After watching DJ's R2D2 Video endlessly I finally broke... eek I decided to make an R2D2! But after seeing how big and pricey a full sized r2 is I decided to go with something a little smaller...
Here's what I've done so far.
The tube is a cement pillar mould pipe. Really rigid stuff! It's the outer shell. The dome is going to be ribbed and i'm going to cover it with paper meche and then sanding it down. Planning on making inner frame from wood for mounting the legs and other stuff. This might be a slow project but fun to build!
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I decided to do a little more work on mini-d2 and this is what I've done.
I designed a tracer for the legs(Note that this is the base piece of the leg and I'm designing the details now.) I drew this with extreme detail to accuracy and using the r2d2 builders club official blueprints 1/2 scaled.
(Note: I cannot guarantee on the quality of this drawing. Use at your own risk.)I scraped the head I made because, lets face it, It was an oval, not a circle. And the ribs were different sizes. Here's the head base circle. It's small to make room for the ribs and many layers of tape, wallboard compound and primer.
Here's the body:
Here's my desk so far:
Here's the cardboard I've collected:
I also have the scaled body decals printed(painting most of the vents and so forth on the body after base coat).
Hope to show more progress soon!
http://www.eztopsworldwide.com/domes.htm
Cool project. I thought of doing a similar project building T3-m4 from the knights of the old republic video game or one of the other droids that get cameos it the films (Some of them had more cone shaped heads, instead of the troublesome domes). Google t3-m4 if you want to see some cool custom builds.
I would recommend using foam core boards or even the foam yoga mats are made of over using cardboard, as those materials are more durable yet cheap and easy to work with. just get your self a glue gun.
I own an interactive r2 like in the videos. Non working ones are cheap on ebay just make sure they have all the plastic parts. i was actuall pretty impressed with what he does out of the box.
Josh, Thanks for the link!
4R2D33700, Thanks for the info! I was going to use Styrofoam(styrene) this time as it is something I have on hand and doesn't weaken with moisture. That being said, I'm throwing in cardboard ribs along side them. I plan on using wood as the main head base though. I'm also making a wooden skeleton for the body to make a place for the big wooden dowel I'm using for the leg mount to screw and rest on.
I got some more sketching in. I have finished some leg detailing. I'm sketching the pieces for tracers for when I cut the wood.
Lots of work ahead!
Update 3: There's something on the progress tracker!
I finished my leg sketches, but need to do the feet sketches.
I make the sketches for templates to cut the wood.
My goal is to have r2 done within a year of today.
Small update but much more to come!
Good Job!