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Fallout fans who missed out on pre-ordering the Fallout 4 Pip-Boy Edition can dry those tears by printing their own using one of those newfangled 3D printers.
3D printing enthusiast and Fallout fan Yvo de Haas has published a schematic that will allow you to print a Pip-Boy 3000 Mark IV, complete with a slot for your smartphone running the Fallout 4 mobile ap.
“Fallout 4 was announced June 4th, and I was immediately hooked,” wrote Haas. “I absolutely love Fallout and have been looking forward to Fallout 4 for years. One of the first things that was obvious is that the old pip-boy, the Pip-boy 3000, has been replaced with a different model, the Pip-Boy 3000 Mark IV. The new Pip-Boy has the buttons on the right instead of the left, and there are more buttons. It has a tape player on the top, and the opening mechanism is now defined. Now I rarely move aside running projects for something else, but Fallout is an exception. Time to make the Pip-Boy 3000 Mark IV 3D printable.”
He added: “Now there is a difficulty with this project, there is only limited reference. The Pip-Boy is already extremely difficult to design with proper reference, but now there is only a teaser trailer and the E3 video. This does not give the kind of reference I usually have. Another challenge is the huge amount of features in the Pip-Boy 3000 Mark IV. I like to make as much features working as possible, and to get some of the features (most notably the tape player) working, was a real challenge. The people at Bethesda really tried their best to make the Pip-Boy as difficult as possible.”
For the serious Fallout and 3D printer fans out there, there’s also the Pip-Boy 3000 Mark IV Accurate Edition to look forward to.
“The Pip-Boy 3000 Mark IV Accurate edition (not yet finished) is the version for the serious tinkerer,” Haas explained. “It is as accurate as I can make it, with no sacrifice to fit anything in. This version can be used to make a wearable Pip-Boy computer, but for instance using a Raspberry Pi. It has all the same tube dimensions as the phone version of the Pip-Boy, but the body may differ in locations. It is also advised to download the source files of the accurate version in stead of simply downloading the STL files and printing, to make the design and all the buttons for to the parts you have available. All mechanical features, the latch and tape player are the same as on the phone edition, but more buttons can be made moving and all of the gauges can be made to light up (or even better, made working).”
Source: YTEC3D
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