Peter Brown



Original Precedent #1

Original Precedents #2

Initial Sketch

Brainstorming Worksheet

Brainstorming Worksheet (back)

This image showcases my original design for the inner body for my robot

Problem #1

The design I was working with, LEGO Mindstorms did not resemble the robot in The Wild Robot

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Problem #2

The design I was working with, LEGO Mindstorms also did not move the way I had planned it to.

New Thesis Statement

My idea is to replicate and build a model of The Nest, (the home where the animals and Roz stay in for most of the winter) complete with surrounding trees and LED lights to replicate the glow of a fire. It brings to life the novel’s themes of survival, adaptation, and connection by combining technology and storytelling to recreate the warmth and protection of the nest during the harsh winter months.

New Precedent

The Nest From the Wild Robot

3D Print Design of The Nest

All Parts Printed and Added Roz's arms on! (moving)

Painted Roz and Brightbill Designs

Painted Roz and Brightbill Back Image

After painting the base white to resemble snow, I added the nest and the trees that had arrived in the mail.

Label for The Nest

LED Lights in The Nest

To recreate the glow of the fire inside the nest, I soldered red LED lights and glued them to the inside of the nest!

Final Touches and Adding Everything Together

1. Added a few woodchips onto The Nest for texture

1. Added the label for the nest

1. Added the animals in the book that take shelter in the nest for the winter

Final Forest Image

Final Roz and Brightbill Front Image

Final Roz and Brightbill Back Image

Thank You For Listening

Silo From Wool

For Fessy Con I thought I should Incorporate a part of the book into real life, and that aspect of my book is where most of the book take place: Silo 18

Precedents

P.S. I decided to only design and 3d print a part of the silo

Sketch

Iterations

BUT...

I had to pivot to a different thing because all my 3D prints failed.

So...

FINAL PRODUCT

Final Reflections

For my Fessy Con project, I chose to bring the staircase from Wool by Hugh Howey to life because it plays a huge role in the story. The staircase connects everything in the silo and shows how people are separated, but also how they’re all part of one big system. I wanted to show how tiring, mysterious, and important that staircase really is.

While working on this project, I learned how much thought authors put into even simple settings. The staircase isn’t just a place—it represents struggle, connection, and control. Creating it helped me understand the book on a deeper level. It also made me think about how setting affects characters and mood.

I’m proud of how the project turned out, and I feel like I was able to help others picture an important part of the book. This project showed me how stories can come alive when we look closer.

P.S. (Sorry for making you read this Absolute wall of text)

After reading The Fellowship of the Ring I had the idea to create an old looking map from my book showing the journey of Frodo. After that I had the idea to create the ring from my book, and I was going to add a light that turns on when you swish your hand.

My Initial Sketches:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1e1Tpcz4J8-Road9CI7eSJ7nmqBqy4J_1CB9iAdT4I5Q/edit?tab=t.0

I am planning on making a foam sphere ball and painting it orange and also adding characters and different props to attach onto it to represent mars and my book. I am also making a movie trailer to go with it.

My Conceptual Precedent

• Mars sphere ball in different colors

My Technical Precedents

Foam Sphere ball

Mini Spaceships

First rough sketch of Mars

• Props
• Colors
• Materials
• Sizing: 7.5 inches wide

This was Day 2 progress:

Started movie trailer with some basic intro slides.

Day 3 progress:

• Painted sphere ball to replicate mars

• Introduced the characters

Feedback I got from Mid-Review:

1. Make my character more realistic and more like how they are in the book.
2. Make a cliffhanger for my movie trailor

Day 4

Day 5

Day 6

Day 7

Final

Thank You for listening

Make sure to check out the Mars and the movie trailer!

My goal is to make an enjoyable and interesting board game that is connected to the book.

Precedents

First Sketch

Board

These were my precedents. The first one is a war strategy game similar to what I want to make, and the second is star wars ships to base my ships on.

