This BioShock Aquarium Takes Fish To Rapture

[Fanghawk]

This BioShock Aquarium Takes Fish To Rapture

Super-Fan Builds designed a hand-crafted BioShock fish tank so one fan could feed her fish with Big Daddy and Little Sister.

It's really cool to check out all the <a href=http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/134306-The-Last-of-Us-Takes-a-Turn-for-the-Plastic-With-Custom-Action-Figures>impressive, custom-made gaming paraphenalia out there that fans have designed. But what might be much cooler is seeing such objects designed as gifts, which is Super-Fan Builds' trade. Using a team of professional Hollywood prop makers, Super-Fan Builds constructs one-of-a-kind items based on video games, comics, and movies as a gift for an especially dedicated fan. This week, that fan is Courtney King, who is hugely "passionate" about the <a href=http://www.escapistmagazine.com/tag/view/bioshock>BioShock series. So in response, Super-Fan Builds has constructed a super-cool BioShock aquarium, and posted online exactly how it was designed.

The aquarium is designed to encapsulate a tiny slice BioShock's Rapture, showcasing a fight between Jack and a Big Daddy in the connective tunnels. A photoshopped, backlit image of Rapture itself fills the background, while sculptures of Jack, Big Daddy, and a Little Sister are placed in the foreground. Not only that, but the Big Daddy is hollow, which allowed Super-Fan Builds to install headlights and a moving drill.

The sculptures themselves are impressive, but there several great tiny details to help this piece stand out. The frame has been faux-finished to give it a bronze, steampunk feel. Iconic rapture statues frame the tank's exterior. Even those pipes in the background are hand-crafted. Not that Super-Fan Builds were against making changes - Rapture's new logo is "No Gods or Kings. Only Fish."

Naturally, all the hard work pays off when Courtney receives her gift in the video's final moments. But is there any chance of taking on <a href=http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/134166-BioShock-Infinites-Floating-City-of-Columbia-Re-Created-in-Minecraft>Columbia next?

Source: <a href=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kEZtnKv8oL0>YouTube

Disclosure: Super-Fan Builds is a property of Defy Media, our parent company.

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[Barbas]

Oh, fan-built. I was just about to ask why something like this wasn't sold as a neat little peripheral with the Collector's Edition or something like that. Know what else is good? Snow globes. Awwwww, f**k yeah.

EDIT: The drill moves???

 

[Caffiene]

Very nice work by the props people... but ultimately I thought it was kind of boring.

All the pieces were very nice, but they didnt really add up to much. Just a static diorama - mostly flat background, 3 characters lined up on a stage, and a simple frame for the foreground. When I think of a fish tank I imagine a lot more depth and interaction between different layers, for example having the tunnel shattered and/or bending in around the characters like we see happen a number of times in the game.

Overall my impression is of talented artists working to an extremely restrictive time schedule (presumably to get it done on the cheap).

 

[Ishigami]

Nice for her but honestly I think it?s just not really species-appropriate husbandry.
I get that is better than those fish bowls and I?m not zeal about it.
I just think that a proper aquascape would look better and would presumable be healthier for the fish as well. Granted more upkeep would be involved on her part.

 

[Jeroenr]

Oh, fan-built. I was just about to ask why something like this wasn't sold as a neat little peripheral with the Collector's Edition or something like that. Know what else is good? Snow globes. Awwwww, f**k yeah.

EDIT: The drill moves???

Yeah, but did you notice that it was turning the wrong way?

look at the direction of the spiral.