R5D4 head...DONE!

I actually completed something!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I weathered it last night..wasnt happy today so I cleaned it up a bit..and added the drip marks and black around the "motivator" panel.

This was my first weathering experience. I am pleased with the result!

Death Star Surface Tiles

I got a couple recasts of Death Star Tiles used in filming Star Wars, so here they are all painted up and mounted with a reference pic.



No Brenda this isn't the little thing I am keeping from you guys! ;)

R5 Head on Body

Tried out the R5D4 Head on my R2 Body. He looks angry fro some reason. I won't bother with the red features on the body since 95% of the time he'll be R2.

Still working on the ring between head and body..but here is an idea how he will look.

R5-D4 Taking Shape

I got the side and back hydraulics in place and the eyes/greeblies. Starting to look like R5-D4. Still have the back part of the neck piece to work on, and the metal ring under the head.

THEN I will feel it's safe to mount the antenna!

Slight improvement..

So here is the R5-D4 dome....after sanding off the bad parts and attempting to repaint the whitee without ruining the red pinstripes and the reflective stuff around the neck...




It turned out ok..worst part os on the back. I looked at some screen grabs from Star Wars and it's pretty beat up so I think I'll be ok once I weather it.



The neck piece that goes over the reflective stuff is 1/2 done. I had to file a bevel on each section so that took a while, but here it is just sitting there for now.

My dome greeblies (antenna, hydraulics, eyes) arrived yesterday...woohoo!!

Sunday Morning Blues!!!!!!!

I was planning on posting my progress...now I'm posting my disgust!!!!

After putting on the red pinstripes last night I figured I'd give the whole thing a coat of clear gloss to seal it up!

Not sure if it's the type of paint, or the fact that the garage is -20 but I RUINED the paint!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Stupid clear gloss. I guess I have to let it dry and re-assess! SWEAR!!!!!!!!!! EXPLATIVE!!!!!!!!! CURSE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!

Not much news

Just thought I'd update. Haven t had a lot of time. I have been filling the seams and sanding R5-D4's head here and there//and the parts for it are on their way.


That's about it!

R5-D4 Head Welded

Woohoo!! The head is all welded up.

Gotta fill seams...add greeblies, paint etc.

Hero Panel Update and a new R5 head progress

I did some more work to the Han in Carbonite 'hero' panel. I added the white pinstriping to the green light area, and some more detail to the rectangles beside it. Iwas going to try to take a clock radio and have the digital display from that fit in here, but the ones I had didn't seem to be the right size, and likely couldn't have been split to fit, so I just painted the lines as if it just isn't turned on. I am pleased with how that turned out.



Here is a pic with the lights off showing the green glowing in the dark. This pic was overexposed..I wish it really looked like that....it's only about 1/2 as bright in the dark.


I also finally got some help tack welding together my R5-D4 head flatpack. Here is how far we have gotten with it.

Side Panels Progress

These are painstaking and tedious...and not all that accurate.

The 2 on the left side are mostly done..just need a couple more greeblies. I painted the insides of the recctabgles metallic, then poured clear resin into them. Worked pretty good. For the 'hero' panel on the right I have a LOT more greeblies to find then add. I did the same with the resin being poured but added white acrylic for the white areas and glow in the dark green for the light up panel. It does glow in the dark a bit. I actually wanted the green panel to be more white translucent with the green glowing from behind, but this will do.

Man these panels are a tedious thing.....I still have panels at the top and bottom of Han in Carbonite to finish off and paint too..

Trial Paint...

After looking at the pics I concluded that I would paint the main part of the panel with just primer..mist it with metallic chrome to make it look metal..then I will paint the recessed areas with the chrome paint.

I am really looking forward to pouring some clear resin in the recessed areas to give that glass screen look they have.

Then it's GREEBLIE time!!! :)

Here it is from this morning....just grey primer with a metallic misting. It loks a little shiny in the pic..primer was still probably wet. It doesn't look that glossy in real life.





Here is a pic of one of the real ones. I think in that pic the lighting is different and gives it a darker warmer gray.

Han in Carbonite Panels...and updated stairway

I've been slowly working on my Han in Carbonite side panels after finishing the basement. Tough to have the motivation and time these days.

These panels are going to take FOREVER...there are a lot of them..and with only an hour here and there not much is getting done. Of my unfinished projects these I am the least enthused about...so I will get them out of the way.

Hor the 'hero' panel that is supposed to light up green..I think I might paint that light area with a green glow in the darl paint, then cover that with some clear resin. SHould look kind of cool, and be easy.

The panel backing parts I have pieces from when I cut out the frame, so I am using them to make that part. The panels I got from a guy on the RPF. They arent very accurate, but they are a starting point. WIth a lot of painting and adding of greeblies they should be close enough.







I also have move all my signed pictures to one wall..making room for 3 star wars posters going down the stairs. At the bottom is a Lord of the Rings Poster with some swords, etc. I really wanted to hang my HUGE Middle Earth map, but there is no room. That and Gollum will have to reside somewhere else.

