I want to make a staff based off of the fog condensers in Fallout 4's Far Harbor DLC. I have a few ideas on how to put this together, but I'm brand new to prop making and need some advice on how to make this as lightweight as possible, and possible to disassemble/reassemble to fit into a checked suitcase. The most pressing issue is that I have no idea how I should make the propeller(?) blades, the frame around the glowing tube, or the base that attaches the propeller blades to the staff's body.

My thoughts on how to make the rest of the staff:

• A blue glowstick necklace for the glowing tube
• Sections of PVC pipe held together with straight connectors for the staff body
• Aluminum foil glued to cardstock then punched through with an awl for the tube's guard
• No snaking output tube, size nozzle, or red power wire
• A little tube coming from the staff's "head" attached to a plastic water bottle, with a cup holder duct-taped to the staff to hold the bottle (this isn't necessary, I just think it's funny to make it look like I'm drinking condensed fog and has the added benefit of keeping my water easily accessible)

All of this feels like it should work in my head, but I'd hate to buy all these materials and then end up a fool with a staff that's too heavy or fragile to carry around. I'll be walking around outside with this, so it needs to be able to stand up to a moderate breeze or some jostling without breaking. If I'm somehow horribly overestimating my abilities here, I'm not that averse to just not having this prop at all. I'm also fine with this looking a bit like hot garbage. I'll probably look even more fitting for a Fallout cosplay.

tl;dr I need help on how to make most of the fog condenser's head section, keep the whole staff lightweight, and make it possible to disassemble for packing.

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starting on the 3d components!

Hi there! I'm seeking ideas for a post-apoc airsoft game's props, and would like to get some from you guys ;)

Story/concept: The whole game is built on Stalker, but has elements from Fallout, and similar games/movies/books too, even own elements, and FPS games. The game will also include "monsters", they will be quite powerful. Two PMC like factions will fight for the best loot, and to extract from the "Zone".

What we already have(mostly DIYed by me):

-Basic ground loot(money, materials, etc.)

-"interactable" items, like an Exoskeleton, a special helmet, super powerful melee weapons.

-relics, which have either + or - effect on the user/owner.

-medical loot(COD style stimshots, bandages, CATs, "drugs"(vitamin pills lol))

Question:

If you've read until this point, and you have any ideas, please share with us, it would be very much appreciated!

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