How I made a life-size Companion Cube

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Who needs Portal with RTX when you can have a r e a l Companion Cube?

[@MrVolt]

🤖 Install Mech Arena for FREE here on Mobile and PC ✅clik.cc/g1mEK and get a special starter pack to help kickstart your game! ⭐ Sorry it's been so long! Lot's of personal matters to take care of lately and some other sponsor shenanigans. What ideas do you have for the cube? (Dead body comments will be ignored :) and receive my disappointed face)

[@camo_the_gamer8895]

Can u make the atlas or turret?

[@javo2432]

hey man, i swear to god your creations are incredible! i can't believe you only have 93k subs, i hope that quickly changes lol. anyways keep up good work!

[@ascendinitiative690]

A full size Super Button would be awesome, but I understand that is likely more difficult than is seems from this end. ...not to mention the cost, I forgot about that. Just goes to show how us viewers underestimate the difficulty of making something like this. : / Amazing work regardless, you're an inspiration for me to work on my own projects!

[@Blutankalpha]

bro mech arena is just war robots

[@Mike-mf3ed]

I think if you have a larger working area, a large storage room and more than one person willing to work on creating a decent amount of these cubes, you could possibly make a great business selling these cubes… (just a suggestion)

[@Redvictory612]

To be fair, it’s a WEIGHTED companion cube, so it being heavy is accurate

[@labplay6771]

Chell must be buff as heck

[@Brain_pocketer]

@@labplay6771The technology crammed into the portal Gun and gravity gun is amazing.

[@themechbuilder6171]

@@Brain_pocketer in portal 1, at the first test chamber, you have to pick the cube up

[@B4DF0RCE]

Maybe Chell was also part of a aperture human enhancing program, some captain America thing. Who knows what secretes are hidden in The facility.

[@CraftMine1000]

Weighted storage cube and companion cube are not the same, just saying

[@dylandreisbach1986]

A cube clearly needs a nice large button to use it with. Also I know this would be extremely hard to do, but a lifesize turret cube that scoots around would be cool.

[@xanethefishyboi412]

You mean a Frankenturret?

[@d3bugiangl17ch]

Hey hey hey say it right as it's the 1500 Megawatt Aperture Science Heavy Duty Super-Colliding Super Button, it ain't no normal button!

[@Bleats_Sinodai]

He could make the button power the cube with a few wireless charges 🤔

[@pokocrow]

You mean a Frankenturret?

[@olegmoki]

I thought about it and i think a large button that can wirelessly charge the cube (if it had a battery) while it's on the button would be really cool (oh shoot a guy above already said that, how i didn't notice it)

[@hajilee4539]

Every video he gets closer and closer to becoming Ratman.

[@YogiTheBearMan]

He was ratman all along! Assuming Portal takes place in the future

[@TheDonutKing2010]

He is a poor cave jonsan

[@DaRealBruner]

Next thing you outta do is create a replica of the Portal computer case seen in the behind the scenes areas in both Portal and Portal 2, complete with lights in the back which switch between red and orange. That'd be awesome.

[@neocharl]

and make it a top notch gaming pc and play portal 2 on it

[@Brownerbricks]

@@neocharl SO TRUE!!!

[@NoVIcE_Source]

youre everywhere lol

[@lukethellama5591]

Exactly what i was thinking!

[@jamespedrick4566]

It also has to run hot enough for Rattman to cook a can of beans on an opened one lol

[@michaelrosenberg6528]

I know it's strange but since I was a child I knew if I could have one thing from portal IRL that wasn't the Portal Gun, it woyld be a cube. Seeing someone make a cube, one of the seemingly most mundane parts of the game real, is amazing and I am very happy rn

[@alicebedard2764]

I’d love to see a life size button that reacts to the cube (and makes it turn yellow…) I also thought that the main thing I’d use it for would be furniture of some kind. I’d put my feet on it while watching TV lol

[@alicebedard2764]

I JUST THOUGHT OF SOMETHING EVEN COOLER make the button actually open a door

[@MrVolt]

Haha, I'd love a "Companion Ottoman."

[@gamma2581]

@@alicebedard2764 and make a lifesized portal door

[@richardkirkland6805]

@@gamma2581 from 1 or 2? Because the portal 1 doors are much simpler to make, since they're just a sliding door. Portal 2 has that latch

[@diddoinarow8846]

@@richardkirkland6805 what about the big hydraulic security doors we see in the outdoor areas of Portal? They seems way more complex that the normal test chamber doors.

