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Stumbled across this while looking for Power Battery images. Quite cool. 
http://www.instructables.com/id/How-...ttery-Hal-Jor/
ntroHow to Make a Green Lantern Power Battery (Hal Jordan's)
Here is how to make a working Green Lantern power battery (Hal Jordan's version) for around US$20. My son (5) has decided that the Green Lantern (especially Hal Jordan) is the coolest superhero ever, so for Christmas he will be getting Hal's Green Lantern power battery (the flower pot edition). The Green Lantern (Hal) comics seem to have a variety of different looking power batteries depending on year and artist, so this is an attempt for the middle ground.
step 1Materials
You will need...
4 x Plastic flower pots (for the cones top, bottom and sides)
2 x Plastic flower pot trays (to enclose and lengthen the top and bottom cones)
1 x Christmas decoration/bauble (the lantern's center)
1 x Camping LED lantern (to make it glow)
2 x Green plastic lids (for the lantern's 'glass/lens') * see below for substitutions
2 x Bike grip plugs (for the handle fixtures) * see below for substitutions
1 x Paint pail handle
1 x Sheet of rubber foam (for the Green Lantern symbol on the top)
2 x Bolts and nuts (for having access to the batteries etc)
Liquid nails (or suitable glue)
Forest Green (Metal Hammer) spray paint
Duct tape (always handy, especially to hold glue while it sets)
Sand paper
Drill (with hole saw bit)
Scissors and craft knife
Substitution ideas
* Green Plastic Lids (for the lantern glass): If you don't have suitable lids for the lantern lens, look out for cheap drink bottles that you can cut the bottoms off, otherwise any round piece of green plastic should do.
* Bike Grip plastic plugs (for the handle fixtures): I just replaced my wife's bike handle grips and so used the ends of her old ones, but I thought of using the middle bit of a cd spindle lid or perhaps even soda bottle lids.
Follow the above link for the rest, several pages. Fun to do if you're bored.
http://www.instructables.com/id/How-...ttery-Hal-Jor/
ntroHow to Make a Green Lantern Power Battery (Hal Jordan's)
Here is how to make a working Green Lantern power battery (Hal Jordan's version) for around US$20. My son (5) has decided that the Green Lantern (especially Hal Jordan) is the coolest superhero ever, so for Christmas he will be getting Hal's Green Lantern power battery (the flower pot edition). The Green Lantern (Hal) comics seem to have a variety of different looking power batteries depending on year and artist, so this is an attempt for the middle ground.
step 1Materials
You will need...
4 x Plastic flower pots (for the cones top, bottom and sides)
2 x Plastic flower pot trays (to enclose and lengthen the top and bottom cones)
1 x Christmas decoration/bauble (the lantern's center)
1 x Camping LED lantern (to make it glow)
2 x Green plastic lids (for the lantern's 'glass/lens') * see below for substitutions
2 x Bike grip plugs (for the handle fixtures) * see below for substitutions
1 x Paint pail handle
1 x Sheet of rubber foam (for the Green Lantern symbol on the top)
2 x Bolts and nuts (for having access to the batteries etc)
Liquid nails (or suitable glue)
Forest Green (Metal Hammer) spray paint
Duct tape (always handy, especially to hold glue while it sets)
Sand paper
Drill (with hole saw bit)
Scissors and craft knife
Substitution ideas
* Green Plastic Lids (for the lantern glass): If you don't have suitable lids for the lantern lens, look out for cheap drink bottles that you can cut the bottoms off, otherwise any round piece of green plastic should do.
* Bike Grip plastic plugs (for the handle fixtures): I just replaced my wife's bike handle grips and so used the ends of her old ones, but I thought of using the middle bit of a cd spindle lid or perhaps even soda bottle lids.
Follow the above link for the rest, several pages. Fun to do if you're bored.
yeah that looks easy
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