• Light. - Líte Dísturbed
  • Where did you get these? The HF 3.0 aren't out to my knowledge. - [Dablackcat]
  • The Lego Store in Bellevue has them in Pick-a-Brick, along with the chestplates--both in several colors.
  • Insert Wheatley here. - sqiddster
  • This was a triumph... - mechbuilder
  • I'm making a note here.... Huge success - Pumpkin111196
  • don't you mean
    Well here we are again, - dementedvelociraptor
  • it's hard to overstate my satisfaction... - mechbuilder
  • How do I get this piece, was it modified or did you get it in a lego set? - Pokolo
  • It's a Lego Technic panel. I got it in the SP3 Raid VPR set.
  • do you happen to know the code for it?
    If you don't understand, each lego set comes with a code (7164 Preston Stormer, for example). it should be on the box. - Pokolo
  • If you Google "Raid VPR" you'll find everything you need, including places to buy it.
  • Thanks! also are you going to add a tutorail any time soon? - Pokolo
  • Apeture Science, We do what we must
    because we can - The Minecraft Geek
  • For the good of all of us

    except the ones who are dead.... - kopakaluver10
  • but there's no sense crying over every mistake... - mechbuilder
  • you just keep trying till you run out of cake - The Minecraft Geek
  • ...And the science gets done and you make a neat gun for the people who are still alive... - Oly~E_Jr. (No FM)
  • Well, you found me. I hope it was worth it, because, despite your violent behavior, the only thing you've managed to break so far...is my heart. - Oly~E_Jr. (No FM)
  • and when the science gets done and you make a neat gun for the people who are... - mechbuilder
  • It's always such a pleasure. - xNadnerbx
  • Maybe Black Mesa,
    THAT WAS A JOKE, HA HA, FAT CHANCE - Studs-a-million

GLaDOS (with better eye color)

Oh, it's you. It's been a long time. How have you been? I've been really busy being constructed of acrylonitrile butadiene styrene. You know, after you murdered me?

Fortunately the Aperture Science Emergency Recreational Building Element Reconstruction Initiative has provided me with a new body. Consequently, testing can recommence immediately.

For Science.

You monster.

----

As a number of people pointed out, the color of her eye in the previous photos was not quite right. It isn't really as red as it looked in those photos--I used a 1x1 solid orange round--but it still wasn't correct. I finally figured out how to get it right: I changed the round to pearl gold.

Some people had also requested a profile shot. This is harder to do than you might think because of the support structures I built for her, but hopefully this will help.

Speaking of the support structures, I tried something different this time to eliminate the shadows from them: I turned her upside down and took the shot that way, then rotated it in post. This worked quite well, I think.

The "eye" is illuminated by a single Lifelites LED connected to an eLite Basic above her support disc. Since she's supposed to be such a mess of wires and hoses anyway, I decided not to hide the cable by running it through her body, instead letting it just be part of the model.

Comments and faves

  1. ★

    @rabid, Shadow Viking, Arctic`Fox, Thestreetsweeper, and 275 other people added this photo to their favorites.

  2. jestin pern (25 months ago | reply)

    Whoa.

  3. The Companion Crate (25 months ago | reply)

    Its been a long time!

  4. Villa pls [deleted] (25 months ago | reply)

    I knew that you rotated the photo!

    Better, too. :3

  5. @rabid (25 months ago | reply)

    Oh yesh.

  6. PEDRO-79 (25 months ago | reply)

    great work man, looks great...love the detail you put into your work !

  7. [Bansheeshee] (25 months ago | reply)

    Wow, very nice sir.

  8. Kryiptuun (25 months ago | reply)

    Those Hero Factory bits on there actually look really great! I'm surprised there's a use for them.

  9. Gammaj4 (25 months ago | reply)

    How have you been?

  10. ~Merp~ [deleted] (25 months ago | reply)

    The cake is a lie!!

  11. {№t Applicable} (25 months ago | reply)

    Sweet.

  12. aabbee 150 (25 months ago | reply)

    well you surely got the shaping right

  13. The Companion Crate (25 months ago | reply)

    after you tried murdering me

  14. StoryWriter (25 months ago | reply)

    Oh hai!

  15. Imagination Customs (25 months ago | reply)

    How come a can't fave more then once? Oh well. This is pretty epic. <3

  16. Phract (25 months ago | reply)

    Is that just a blue posterboard?

  17. TheBobulator (25 months ago | reply)

    Spaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaace

  18. theDemobile (25 months ago | reply)

    Awesome!

  19. This photo was invited and added to the Blogged by The Brothers Brick group.

  20. Catsy [CC] (25 months ago | reply)

    Thanks!
    That is exactly all the background is.

  21. Brickbuilder0937 (25 months ago | reply)

    A wonderful representation.

  22. Benny Brickster (25 months ago | reply)

    Sweetness!

  23. Benny Brickster (25 months ago | reply)

    Although there are a few more details I would like to see added in the future :3

  24. freddynascarfan6 (25 months ago | reply)

    You should make instructions to build this! Holy crap do want!

  25. OrangeKNight (25 months ago | reply)

    One Word.

    Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaannnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnt!!!

    I don't suppose there would ever be a chance for sharing how this was built?

    Mike

  26. ZAND3R (25 months ago | reply)

    Ah GLaDOS may be an evil bitch and have an annoying voice but she is one awesome design.

