STARGATE UNIVERSE - Kino Remote Controller
I had been comissionned by original prop owner to make replicas of the Kino remote controller.
His version was just the shells, there wasn’t any electronics or pda inside.
The original hero working kinos had an Archos tablet inside them and a bit of electronics to light up the translucent buttons
The project started by making a mold of it in order to make one cast to send to Custom Electronics so he could work on developing electronics.
I also had to laser cut a back-plate.
All those replica parts were then sent to the electronic guy.
Once he had finished with developping the electronics i got the parts back, and made the final production mold.
I went with a complex matrix mold. The goal was to make a mold that would produce cast with minimal clean up.
What’s a matrix mold ? i’ve covered that here : Zat’nik’tel Replicas
During the molding process i had designed pour hole and vent holes.
The clear cylinder is the pour hole, the colored straws are the vent holes
The back-plate were laser cutted in black acrylic and cnc carved on the back give some room to the battery some other components.
As usual, all was primed first, then painted to match the original pattern. I had created foam boxes for each kinos for shipping purpose.
Finished replica :