[@camwing]

Incredible work!! I forgot how absolutely massive the cubes are in game, Source really doesn't do sense of scale any justice, huh?

[@noxmore]

It's more flat-screen games in general then source specifically, but yeah

[@Vivi-yw1eu]

they're massive exactly to account for that distorted sense of scale, as are a lot of other models

[@theJCanimations]

I've tried The Lab in VR and there's a scene with ATLAS, P-Body and GLaDOS and damm they are huge, specially GLaDOS!

[@theneonbop]

Have you seen Subnautica scale comparisons? In game everything seems tiny but in engine the fish are half as big as you are.

[@softwarelivre2389]

It has a lot to do with the focal distance one uses (angle of view), it can really change how we perceive a scene.

[@loochis6124]

Slap a glass plate on top and it becomes the world's coolest coffee table! This is an awesome project!

[@OrangeC7]

This is awesome, I especially love that you tried to reverse engineer the textures from in-game to make it as faithful as possible. Super cool video and recreation!

[@d3bugiangl17ch]

It would definitely be nice to see the 1500 Megawatt Aperture Science Heavy Duty Super-Colliding Super Button along with the cube, and possibly even the doors used in the test chambers (though I completely understand that making a giant door may be a little much)

[@lololghi7909]

Dude at that point just build Aperture

[@Clara_Page]

@@lololghi7909 Complete with working portal gun, and a functional version of Glados to boss test subjects around!

[@jeremiahjamesorlando]

@@Clara_Page He's already like 75% of the way there

[@unfa00]

Man spends timer, money and effort making cool stuff. Internet demands greater sacrifices. Story of a videomaker.

[@unfa00]

I think it's unreal how accurate your cube is to the game model. If anybody would be making a Portal movie/series then you should be the guy to build the props for that!

[@tidmouthmilk12]

Much like the real Aperture, you got a perfect product, but you basically burnt way more money than intended in the process! xD Been super looking forward to this video. Super impressed with how it turned out in the end! 💜

[@gundamenjoyer217]

I always doubted the companion coffin theory simply because the cube seemed to small to fit a body, but after watching this it seems perfectly reasonable

[@THE-CRT]

BOYS WAKE UP, NEW MR. VOLT VIDEO

[@irongizmo4084]

I think it would be cool if you could switch out the hearts for aperture logos.

[@tailpig6417]

Making this a regular Aperture Science Weighted Cargo Cube

[@fantastikboom1094]

@@tailpig6417 Storage

[@alephnull127]

Small little detail you could add. In Portal 2 if you bring a companion cube up close to the camera you can actually hear it singing. having it play that song somehow would be a neat detail

[@skullchimes]

It's so CUTE!! I love the companion cube

[@pooped_]

Companion cube!! 😃🥰

[@hangry3102]

As soon as I saw it finished and with the cable attached, "Computer case" is immediately what popped in my head. Great minds think alike. _-Though mine not nearly as great ha.-_

[@ZapWizard]

If you beefed up the structure it is the right size for a stool. (I know, it’s already heavy). Congrats on completing another amazing build!

[@MrVolt]

Thanks mate! Hmm, now I want a plush "Companion Chair" to sit in

[@V13STOP]

Another Aperture product you could try building would be a laser emitter along with a laser catcher. It could be the same size as your button or bigger/smaller. Have the laser emitter fire a red laser beam, and a laser catcher that will detect it (maybe with a sensor) acting like the one in game (makes a sound and spins the outer ring) if it's not too hard (it also has a yellow light when activated and a blue light when idle)

[@randomness.stupidness]

or acting similar to a wiimote when pointed at the sensor bar (the wiimote uses light emitted from the sensor bar to detect where the cursor is idk how to explain it)

[@wrightcember]

the thing with this is that the laser would be invisible unless there was something that could cause the Tyndall effect to show up, so itd be incredibly hard :(

[@springmen1922]

Can you make the HEV suit or the HEV charging station next? I know it might be crossing lines between both Science companies Black Mesa and Aperture Science but if you just don’t tell Magnusson then you will be fine. Doing the good work for the Valve communities, keep it up!

