SS Probe Droid stop motion legs.

ralphee · 10-17-2011, 08:36 AM

Thought id document these here so my client has an easier time looking up my progress.
Second leg, after a BIG fudge up on my part is now well underway. This is the second draft of this leg, as originally i cut ALL the tubing wrong lol, but, i have to say, i dont blow my own trumpet often, these work way better than my own, im even tempted in time to re build some of my own.

Once i get further along with this one, and the next leg, ill post some more video on there function, and how its all done, im pottering along slowly, but i feel its the only way to go with these things, rushing them just gives you a finished product that wont work very well, or will look like poop, and im all about neatness in my work.

bests......lee

Guy Cowen · 10-17-2011, 08:45 AM

Looking great mate, to quote DReam "Things can only get better"

ralphee · 10-17-2011, 08:53 AM

Cheers mate, i agree, doing it all again, is daunting, its a pig of a job, but, wow, it all seems to work better, even my claw joints are spot on in function, ill have this one done this weekend.

lee

marsattack · 10-17-2011, 09:19 AM

Very very nice Lee!!!
, super neat to say the least!
Thanks again for the progress pics/videos and LEGS!
mars

ralphee · 10-17-2011, 09:36 AM

Glad you like so far Mars, going to look at the mounting option this week, seeing as you have a hollow/styrene underskirt, im thinking these should be bolted up inside that skirt as i reckon they are on the prop.

Ill get to that this week though, send you a few ideas and we'll go from there.

lee

Alan Cross · 10-17-2011, 10:41 AM

Lee, that's awesome! It's great to see PD legs that are poseable. I still have the unbuilt (1/4 scale) Probe Droid kit... have you considered molding your new legs and making them available as an upgrade?

ralphee · 10-17-2011, 10:43 AM

Alan, thanks bud. As for molding/casting, TBH bud, it just wouldnt work, there are too many undercuts, and they way the rectangle tubing is cut to reveal so many hollows, it wouldnt lend well to casting, wouldnt look very nice at all.

lee

STEVE THE SWEDE · 10-17-2011, 04:21 PM

What! There you go doing it all over again?! Didn't you have enough the first time around? Wach out! You gonna end up hating the probe droid, you don't want that now, do you?

Cheers,
Steve

moffeaton · 10-17-2011, 08:26 PM

AWESOME.

Spankuh · 10-18-2011, 10:46 AM

Sweetness!

ralphee · 10-27-2011, 01:56 AM

New update on leg two. Forgive me if i babble, was really tired when i shot the vid lol.
Decided to build the top Saturn V joint a little different this time out, i had my own little mishap with my own droid, and didnt want a repeat occurrence with this set, hence its very strong now, still a learning curve, but its coming along slowly.

Only just noticed how grey my droid is in the vid, wow, these things really change hue at the drop of a hat.

lee

vaderdarth · 10-27-2011, 09:38 AM

Very nice work Lee!!!!

ralphee · 10-27-2011, 11:12 AM

Thanks Dave

.

lee

Guy Cowen · 10-27-2011, 11:57 AM

My broadband is so slow at the moment I can only load about the first 5 seconds in an hour.... time to change broadband supplier I thinks. No doubt its a great vid mate?

ralphee · 10-27-2011, 12:08 PM

Guy our Broadband is terrible of late, most of it is the fact the students get it for free here, and hammer it like crazy, so of course, us poor mugs who pay the freight, take the brunt lol.
Video isnt that great mate, cant say ill be getting an Academy award anytime soon

.

lee

Guy Cowen · 10-27-2011, 12:27 PM

Maybe a Bafta though!

marsattack · 10-27-2011, 04:45 PM

This is an awesome documentation and update for any client,
It is also very professional of you Lee to do so!
Thank you for sharing ,
Mars

Guy Cowen · 10-27-2011, 05:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by marsattack

This is an awesome documentation and update for any client,
It is also very professional of you Lee to do so!
Thank you for sharing ,
Mars

Just wait till you see them in hand, if you think they look good now then you have another thing coming, they'll blow you away I promise.

3d-builder · 10-27-2011, 08:08 PM

Nice Video those look real sharp!

marsattack · 10-28-2011, 02:15 AM

Hey guy ...were you playing with these legs??lol
Mars

tk1608 · 10-28-2011, 02:55 AM

Lee, Superb-amundo !!

Even though I don't have a droid, I would just like some of those legs..

