How to make a compelling parking gaming company (approved by the Black Mesa)

All employees Plarium love video games so that they are ready to risk their lives every day, driving under the Barnacle. The idea of ​​how to make the parking lot of interesting, prompted the room itself - it is strongly reminiscent of the setting Half-Life. Without thinking, we decided to pay tribute to your favorite game, and eventually we settled wonderful neighbor. For us, it is not some kind of element of the decor, and a childhood friend - not the good, but damn charming. Today we tell about his "inner world", the method of fastening to the ceiling, and that is why he has no tongue and mucus.

Our domesticated alien weighs about 15 kilograms and its length - nearly a meter. In defining its dimensions, repelled by the ratio of the size of Barnacle and Dr. Kleiner in the game. For more safety unwary visitor parking had to deprive the world of fauna Zen language. Language is also absent for most of the art ergonomics object because hanging from the ceiling at the turn of the parking tentacles would interfere with the movement.



Barnacle made of polyester resin and fiberglass. The resin is added to the ceramic powder for extra durability. It served as the basis for the parasite blank foam, which gradually cut off and burns to create forms and study of internal space. Then the foam stuck to the clay, which was held on a frame of wooden planks and ropes. After taking the shape and texture of the skin creating a sculpture removed form with silicone - it took quite a lot. Hardness form provides a plaster casing with fiberglass.



Create a fake alien had abandoned factory stock: shop owners were afraid of toxic materials and refused to provide premises. We know that after the release of styrene resin bases casting becomes completely inert. Toxicity was except that dust that hovered everywhere during grinding that even seemingly harmless work with plaster without the means to protect the respiratory tract may cause asthma.







Chic and shine Barnacle could add silicone clots, but they quickly collect dust and eventually would like a gray jelly. In the manufacture of mucus is no big deal, but it would be out of place in the parking lot.



For the matte painting was used acrylic, because glossy Barnacle hardly would look natural. Perhaps after painting should make a couple of spray lacquer accents, but we love Barnacle such as it is.



In the depressions on the sides of the parasite has attachment points. To fix the Barnacle on the ceiling, concrete floor in the parking hammered 4 studs, so that such happiness to anyone on the head will not fall down.

Members unaccustomed to look back, so as not to catch the eye or tentacles bulskvidu. Especially impressionable visitors can arm themselves with special crowbar - yes, we save ammunition. I am glad that no one has yet used the crowbar to the destination.



Not a single Barnacle we pay tribute to the game series Half-Life. In the parking lot also has a logo of the research complex Black Mesa and interactive medboks. If you approach him, he makes the characteristic sounds and gives a bottle of mineral water.



Bowling with Barnacle we certainly can not make a - a stranger in the parking lot while away the time in splendid isolation. But we have headcrab named Jora, but that's another story.

Source: geektimes.ru/company/plarium/blog/259598/