[@zonx7693]

You never fail to amaze me Mr. Volt, this is amazing

[@tomassanmartin1874]

You are awesome, man. I'm from Argentina, I don't even understand English very well, but I understood all your steps and your plans. I'll try to make the cube myself with your files, but I think I'll do everything in PLA to make it cheaper haha

[@GoldPuffs]

I genuinely think a gaming pc inside this would be insane!!! You could put fans where the hearts and even make those glow pink

[@CelestialsStorm]

Omg I would *KILL* for a companion cube gaming pc

[@The_Anomaly_Crusasder]

If there was a portal 2 movie this man should make the props.

[@Meg_A_Byte]

Amazing execution, truly professional in every way. The wall power opens up some possibilities. About the ideas, maybe put a speaker inside? And maybe some kind of proximity sensor that would trigger the lights and sounds, though that would be really difficult.

[@theotherhive]

would be perfect to do the cave jhonson cube

[@godlugner5327]

My favorite part about this is seeing new comments every minute and for every premier you're here thanking your fans and being a part of your community

[@protocetid]

Ahh the computer case mod would be fantastic! Wish that was something Valve sold.

[@cheesybendy577]

WE NEED A BIG BUTTON AND POSSIBLY A TEST CHAMBER DOOR! 😍😍😨

[@ImTorryTF2]

Now you need to make a Giant Button to open your door

[@Alheta]

Okay now, hear me out: This cube would look really cool in the working life-size Aperture Science Emergency Intelligence Incinerator :)

[@pokeball1101]

You should totally add in a speaker and a microphone so it can whisper crazy things in your ear, like how glados is evil, etc. Maybe it could even use a chatbot to have a conversation with you? The eerie robotic stuff it might say back would just be perfect!

[@Raven_Melrose]

Realistically speaking, you could connect the cube via RFID sensors in the Heart mold to the button, to register it being pressed, OR have the LEDs connectable via Bluetooth (or some other wireless connection) and have the cubes light up room by room, puzzle by puzzle.

[@geminitheavali5018]

Making it speak and/or give advice (that could maybe fit portals humor) would perhaps be chobblesome

[@astronautnr7]

The wheatley crab in the Background 😂

[@person_on_the_internet_]

We keep getting closer to making a *REAL* aperture science. Just probably without as many safety hazards

[@IcyCubey]

An RGB Portal Gun would be awesome to see, especially since no one has really made a quality replica Portal Gun for quite a long time (as far as I know without doing research). I don't know why, but RGB in a Portal Gun would look really cool and kinda funny to me.

[@crazybird199]

I decided to watch a couple of your videos and WOW! Your projects are incredible! Definitely subscribing.

[@loganknisley5326]

YES!! Been excited for this since you announced it. Im glad to see it turned out SO well. Super inspiring, keep building awesome stuff!

[@Turabbo]

Incredible work man! Such a professional job everywhere. I love your mounting for the edge and corner accents. And the lighting is such a perfect even glow cos you got so much diffusion distance. Really cool 🙂

[@theoncomingstorm7903]

Should've made the Portal 1 Companion Cube. It doesn't have the lights and it's the iconic one anyway since it's the one you actually carry around in P1 (Which isn't retconned by P2s new designs since you see the original Companion Cube at the end of P2 in the final cutscene) (Actually though this is really cool)

[@bluesheepredanimationskind7690]

Simply amazing, I can tell you worked really hard on this and every one of the videos that you make always lights up my day and I love the work you do

[@MisterXxcvcv107]

This turned out surreal, amazing job on this, Mr Volt!

[@scottytroutman4151]

0:01 a core just chilling out lol 😂

[@chamma5370]

Thanks so much for the flashing warning! I can see the love and time you put in the cube. Love it!!

[@serpentartist1348]

This is absolutely incredible. I hope you enjoy your cube

[@aserta]

6:11 Here's a trick to ditch sanding. Make the parts one thickness of styrene smaller on all faces, then glue styrene bits that you have cut with your CNC. For glue, use the rubber glue that Loctite has (it's the black one). It's thin, very strong, and because it's for rubber, it's actually very stable long term (i discovered when i repaired my washing machine and needed a glue that could glue the gasket that held my water temp sensor (nothing else worked because of the heat of the water). It's been glued on for nearly 8 years now and that's through a near constant cycle of hot-cold, if that's not a resume for a good glue, especially since it's stainless + rubber, dunno what could be. For all the corners, i woudn't bother with making them flush, that's when acrylic or body putty comes in, and a light sanding done with a tool that's 3D printed to have the right angle for the faces you sand is perfect. You'll have a styrene face, clean painting face in very little time. That's how i do it. Can you tell i hate sanding? :)

[@judetds3795]

Now you just need to create a full size 1500 megawatt super button to put it on 😂. The cube looks amazing by the way and I want my own, but it will never happen because I definitely do not have the equipment or the ability

[@The_hot_blue_fire_guy]

The weighted companion cube will never threaten to stab you and in fact can’t speak.