  27. Casey M. (25 months ago | reply)

    This is a triumph.

  28. NIRDIAN (25 months ago | reply)

    I'm really liking this shot, so nicely taken from the side. :)

    Oh and I blag'd her, hope you don't mind. :)

  29. Becheman (25 months ago | reply)

    I'm guessing that you added "acrylonitrile butadiene styrene" yourself - nice touch ;)

  30. Sabarrus (25 months ago | reply)

    Whoa, Fantastic! I like that use of the inside-out tire for something else besides a giant black worm. :3

  31. Legostothemax (25 months ago | reply)

    pretty cool, I made one too.

  32. SonOfTheShire (25 months ago | reply)

    Aperture Science: We do what we must because we can.

  33. Rogue Builder [deleted] (25 months ago | reply)

    Great job getting featured on G4!

  34. bermudafreze (25 months ago | reply)

    I'm making a note here: huge success!

    Nice job with the eye color, you really pursue something until you get it right.

  35. LewiTaur (25 months ago | reply)

    Just watched the Portal 2 Gameplay videos on YouTube. She's not as evil as you all presume...

  36. romevi (25 months ago | reply)

    Please issue this out in DesingByMe if you can!

  37. Catsy [CC] (25 months ago | reply)

    Thank you very much, everyone! I'm stunned at the attention this has gotten. So far it has been picked up by Brothers Brick, Kotaku, Rock Paper Shotgun, G4TV, Joystiq, Machinima, and an absolutely astonishing number of other places. (Edit: wow--the Kotaku article is now linked on the news pane of the Steam interface for Portal 2 when you view that game in your Library!) I average between one to two thousand total page views on my photostream per day; yesterday I had 71,510 and today has already broken 100k.

    If you are coming here from elsewhere because you love Lego Portal, you should definitely check out Legohaulic's ATLAS and P-Body and LDM's Turrets. I haven't tried building either because they've already done it perfectly.

    For those asking for instructions, LDraw files or DesignByMe, I'm afraid that's really not possible. GLaDOS uses a number of parts that aren't available in DBM, and many of the connections are extremely unorthodox. I will say that most of her core is based around ball joints, particularly some of the new Hero Factory parts that are in Pick-a-Brick at the Bellevue Lego Store. The black tube at the top is a tire turned inside-out, and the illumination of her eye is a Lifelites LED powered by an eLite Basic hidden in the support superstructure, shining through a pearl gold 1x1 round plate. Her "arms" are 3mm flex tube (a semi-rigid tubing used in some Lego sets) onto which some headlight bricks and 1x1 bricks with side studs have been threaded.

    That said, I will see if I can post some breakdown shots in the next few days. I will be keeping her intact and she will be on display at Brickcon 2011 in Seattle this October.

    Yes, and "Aperture Science Emergency Recreational Building Element Reconstruction Initiative" is my line as well (for those who are worried that it's a spoiler--it's not). Think about the meaning of "Recreational Building Element" for a moment. :)

  38. OrangeKNight (25 months ago | reply)


    Thanks for getting back to us, I'm sure it's been quite the rollercoaster ride for you!

    If you can't make a digital creation, Breakdowns are the next best thing! My only add-on request would be if doing a part list as well would be possible.

    Thanks agains,

    Mike

  39. pimpingreenhat (25 months ago | reply)

    It's funny, all of these shots of GLaDOS have ended up as my wallpaper :)
    I like this angle better than the original. It has more... personality.
    Next: HL2? One of the boss battles?

  40. The Tactician (25 months ago | reply)

    the views on this are OVER 9000

  41. markdall (25 months ago | reply)

    Now, do the potato version! :)

  42. Catsy [CC] (25 months ago | reply)

    Who knows? One thing I will say is that once I finish my Portal Gun and Chell customs, I will probably try to do a scene with them and GLaDOS.

    If you look through the comments on this photo, there's a link to a Lego PotatOS that is completely to scale with this GLaDOS.

    Just in case it gets lost in the spam, though, here's the link again: Lego PotatOS

  43. pimpingreenhat (25 months ago | reply)

    I can't wait to see that, perhaps you could have the wall plates flying into place in the scene? Just a thought.
    Also, that is a perfect potatOS :)

  44. Grimthehappycow (25 months ago | reply)

    You are a horrible person. That's what it says. I am not kidding. A horrible person. We were not even testing for that. - GLaDOS. Awesome build though. You truly captured her.

  45. Psychoticgoblin (25 months ago | reply)

    All these years, I've been watching you kill me, over and over again.

  46. Stormbringer. (25 months ago | reply)

    Oh, wow... I've been wondering if someone would make a complete construction of Glados.

    "I've been *really* busy being dead. You know, after you *murdered* me!"

  47. brickmodder (25 months ago | reply)

    I'm a potato!

  48. βig Rubber Mallet (25 months ago | reply)

    Why is this game not on the Wii? Aagh. No science for me. Great build.

  49. StoryWriter (25 months ago | reply)

    Nice spoiler alert.

  50. ZAND3R (25 months ago | reply)

    Because Wii SUCKS! And it's the "family friendly" system.

  51. The Companion Crate (25 months ago | reply)

    Damn right, The wii is if you got a tiny wee.

  52. βig Rubber Mallet (25 months ago | reply)

    Oh look a game exclusively for wii!
    www.youtube.com/watch?v=5JQVWFjU4xk

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