Phil

ralphee · 10-28-2011, 03:04 AM

Big thanks ALL of you, means a lot. Phil there really not that hard to do, its just VERY tedious and frustrating at times, but, just completing one that works well, spurs you on.
I wouldnt want to be building these much longer though, ive much to do myself.
It is a shame they cant be cast, i really dont think it would work, you could maybe cast the main leg channels as separate parts, but then what to do with the joints?
In a perfect world, the joint "discs" or "rings" would be maybe machined plexi, with a perfect centre hole for a pinch bolt, but that really works out stupid expensive, and i can achieve the same result from stock media now, for a quarter of the price of machining them, just takes up more time.

lee

Guy Cowen · 10-28-2011, 05:36 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by marsattack

Hey guy ...were you playing with these legs??lol
Mars

More admiring mate I've got my own to play with

kh39 · 10-28-2011, 12:58 PM

Awesome!As for the color,I saw the probe droid prop in the past.it looked lke grey.I think it depends on what you have seen before you see the model or what color is next to it.

ralphee · 10-28-2011, 01:32 PM

Thank you Kaoru san. Yeah, its grey, but its orange/brown too as it sits today, what ILM shot over that grey is beyond me, its drove me and Guy nuts.
Mine is actually more grey now, been tinkering with VERY light mist coats, and im a lot happier than i was.

Cut the dampers today for this big leg, so ill get those fitted tomorrow, and onto the next.

Ill be adding the claws and pincers last, as there just simple jobs now the joints are working out better for me.

lee

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10-17-2011, 08:36 AM	#1
ralphee Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Birmingham,England. Posts: 4,622	SS Probe Droid stop motion legs. Thought id document these here so my client has an easier time looking up my progress. Second leg, after a BIG fudge up on my part is now well underway. This is the second draft of this leg, as originally i cut ALL the tubing wrong lol, but, i have to say, i dont blow my own trumpet often, these work way better than my own, im even tempted in time to re build some of my own. Once i get further along with this one, and the next leg, ill post some more video on there function, and how its all done, im pottering along slowly, but i feel its the only way to go with these things, rushing them just gives you a finished product that wont work very well, or will look like poop, and im all about neatness in my work. bests......lee

10-17-2011, 08:45 AM	#2
Guy Cowen Guy Staff Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Manchester, UK Posts: 2,597	Re: SS Probe Droid stop motion legs. Looking great mate, to quote DReam "Things can only get better"

10-17-2011, 08:53 AM	#3
ralphee Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Birmingham,England. Posts: 4,622	Re: SS Probe Droid stop motion legs. Cheers mate, i agree, doing it all again, is daunting, its a pig of a job, but, wow, it all seems to work better, even my claw joints are spot on in function, ill have this one done this weekend. lee

10-17-2011, 09:19 AM	#4
marsattack Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Melbourne ,Australia Posts: 269	Re: SS Probe Droid stop motion legs. Very very nice Lee!!! , super neat to say the least! Thanks again for the progress pics/videos and LEGS! mars

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10-17-2011, 09:36 AM	#5
ralphee Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Birmingham,England. Posts: 4,622	Re: SS Probe Droid stop motion legs. Glad you like so far Mars, going to look at the mounting option this week, seeing as you have a hollow/styrene underskirt, im thinking these should be bolted up inside that skirt as i reckon they are on the prop. Ill get to that this week though, send you a few ideas and we'll go from there. lee

10-17-2011, 10:41 AM	#6
Alan Cross Formerly arc60 Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 785	Re: SS Probe Droid stop motion legs. Lee, that's awesome! It's great to see PD legs that are poseable. I still have the unbuilt (1/4 scale) Probe Droid kit... have you considered molding your new legs and making them available as an upgrade?

10-17-2011, 10:43 AM	#7
ralphee Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Birmingham,England. Posts: 4,622	Re: SS Probe Droid stop motion legs. Alan, thanks bud. As for molding/casting, TBH bud, it just wouldnt work, there are too many undercuts, and they way the rectangle tubing is cut to reveal so many hollows, it wouldnt lend well to casting, wouldnt look very nice at all. lee

10-17-2011, 04:21 PM	#8
STEVE THE SWEDE Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Froson , SWEDEN Posts: 3,321	What! There you go doing it all over again?! Didn't you have enough the first time around? Wach out! You gonna end up hating the probe droid, you don't want that now, do you? Cheers, Steve

10-17-2011, 08:26 PM	#9
moffeaton Hey there, Blimpy Boy... Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Baltimore MD Posts: 6,543	Re: SS Probe Droid stop motion legs. AWESOME.