[@CamTheCan]

I love your projects! Keep continuing the good work ❤️

[@infinitivez]

I would love to driver the LED's with a Pi, pop in some speakers and wifi controls, hang it from the ceiling, and turn it into one hell of a disco ... cube

[@aserta]

I missed this one... but i'm starting to think Mr. Volt is trying to make his own test course. :)) Nice one! Looks about exactly as i'd expect an actual cube to look.

[@tetegaming7402]

Now you'ill have company for hard times when you hurt your head on problems... I love it !

[@Romanticoutlaw]

I hope future archaeologists find your portal models and only enough bits and pieces of knowledge about the game to wonder if there was an actual facility

[@Bit-fz9md]

WOW! You spent a lot of time on this and it definitely turned out great! Good job!

[@TheScreenBehindThePerson]

A Companion for Life!

[@user-channel_on_youtube]

You can place a small cube inside the Companion Cube that says "no, no bones inside". This will be a reference to the popular theory. Which says that inside these cubes are human remains. It originated due to the fact that it needs to be burned, and not just destroyed by passing through the anti-expropriation field with it, so if it passes through the anti-expropriation field, the remains of people will fall out. I think that would be a cool reference.

[@ParadoxStud]

It would be cool to instead of having full-on plates for the hearts to have a small hole on each side with magnets to swap out the heart and aperture logo

[@Rossv2motion]

That's some serious dedication to Portal right there! I'd love to see how you tackled the details and made it look so real.

[@nuclearneon7534]

You're not going to build an aperture science emergency intelligence incinerator next right?

[@ms.pirate]

Awww you made a friend! Into the fire it gose! (I'm joking, it's a portal 1 refrence)

[@SteveBNLplays]

You should make the cube speak when You walk close to it. I think that would be fine of funny.

[@overgrownghost]

I've been waiting for this!! This was so fun, it would be cool as a computer mod case but I really just like it as a model so my input can't really go. Loved the outcome, it's as nice as everything you do. Can't wait to see the next project 🎉

[@TheRogueAdventurers]

This would make a sick pc case. Also I second that other guy saying to make the apature science pc case (the ones from in game)

[@BetaRat]

This is incredible work! I look forward to each time you upload, mr Volt :) Might attempt to make a companion cube myself for decoration in my room, but likely out of cheaper materials haha. But it seems like a fun project to do with my mom who is just as crafty as me :)

[@Biggerman159]

Me: hears lightcore Also me: WE BE MAKIN' IT OUT OF THE SKYLANDS WITH THIS ONE!!

[@darwfer1930]

You are an absolute joy to watch

[@theironlegionp5786]

i think a cheaper diy wheatley animatronic would be neat, for those people who dont have all the money and resounces, like maybe using foam half spheres for the ball frame, fewer servos, only face and eyelid motion, maybe even voice lines! i just think it would be neat, for those who dont have all the luxury, but still want to make one!

[@Sponge1310]

Learning what not to do, is still learning :) I’ve been sort of obsessed with the companion cube since I learned of its existence, even before I had played the Portal games myself… I spend loads of time 3d modeling my own version, which is slightly different from the in-game version, the “bumpers” are a lot smaller so the overall shape comes closer to a “flatter faced” cube.. if that makes any sense… I made a 1cm squared pendant version that was 3d printed in a wax material and then casted (iirc) in sterling silver :) I’ve been wearing it for over a decade now :) Hopefully one day I’ll be able to make a bigger one, probably not full sized for practicality reasons, but still… Anyway… love the work you’re doing on the Portal projects!

[@zephyreon4]

your work is incredible, thank you for making all these amazing builds! as for ideas, you could put some glass on it and make a nice table :)

[@babaushka2450]

the minute he talked about using it as a computer case i turned my head STRAIGHT around cuz thats genius it’s all i want now

[@NoMoreCandies]

what a time to be alive.

