home and put together a circuit using what I remembered from secondary school science classes.

And then I had to learn to solder. One tip about molten metal I have learned during this project- it is, actually, quite hot.

He lights up with a switch on the back, and his eye actually cracked while I was cutting it, which was an awesome stroke of luck. I tried to detail-paint as close to the ingame model as possible, from his scratch-marks to the little white voice-print sticker, which was a case of trying to paint without breathing.

If I made another version, I'd not use white spray paint as a base coat. I don't know if my paint is old or something, but it created this sort of textured bumpy effect which I didn't really want. I liked the shiny ping-pong ball texture better. It sort of works though, as it makes him look a bit more beaten-up.

Wheatley belongs to Valve. Comments are love!
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~chaoticpix93 Aug 10, 2012  Professional Writer
It. Even. Lights. Up. Ohmagerd! That's so COOL!!!
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!SmileCrocodile Feb 22, 2012  Hobbyist Digital Artist
I'll just... take this awesome Wheatley here...

/runs
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*RukaSwift Feb 3, 2012  Student Digital Artist
Wow this is really neat, I might just have a go at it myself c:
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~TheLilacPilgrim Dec 13, 2011
Aww, he's so cute. He looks pretty happy about something :P
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!ButternutFive Aug 10, 2011  Student General Artist
:iconwantplz:
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*mmishee Aug 3, 2011  Professional Digital Artist
this is very impressive! 8D
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~halley42 Aug 3, 2011
Thanks! :bucktooth:
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*mmishee Aug 3, 2011  Professional Digital Artist
no problem 8) Wish i could make stuff like that.
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!JustWestOfWeird Jul 31, 2011  Hobbyist General Artist
*cries and whipmers* UUUUUHH!!!!!!!!!!!! WHYY WHY WHY????????????I TRIED MAKIING ONE OUT OF A PING PONG BALL AND FOAM AND IT SUCKED! WHY DOES URS LOOK SO REAL LIFE WHEATLY????? I DONT KNOW HOW TO EXACTLY MAKE ONE BY CUTTING THE BALLS *tee hee, balls...* UP AND GLUING THEM TOGETHER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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~halley42 Aug 1, 2011
I didn't really know what I was doing at first, I just cut two balls *snrk* up into pieces that looked the right size.

I did use a compass, though, to get perfect circles. Also I sanded the cuts after, to make them look smooth.

Michos9 did an amazing tutorial, though. ---> [link]
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