10-18-2011, 10:46 AM	#10
Spankuh Spank 'em if ya got 'em Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: East Greenwich, RI Posts: 174	Re: SS Probe Droid stop motion legs. Sweetness!

10-27-2011, 01:56 AM	#11
ralphee Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Birmingham,England. Posts: 4,622	Re: SS Probe Droid stop motion legs. New update on leg two. Forgive me if i babble, was really tired when i shot the vid lol. Decided to build the top Saturn V joint a little different this time out, i had my own little mishap with my own droid, and didnt want a repeat occurrence with this set, hence its very strong now, still a learning curve, but its coming along slowly. Only just noticed how grey my droid is in the vid, wow, these things really change hue at the drop of a hat. lee

10-27-2011, 09:38 AM	#12
vaderdarth Join Date: Jul 1999 Location: South Carolina Posts: 9,749	Re: SS Probe Droid stop motion legs. Very nice work Lee!!!!

10-27-2011, 11:12 AM	#13
ralphee Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Birmingham,England. Posts: 4,622	Re: SS Probe Droid stop motion legs. Thanks Dave . lee

10-27-2011, 11:57 AM	#14
Guy Cowen Guy Staff Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Manchester, UK Posts: 2,597	Re: SS Probe Droid stop motion legs. My broadband is so slow at the moment I can only load about the first 5 seconds in an hour.... time to change broadband supplier I thinks. No doubt its a great vid mate?

10-27-2011, 12:08 PM	#15
ralphee Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Birmingham,England. Posts: 4,622	Re: SS Probe Droid stop motion legs. Guy our Broadband is terrible of late, most of it is the fact the students get it for free here, and hammer it like crazy, so of course, us poor mugs who pay the freight, take the brunt lol. Video isnt that great mate, cant say ill be getting an Academy award anytime soon . lee

10-27-2011, 12:27 PM	#16
Guy Cowen Guy Staff Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Manchester, UK Posts: 2,597	Re: SS Probe Droid stop motion legs. Maybe a Bafta though!

10-27-2011, 04:45 PM	#17
marsattack Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Melbourne ,Australia Posts: 269	Re: SS Probe Droid stop motion legs. This is an awesome documentation and update for any client, It is also very professional of you Lee to do so! Thank you for sharing , Mars

10-27-2011, 08:08 PM	#19
3d-builder Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 1,410	Re: SS Probe Droid stop motion legs. Nice Video those look real sharp!

10-28-2011, 02:15 AM	#20
marsattack Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Melbourne ,Australia Posts: 269	Re: SS Probe Droid stop motion legs. Hey guy ...were you playing with these legs??lol Mars

10-28-2011, 02:55 AM	#21
tk1608 Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Leeds U.K. Posts: 574	Re: SS Probe Droid stop motion legs. Lee, Superb-amundo !! Even though I don't have a droid, I would just like some of those legs.. Phil

10-28-2011, 03:04 AM	#22
ralphee Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Birmingham,England. Posts: 4,622	Re: SS Probe Droid stop motion legs. Big thanks ALL of you, means a lot. Phil there really not that hard to do, its just VERY tedious and frustrating at times, but, just completing one that works well, spurs you on. I wouldnt want to be building these much longer though, ive much to do myself. It is a shame they cant be cast, i really dont think it would work, you could maybe cast the main leg channels as separate parts, but then what to do with the joints? In a perfect world, the joint "discs" or "rings" would be maybe machined plexi, with a perfect centre hole for a pinch bolt, but that really works out stupid expensive, and i can achieve the same result from stock media now, for a quarter of the price of machining them, just takes up more time. lee

10-28-2011, 12:58 PM	#24
kh39 Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 165	Re: SS Probe Droid stop motion legs. Awesome!As for the color,I saw the probe droid prop in the past.it looked lke grey.I think it depends on what you have seen before you see the model or what color is next to it.

10-28-2011, 01:32 PM	#25
ralphee Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Birmingham,England. Posts: 4,622	Re: SS Probe Droid stop motion legs. Thank you Kaoru san. Yeah, its grey, but its orange/brown too as it sits today, what ILM shot over that grey is beyond me, its drove me and Guy nuts. Mine is actually more grey now, been tinkering with VERY light mist coats, and im a lot happier than i was. Cut the dampers today for this big leg, so ill get those fitted tomorrow, and onto the next. Ill be adding the claws and pincers last, as there just simple jobs now the joints are working out better for me. lee

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