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This is my Project Hail Mary total conversion of the outstanding JooHour Space Capsule book nook. I've been teasing this off and on, and I got swept up in some work stuff that delayed me several weeks, but I finished it this week and decided to edit together a little demo.

If you haven't seen the movie, you should, no spoilers in this design. I obviously found it very special.

I added lights into the base under the floor, and into the walls, using gels to change their colors. The video screen is a raspberry pie driving a 3.8 inch screen looping a couple of seconds from the movie when Grace is outside the Hail Mary. I replaced the original backing and design off the back and 3D printed a new back wall and airlock, sticking the screen in there. the pie and screen fit inside, I didnt have to do any external mods to fit it in. there's just an extra power cord for it.

The base nook is full of static info screens around the ship. I replaced the default stickers for those with new stickers showing display screens from the film.

And of course I repainted every surface in the entire nook to match the darker tones of the film. Rocky is a 3D print from the model on the official Project Hail Mary film website, painted with some warhammer paints for a little extra detail.

I started this over a month ago and was interrupted by work. This week I’ve been able to get back to my Project Hail Mary conversion of the Joohour Space Capsule. Most of the screens around the lab have new stickers to match screens from the film. And I 3D printed a new airlock to more closely match the one in the film.

I’m still working to get the lighting where I want it and another surprise mounted properly.

Thought I’d share progress on my replacement for the arcade game in this nook. This is probably my favorite nook I’ve done and I was a little disappointed in the heavily wooden look of the default game. I’m still figuring this out, it’s close, but I still need to print a hollow version or at least some channels for the internal lighting. And print some sticker art for the side of the cabinet.