Weighted Companion Cube

By popular demand I made the Weighted Companion Cube from Portal.

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Step 1: Materials and tools

Materials:

some sort of hardenable or bakeable clay
red paint
white paint
black paint
Silver paint (not necessary, I think it looks better than white though.)

tools:

paintbrush
cutting knife or blade

ilovegm says: Jul 16, 2012. 7:28 AM

was thinking of using solder for the cube's accents

Serpentine says: Aug 8, 2009. 11:13 AM

The symptoms most commonly associated with Enrichment Center activities are superstition, perceiving inanimate objects as real, and hallucinations. The Enrichment Center would like to remind you that the Weighted Companion Cube will never threaten to stab you, and infact, cannot speak.

or_ford98 says: Jan 23, 2012. 2:58 PM

bomb fetish says: Aug 14, 2011. 12:34 PM

oh god no... not in the oven again... i cant live with the guilt...

shaneomacmcgee says: Jun 20, 2011. 6:23 PM

It's ironic that you have to bake these... kind of reminds me of...

Shade95 says: Jul 11, 2011. 9:19 PM

Caaaaaaaaake...

GorillazMiko says: Jan 29, 2008. 9:02 PM

Try doing this, if you can! ;-)

turtlesrfun says: Jun 13, 2011. 5:04 PM

That's really easy.

epicbobman52 says: May 2, 2011. 4:19 PM

epic mind ( insert 4 letter word here )

bakumaster117 says: Sep 23, 2010. 11:47 AM

that IS COOOOOOLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

SwimmingRox says: Aug 17, 2010. 11:02 AM

haha

gamegenie2k says: Jul 29, 2010. 4:34 PM

That's not an Aperture approved weighted cube. That's clearly an M.C. Escher brand Companion Cube.

Amy20 says: Jul 15, 2010. 7:06 AM

You divided by zero.

KnexFreek says: Mar 2, 2010. 7:47 PM

cEwL

Mr.NHRA says: Feb 18, 2010. 8:30 PM

No problem.

xdoomzyx says: Dec 11, 2009. 1:45 PM

You can't do this and you know it. This is an optical illusion

failermon says: Feb 23, 2010. 2:10 AM

'Course you can! Just add water. :D

cantrell8 says: Jun 4, 2009. 1:46 PM

WOW!!!

Shredder543 says: May 22, 2009. 2:21 PM

lol!

DrWeird117 says: Apr 11, 2009. 3:45 AM

I just made one out of K'Nex, but it bends...

DrWeird117 says: Mar 14, 2009. 10:55 PM

Easy, just take a--Oh my GOD!

imthatguy1125 says: Mar 11, 2009. 2:40 PM

headache

Sandisk1duo says: Sep 3, 2008. 7:45 PM

i can EASILY photoshop that!

mcntim95 says: Jun 25, 2008. 10:17 AM

That's the oldest trick in the book.
You just have to cut a section the size of the width of the section going through the front bar, and stand at the right angle... DUH.

HisDivineShadow says: Jul 25, 2008. 2:47 AM

no its called pho-to-shop

wupme says: Sep 17, 2008. 11:30 PM

Just because you don't understand it, doesn't mean it have to be Photochopped. You can even buy thos things...

mcntim95 says: Jul 23, 2008. 9:20 PM

the bible.
lol jk
any optical illusions bookk.

codongolev says: Jul 21, 2008. 10:28 AM

what book? where can I get it?

twenglish1 says: May 25, 2008. 5:51 AM

how the?!?!?!? uhh head hurts!!!

duck-lemon says: Mar 29, 2008. 5:12 PM

my brain hurts!

drummonkey92 says: Mar 26, 2008. 7:22 AM

hurts my eyes

that_guy_over_there says: Jan 30, 2008. 11:58 AM

I know how to make that, it's not that hard.

REA says: Jun 21, 2008. 8:06 PM

i see how it works!

ZeroTruths says: Jan 30, 2008. 6:06 PM

It's just an optical illusion. It can be built, but in order for it to appear like this, you could only stand in one specific spot.

GorillazMiko says: Jan 30, 2008. 3:13 PM

Can you post an Instructable?

AT says: Jan 30, 2008. 7:29 PM

That would be cool to see someone build this. It would be somewhat easy to do. You make a cube out of whatever and make sure it is somewhat well constructed. Then, you cut a gap in one of the edges so you can see through it to the back vertical edge. If you look at it with one eye from the right direction, it will look like the picture above. If you are good with visualization and think about the top, front edge not being one piece but two, and that through the gap between these two pieces you can see the rear vertical edge, you will see how this can work in reality. :-) P.S. Nice instructable....

darkmuskrat says: Jan 30, 2008. 7:00 PM

just metacafe it, i believe i saw some guy from the middle east post 1 on their

iq_abyss says: Jan 29, 2008. 10:30 PM

Dam, that picture causes me physical as well as mental pain. Being insane (self diagnosed) doesn't help much. Ouch! But if anybody can succeed in making it work in 3 dimensions (or more if you feel it totally necicary) I want to know how. IQ_abyss

SteamKit says: Jan 30, 2008. 12:29 PM

You can actually build these, I've seen them. Can't remember where I saw, but obviously they don't work -quite- like the picture. A couple of the pieces are curved so that when you look at it at -just- the right angle it blows minds.

jaysbob says: Jan 30, 2008. 2:46 PM

their actually not curved. theres an angled cut-out in two of the sides. Other than that its a regular cube. Just google Necker Cube. as far as the instructable goes: aww I was hoping for something machined out of metal. the small thumbnail pic was deceiving. I guess thats a compliment to the craftsmanship in a roundabout sort of way. lol.