[@actually_well_]

i have been waiting for this video for so long. looks amazing!

[@disko24x76]

No suggestions for uses, just wanted to say that: considering the weight and production expense of a full-scale cube, I feel like a 60%* scale version would make a good compromise. Now, I'm no engineer, and - realistically speaking - it's probably not going to bring the cost and weight down to 60% equally, but it might be more feasible (whilst also taking up less space. Not everybody has a workshop to store stuff in). * - (I say "60%" scale because I've used VR to experiment with finding a comfy scale for Portal cubes and - for me at least - 60% feels extremely comfortable to hold/wrap your arms around while still being bigger than your head. If anything, the comfort might make it less painful to carry).

[@Pendleton115]

This looks absolutely incredible! I hope that one day I will have the skill (and the time) to build one of these myself!

[@kiwi7682]

cool project!! as for ideas on what to do with the cube, throwing some speakers in there to make it softly hum the tune it does in game would be fun

[@ShinwaneKido]

Ah yes, finally the video I've been waiting for since I started subscribing to the channel

[@lordclimentos]

Love it, Aperture would be proud!

[@angryhob0z]

😍😍😍That WCC is everything I'd ever dreamed a WCC would be ♥ Fantastic work dude! It wouldn't be feasible for this weighted companion cube, but a WCC robot vacuum would be pretty sweet 😁

[@camouflag_catze6527]

Love it! It looks totally awesome❤️

[@0m1ett]

Such a cool Cube

[@footballzombie1756]

"The Enrichment Center reminds you that the Weighted Companion Cube will never threaten to stab you and, in fact, cannot speak." -GLaDOS

[@erinkarp]

There was a scrapped idea to have Cave Johnson's brain uploaded into a companion cube as a scene in portal 2, that would be plugged in sitting in old aperture. So at least 1 plugged in companion cube was intended to be canon, so I think this still counts

[@danpp8]

Should clearly slap a light sensor and a speaker on it that randomly play the terraria hurt sound when in the dark

[@Cubed-Chicken]

imagine inviting someone over that REALLY like portal, and putting a speaker inside it and playing muffled screams it would confuse them alot

[@numero7mojeangering]

Every props of portal done. Movie close to be done.

[@infinitegamerplus]

I want to make one, but three things 1. Cheaper but durable materials 2. Use less LEDs, to hopefully make it be able to be powered by a battery 3. Make it a chair

[@RadicalRyder08]

This guy’s on his way to making a fully working testing chamber 👍

[@kjj735]

woah thats epic well done

[@Johnnyynf]

1500 Megawatt Aperture Science Heavy Duty Super-Colliding Super Button (the actual name) so It could be wirelessly supplying power to make the cube glow or charge the cube

[@michealafton785]

Awesome Mr volt !!

[@LegendTheCalmGamer]

I've always wanted to make a life-size companion cube but put a glass top on it and have the best coffee table

[@caydenbrackett2984]

(i typed this all out because i have the quote on my phone and I'm typing this in my pc) The Enrichment Center reminds you that the weighted companion cube will never threaten to stab you and in fact cannot speak in the event that the weighted companion cube dose speak the enrichment center urges you to disregard its advice. -GLaDOS

[@kadethecat6273]

This is very cool! I understand your frustration with random people asking to buy the stuff you made...

[@acsmars]

I think it'd be cool to put one of those portable battery bank things in it so it would could light up without a wall plug, and be useful, and be very heavy.

[@eelmail2077]

Companion Stool/Coffee Table!

[@yeeryn1724]

Yoo.. this is amazing

[@NotCharaVR]

For just being a display piece, would recommend using wood for the frame and 3d print most parts if able. Though can't have a say since everyone around me has spare wood everywhere for takings.

[@FridgidIdgit]

I really appreciate how the chassis is made of aluminum and polycarbonate but the bumpers (aka the parts that should really be the most durable) are made of printed pla and bondo😂

[@MrVolt]

Yeahhhhhh, I originally wanted to make rubber molds and rubber corners, but they're quite large and the mold/casting supplies would have cost hundreds of dollars assuming I got everything right on the first try.

[@FridgidIdgit]

@@MrVolt That's probably the wiser choice. Idk much about rubber casting but I do know it usually doesn't go right the first time unless you have a lot of experience with the process