Theater DONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

That was the most exhausting and dirty 2 weeks I can remember!! Now I need another holiday!!!

Here are the results...the only thing missing are my 3 Force FX sabers that I will hang on the bulkhead. It is a pretty large room..but I sure managed to fill it up! Movies look and sound GREAT! Had some problems sorting out speaker wires (my labeling went wrong) and my video wire from the Xbox 360 was NOT working and I was PISSED~! Once I took it apart again and cleaned off some paint it worked good...WHEW!!

The painting I worked my BUTT off doing and I was pretty choked when I pulled off my masking tape and it ripped off the paint underneath. I have lots of touch ups to do...but not just now.

This Is Where The Fun Begins...

Been working like crazy on my basement (with a LOT of help!). Last night we finished hanging the drywall!

Next step...taping and mudding..YUCK!!!!!!!!!


This pic is looking towards the front of the room. The screen I project onto (painted) will start just to the right of the window.



This pic also looks to the front of the room. I shoudl be able to somewaht cebter the screen on the wall and have an image size of about 115".



Towards the back of the room. In the lower right of the picture you can see the risers I have also been working on. The theater seats will sit on them. The smaller one goes in front for 2 seats and the larger one goes behind it for 3 seats. In front of all of them will be the leather recliners (3).



Other back wall.

Jawa standing

I picked up a collapsible reaper Halloween decoration today. It's PERFECT. Since its a series of tubes that pull out until they lock..I left 2 collapsed so he would be short. The black hood covered the Jawa face and the arms were wire covered with foam so I cut them back a bit so they were shorter. Then I broke the huge reaper hands so they were shorter and narrower..duct taped them on and put on little gloves.

I will add some eye lights soon.

:)

Theater Seating Upgrade

I missed out on these a while ago when the store that had them locally sold out right away. I got help from a friend with a truck and got these last night. We set one of them up for now, but they won't find their home until my theater room is done.

They are pretty comfortable and they recline to 2 positions. I will still use my theater seats behind these so my theater will now seat up to 8 people.

Here is a pic from the store. I only have one assembled so this pic shows all 3.

Jawa Robe and Tattoo redone.

I got a package in the mail last night...it was my Jawa Robe! It is very well done in 2 pieces (hood seperate). Sadly I couldnt find a child to dress in it so I had to get pics of it on the couch. I have been looking for a 4' tall Halloween skeleton or something that has motion sensors and moves...then I just need to dress it and disable whatever cheesy Halloween things it says. I hope I find one..otherwise I'll have to get a dancing Santa (kidding).



I went in last night and had my tattoo recolored (since I was a bleeder). I hoped it was a fluke and I wouldn't bleed so much..but i did. The colors should be a lot darker once it heals up tho. I'll post a pic in a couple weeks.

Basement Insulated...ready to drywall...And V for Vendetta Mask with Hat and Wig

I got my basement insulated on the weekend! More progress woohoo!!!!!!!!! You can see Vade isn't doing so well standing these days..his legs have brokedn a couple of times since the move. Once the room is done I'll get him cleaned up...I'll probbaly have to anchor him to a wall...he seems to like to fall and break lately. I probably should have gone with a simpler pose in the beginning, but I am NOT redoing all that work!

My arcade Cabinet is all apart too...just a shell right now, but it won't take much to get the monitor back in and have it running! It will double a an MP3 jukebox too!






I also managed to find a witch wig that I cut to use for my V for Vendetta mask. I also found this 12" figure that talks. Cool!

Laser Stars & AT-AT

The other night my wife got home from Toys R Us with a birthday present for me! I joked at her about how she bought a 35 year old (gasp) a present at a toy store.

She got me a toy At-AT (the endor moon version) with lights and sound. I felt bad knowing it is pretty expensive for a silly toy, but it's cool to have it. Of course I had one when I was a kid..loosk like the same molds for most parts, but they have improved the sound system.

Yesterday I picked up a thing called Laser Stars for my theater. I got htinking about how I shold install fibreoptics in my theater room, then started thinking about black light and painted stars (to make it easier) then I came across this thing. It REALLY fills the room with moving stars...and has an adjustable cloud thtas always shifting and moving. Really is cool to watch! The stars are actually green, but it really is cool!! Will be a great effect for my future theater!

http://www.smarthome.com/46488.html You can see a video at the link...but it REALLY does not do it justice.

I am trying to get a phone number for a guy who does drywalling...then I can get at it! I want to pay to get help and get it does well this time (and faster). I hope this guy is willing to help!

V for Vendetta Mask

Me and little bro worked on our V for Vendetta masks on Friday. We had lots of trouble with my cheap airbrush. I finally tried to do some of the shaded areas by hand, but it turned out too dark. I painted over with white, then tried again with Q-Tips. It looked horrible so last night I painted over with white again and gave the airbrush one more chance. It turned out MUCH better (above the eyes) so I am happy now.

Several coats of gloss clear coat and he's done!! I have a hat on order (cheapo one off ebay) and now that Halloween is coming I shoul dbe able to find a Cher wig and trim it to work.

:)