This was my first sketch on day 0. There were no materials that I needed that I did not currently have. As you can see I made a sketch of a board and I conceptualised the pieces.

Part 1 - The Board

I then made both parts of the board on cuttle. I decided to hand-make the squares in between planets and moons because I do not know what will be on them yet.

Part 1

Part 2

This was the final result of the laser-cut pieces.

Problems I have or will be facing:

• Painting may take a few classes and may not look great on the first try, but I do not really get a second try
• Hand-making the spaces may be inconsistent...

Next steps on this front:

• Paint the board with the help of Mrs. Walrod
• Add in the spaces
• Create a spinner? Maybe dice
• glue the pieces together

Part 2 - The Pieces

I wanted to make a few kinds of pieces. I ended up making 6 kinds, 3 ship pieces and 3 structure pieces.

These were my first 3 ship pieces, a gunship, a torchship (technically gunShip and torchShip but idc) and a dreadnought

Dreadnought (Max 4 per team)

Torchship (Max 12 per team)

Gunship (Max 16 per team)

I then made a print that i will do twice, once per team it is the max ships a team can have

I then made each structure: factories produce ships, mines let factories produce better ships, and docks allow torchships and dreadnoughts to station on a planet. This will be printed only once, as it has both teams' supply of structures. every structure has a max of 13 per team.

Mines

Docks

Factories

I then made a lot of rules and instructions for each piece in-depth that will later go into my rulebook (which may turn out to be quite big). I did not include them here because it would be an absolute wall of text and that is boring.

Problems I have or will be facing:

• My slow chromebook cannot download the stl files for my very big prints :(
• Even if I could get the files to print it would take like 2 days just to print on set of ships, plus time for supports... and I have to dip these in paint to get them color-coded

Next steps on this front:

• Try to find a way to print my pieces, or just may a bunch of smaller prints
• then I will dip these in paint, and maybe find or make a bag to store them
• NEXT UP IS CARDS - they are going to be very important and I plan to make them out of cardstock

After my Mid-Review, most people told me to simplify my 3D printed designs.

This is what i came up with...

This was the tinkercad view

As you can see, they are very simple.

Next, I spent a lot of time working on my board, and I finished painting it. This is the final result.

Then, I created a rules document for those who do not know how to play the game.

Finally, i created many cards to play the game.

Thanks for listening!

After reading The Fellowship of the Ring I had the idea to create an old looking map from my book showing the journey of Frodo. After that I had the idea to create the ring from my book, and I was going to add a light that turns on when you swish your hand.

My Initial Sketches:

Problem & Solution

I couldn't figure out how to make a format for my game, in the beginning it was a lot simpler and not really detailed from the books.

I decided to incorporate my book a lot more into the board game which helped with making the different steps in the game.

Precedents

Sketches

Iteration

Iteration

Iteration

Iteration

I will create a board game called Thrones And Bones. This will relate to my book (Thrones & Bones: Frostborn) because A: it is the namesake and B: because the game is played many times in my book.

Precedents

3d Model of the board

Instead of doing a sketch I decided to make a 3d model of what I wanted to board to look like.

Work Day #1

On Work Day #1 I found 2 precidents and made a 3d model of what I wanted the board to look like.

Work Day #2

On work day #2 I made a Lasercut file for later and cut 2 20x20 inch foam boards and glues them together to make the first physical part of the project.

Work Day #3

On Work Day #3 I used the previous lasercut file cut the wood pieces for the top layer of the board.

Work Day #4

On work day #4 I printed out the rules.

Work day #5

On work day #5 I added the places to the board.

Work Day #6

Today I desined the board game pieces and I painted the board.

Today I 3d printed the pieces.

Work Day #7

Today I printed out the rules and made the logo.

Work Day #8 (final work day)

Final Product

I thought It turned out well.



For this Fessy Con project, I wanted to make the home of Corinne and Pierre in the book, The Jumbies.

Today I finished my project by coloring my 3d prints, and I put a map key.