Chilliwack metal sculptor Kevin Stone is making an Elon Musk head out of aluminum thatB次元官网网址檚 almost six feet tall.

Weird?

Indeed.

And it is going to be attached to the body of a goat sculpture.

But wait, thereB次元官网网址檚 more.

The half-Elon, half-goat creation will sit atop a rocket surrounded by lightning on a mission to Mars.

And if thatB次元官网网址檚 not strange enough, once complete, the 30-foot long sculpture will head from Arizona to Texas where it will be presented to Musk himself at his place of work, Tesla Inc.

The piece is being built by the creators of Elon Goat Token ($EGT), an Elon Musk-themed cryptocurrency based in Arizona.

B次元官网网址淓lon Goat Token is building a biblical sized monument on the back of a semi-trailer dedicated to the godfather of crypto, Elon Musk,B次元官网网址� the cryptocurrency website reads. B次元官网网址淲hen the Elon goat is complete, weB次元官网网址檙e towing it to Tesla and demanding that Elon claims his goat! The Elon goat monument will serve as an anchor to the token and as a tribute to the worldB次元官网网址檚 crypto community.B次元官网网址�

The sole purpose of the monument is to market the Elon Goat Token.

The project was designed by Danny Wang of California. When Wang called up Stone, he didnB次元官网网址檛 initially tell Stone who the client was.

B次元官网网址淲ho else would want a goat with ElonB次元官网网址檚 head on it? We thought it was so bizarre it would be Elon, but it wasnB次元官网网址檛. It was the crypto company.B次元官网网址�

It is definitely the strangest project Stone has ever done, but he took it on because heB次元官网网址檚 a B次元官网网址渂ig fanB次元官网网址� of Musk, he said.

B次元官网网址淚 think Nikola Tesla was never given enough credit back in the day and I think Elon Musk is the Nikola Tesla of today,B次元官网网址� Stone said. B次元官网网址�(Musk) is way ahead of everybody. He thinks outside the boxB次元官网网址� I really like that. ThatB次元官网网址檚 kind of what I do. And heB次元官网网址檚 got the money to back his ideas which is innovative and amazing.B次元官网网址�

Unlike other metal sculptures Stone has made, the Musk head is foam on the inside.

First, Stone put out a call on social media looking for someone who could create a 3D computer rendering of Elon MuskB次元官网网址檚 head for him to use as a template. His buddy in Calgary, Cory Porterfield of Porterfield Studios, stepped up.

Stone bought a 3D image of MuskB次元官网网址檚 head that he found online and sent the file to Porterfield. Porterfield and his team used the image as a base model and then created a completely new 3D image, one that featured a younger, 20-year-old Musk.

B次元官网网址淗e doesnB次元官网网址檛 want to see himself at 50, he wants to see himself at 20,B次元官网网址� Porterfield said, adding that a lot of work went into creating the head to make sure it was perfect.

B次元官网网址淚 wanted to make sure the head was exactly Elon Musk, not just kind of,B次元官网网址� he said.

Porterfield contracted a company that has a special machine to carve out the giant head. They used a five-axis CNC milling machine which is a cutting tool that moves in five different directions.

The head was cut in three pieces B次元官网网址� the face, the back left and back right B次元官网网址� and then assembled together. It was then coated with the same material used to line truck beds, to make a hard shell.

Porterfield drove the 5B次元官网网址�9B次元官网网址� head from Calgary to Chilliwack on Jan. 10.

The next step was to stick high-heat aluminum tape over the entire head as a heat protector. Without the tape, the lining and foam would melt when he tacked metal to it, Stone said.

B次元官网网址淚tB次元官网网址檚 a really difficult challenge for me. This is going to push my skillset for sure because itB次元官网网址檚 so complicated. ItB次元官网网址檚 not going to be easy,B次元官网网址� Stone said.

TheyB次元官网网址檝e already encountered tricky parts.

Stone and his wife Michelle used the handles of scissors to get the aluminum tape into all the little nooks and crannies, like in MuskB次元官网网址檚 ears and up his nose.

Now heB次元官网网址檚 in the process of shaping a bunch of small aluminum pieces which will be attached to the head B次元官网网址渓ike a puzzle,B次元官网网址� he said.

Next, heB次元官网网址檒l tack them in place until itB次元官网网址檚 covered in aluminum. The pieces will be welded, then heB次元官网网址檒l grind the welds down and give it a brushed finish.

B次元官网网址淭he Elon goat monument will feature real rocket fire, smoke, lasers, concert lighting and music. It will be a global spectacle that is sure to go viral beyond crypto and into mainstream media,B次元官网网址� the cryptocurrency company wrote on its website.

Stone has four months to complete the Musk head but is hoping to get it done in about half that time. It currently weighs about 80-90 pounds and when all the aluminum is on, itB次元官网网址檒l be about 200 pounds.

When itB次元官网网址檚 complete, the Elon goat monument will go on a two-week media event tour prior to being presented to Elon in the final reveal.

B次元官网网址淭heyB次元官网网址檙e going to drive it aroundB次元官网网址� then try to get Elon to claim his goat B次元官网网址� whether he buys it, or claims it, or just shows his face might be all it takes,B次元官网网址� Stone said.

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