Star Wars Oregon
Public Information => The Imperial Cantina => Topic started by: greedo on February 19, 2018, 06:53:21 PM
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So this is what you do when you're running out of things to build.......
I know this isn't really costume building, but I thought I'd share anyways.
I won't go into detail about the whole process, but I'll post a bunch of photos to show the journey. I researched this for a few weeks before building and didn't see anyone who had made this version of our British butler friend.
So this is entirely scratch built from PVC, wood, acrylic and bondo. The neck is connected to a servo and there are speakers mounted in the head. The animatronics will come later after I research Arduino a bit more.
I'll start with the end:
(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4705/39455362105_6e89ccb405_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/237x3xT)3PO (https://flic.kr/p/237x3xT) by chris stephens (https://www.flickr.com/photos/152423083@N07/), on Flickr
(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4654/39455362385_6a9e1eaf5e_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/237x3CH)3PO (https://flic.kr/p/237x3CH) by chris stephens (https://www.flickr.com/photos/152423083@N07/), on Flickr
Now here's how we got there.....
I took the visual dictionary and traced the outline of the head/torso area onto tracing paper. Took it to Kinkos and enlarged it until the eye sockets were 1-5/8" in diameter. Then I knew I had the scale I needed.
(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4761/25480609787_6be85cbed8_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/EPCMyp)3PO (https://flic.kr/p/EPCMyp) by chris stephens (https://www.flickr.com/photos/152423083@N07/), on Flickr
The skeleton for this is a 4" PVC "T". I then took 1/8" acrylic to mold the main shape of the outer area you see. To bend it, I put it in the oven at 300 degrees for five minutes. You've then got about 10 seconds to shape it into pretty much anything you want.
(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4711/39455358615_fc71d8e4f7_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/237x2vH)3PO (https://flic.kr/p/237x2vH) by chris stephens (https://www.flickr.com/photos/152423083@N07/), on Flickr
(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4724/38542854400_85aea86d65_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/21HUcNq)3PO (https://flic.kr/p/21HUcNq) by chris stephens (https://www.flickr.com/photos/152423083@N07/), on Flickr
Then used layers of bondo to create the final shape.
(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4619/40307388552_925a78b87c_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/24pPUk3)3PO (https://flic.kr/p/24pPUk3) by chris stephens (https://www.flickr.com/photos/152423083@N07/), on Flickr
Out of the three weeks of research, most of it was spent trying to find an actual reference shot of the back. There really isn't a good screen cap ( Trust me... I looked through 18 thousand photos of this horrible movie ), so I ended up using the action figure and a tiny bit of creative liberty.
(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4701/39641503864_19ba54381d_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/23oZ51y)3PO (https://flic.kr/p/23oZ51y) by chris stephens (https://www.flickr.com/photos/152423083@N07/), on Flickr
(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4721/40352459741_1ebcdc120d_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/24tNUqv)3PO (https://flic.kr/p/24tNUqv) by chris stephens (https://www.flickr.com/photos/152423083@N07/), on Flickr
Then primer and paint
(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4719/25480612957_c7f6d13b85_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/EPCNv4)3PO (https://flic.kr/p/EPCNv4) by chris stephens (https://www.flickr.com/photos/152423083@N07/), on Flickr
(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4609/39641506354_34ee13d311_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/23oZ5Ku)3PO (https://flic.kr/p/23oZ5Ku) by chris stephens (https://www.flickr.com/photos/152423083@N07/), on Flickr
I used heated acrylic to make the face. Just used an existing 3PO head as my mold and pressed it up against it until it set
(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4649/25480609007_25d088ebcd_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/EPCMjX)3PO (https://flic.kr/p/EPCMjX) by chris stephens (https://www.flickr.com/photos/152423083@N07/), on Flickr
(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4695/38542847630_d7254ce26b_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/21HUaMG)3PO (https://flic.kr/p/21HUaMG) by chris stephens (https://www.flickr.com/photos/152423083@N07/), on Flickr
(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4707/40352460011_e77873701d_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/24tNUva)3PO (https://flic.kr/p/24tNUva) by chris stephens (https://www.flickr.com/photos/152423083@N07/), on Flickr
And done...
(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4650/38543423490_779d795f98_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/21HX7Yj)Untitled (https://flic.kr/p/21HX7Yj) by chris stephens (https://www.flickr.com/photos/152423083@N07/), on Flickr
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:shock:
Freaking amazing!
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That is super cool. Great job!
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This is awesome!
Sent from the Jedi Temple
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very nice! thanks for sharing.
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wow!!
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Crazy cool! Thank you for sharing.
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Holy crapola that’s awesome!!!
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Nice work Chris!! Seeing that made my day!!
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Hot damn, good stuff! :grin:
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Great googley moogley that's awesome. Nice work Chris!
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Awesome
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wow...awesome stuff.
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how awesome!!!very nice job!
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Nice prop for cons, no? :)
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I finally got to adding some animatronics to 3po. Using an Arduino board, a sound board and a speaker in his skull, I've got it programmed to light up, move his neck and play a random sound every 5 seconds.
I'll keep adding to it as I learn more ( motion sensors, etc) but here's a sample video of him currently
http://youtu.be/-FLFAQfpmus
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thats pretty freakin cool!
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Most impressive!