Cells at Work: White Blood Cell Receptor
Motivation
This was a fun little project. My brother wanted to cosplay a White Blood cell from the anime Cells At Work for Crunchyroll Expo 2018. Cells at Work was a pretty popular slice of life anime at the time that also taught people how different cells of the body functioned. It was a fun way to refresh my memory about high school AP Bio. The white blood cell receptor sat on a hat of the white blood cell and it would buzz every time it detected a pathogen or foreign object in the body.
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Modeling the receptor
This modeling project was really easy since thankfully the design of the receptor is basic. It’s just a stem with a circle shaped like a lollipop. This comprised of three main parts: the circle receptor, the stem, and the mounting system.
A simple circle extrusion with a smaller indent in the middle is pretty basic. I recommend anyone getting into 3D modeling to start with basic stuff like this!
The more difficult part was figuring out a way to mount it to the hat. Lots of other people that I’ve seen have their receptors flopping around. This was one thing I didn’t want to have happen so I made sure the mounting mechanism was solid.
I modeled a small bracket to attach onto the hat adjustment strap. This by itself is not enough as it will flop around when walking around. I had to made another anchor point at the top of the hat adjustment loop to keep it stable.
This is the inside of the hat where an extra flap is glued on so that the receptor doesn’t flop around when walking.
It turned out pretty good!
The resulting product turned out pretty good! the receptor fit like a glove without any wobble or flop. The anchor points I made served it’s purpose.
