Guardians of the Galaxy ORB - Low Cost Aluminium Foil Movie Replica

As you know, I love using low-cost materials to create striking pieces, so today we're going to create a low-budget replica of the Orb from Guardians of the Galaxy 1, with spectacular finishes and made using aluminum foil!

Join me for the process!

Aluminum foil

Cutter/Scalpel

Styrofoam ball

Hot glue gun

Soldering iron

Black paint

The Orb was the containment unit for the Power Stone, one of the six Infinity Stones, the remnant of a singularity that predated the universe. Due to the destructive capabilities of the stone, the Orb was used to house it and was hidden for millennia in the Temple Vault on Morag.

The Orb is made of some kind of space metal; there is no record or data on its chemical composition, so I will use "terrestrial" metal to make the orb, specifically low-cost aluminum foil.

For this project, I will use aluminum foil. Aluminum foil (or tin foil) is aluminum prepared in thin metal sheets. It is pliable and can be easily folded or wrapped around objects. The thin sheets are fragile and are sometimes laminated with other materials such as plastic or paper to make them more durable and useful.

Aluminum foil is very malleable. It can be bent, shaped, and easily wrapped around objects without breaking. And that's what we'll do today: use that malleable ability of this metal material.

To make it a truly low-cost metal project that doesn't lose that metallic appearance similar to the orb we see in the movie—which is solid and made entirely of some kind of space metal—we'll use a polystyrene filling, which will then serve to create the depths of the holes on the orb's surface.

The Orb is a solid metal sphere that, with the collector's technology, opens in half, so we will make a central cut in the Styrofoam ball.

To do this, heat the cutter blade with a lighter; this will facilitate the cut and make it clean without leaving lumps.

Prepare the two resulting pieces, work on one half and then the other for each process

The shapes of the cavities on the surface of the orb are symmetrical, mirrored in each half, and different in each half of the cut sphere, so check reference images or consult the 3D model in the next step.

To do this, draw a line down the middle of each half of the Styrofoam sphere.

I used a 3D model I found as a guide to trace the areas where the cavities will go.

You can find the 3D model below and open it with your preferred 3D design program.

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Using a marker and the 3D guide or reference images, mark the cavities before using the soldering iron.

Remember that the cavities are symmetrical, that is, equal on each side of the linear division made previously.

Now, using the soldering iron, carefully begin to apply light pressure to the surface of the Styrofoam half-sphere, focusing on the cavity areas marked earlier.

Melt the polystyrene foam in the demarcated areas using the soldering iron

Make deep holes depending on the areas and according to your criteria.

After making all the holes in each half of the Styrofoam ball, paint the resulting pieces black.

Paint both halves and let dry for 1 hour

Now take the aluminum foil, and with the glue start to cover the pieces, apply glue only to the areas where there are no cavities.

Press gently so that the paper sticks well to the Styrofoam and does not tear.

When you are gluing the aluminum foil, try to make some wrinkles to give the orb more texture.

Using the cutter and very carefully, remove the excess aluminum foil, revealing the areas of the holes.

Do the same for both pieces and keep symmetry in mind.

Finally, when you have both pieces finished, apply a coat of aged paint and gently remove the excess with a cloth.

This will make the orb look thousands of years older.

and it will make the metal actually look forged

Conclusion:

This orb is great for decorating your room if you're a fan of the Guardians of the Galaxy movies.

You can also use it for Halloween as a prop for your Star-Lord costume.

It's accurate design and low cost can rival any 3D printed orb.

Thanks for checking out my project.