2-1B Surgical Droid

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Has anyone ever attempted, succeeded or even thought about recreating a 2-1B Surgical Droid Head/Bust from the OT. I was just looking over pictures and thought it would be a cool project. Unfortunately, I have absolutely no skills in sculpting.
 
I believe a member here, zorg, used to make 2-1B heads. I would snatch one up in a heartbeat if he offered them up again.

Wes
 
I believe a member here, zorg, used to make 2-1B heads. I would snatch one up in a heartbeat if he offered them up again.

Wes


I sent him a PM and he does have a few kits for sale. I am gonna grab one. For right now they are just the head and the lighting kit. He plans to offer the clear back and neck portion at a later date.

Here is the pic he sent me...
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It seems the cat is out of the bag.

The clear neck/neck ring will be available later.

The new casts are NOT the same as the old sculpt. They now have a better surface texture, they do not have the side spikes and the head its self is longer front to back giving better proportions.


Btw Isn't it medical droid rather than surgical droid?
 
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Got my cast in today... went to work on it straight away (I also sourced a microphone shell, so the cast mic had to go, plus there is very minor clean up needed on a seam and the inside of the head, nothing big, that cast is pretty much flawless!)

Before cutting it up, I had to take a pic though:

"Two one be, or not two one be, that is the question..."
awJyHb9.jpg


To be repeated with finished head at a later point ;)
 
Got my cast in today... went to work on it straight away (I also sourced a microphone shell, so the cast mic had to go, plus there is very minor clean up needed on a seam and the inside of the head, nothing big, that cast is pretty much flawless!)

Before cutting it up, I had to take a pic though:

"Two one be, or not two one be, that is the question..."
http://i.imgur.com/awJyHb9.jpg

To be repeated with finished head at a later point ;)

What was the model of the microphone you are using? A Shure 55s?
 
Shure 55SH, zorg showed me a pic of one of the heads fitted with it, seems to work just fine :) My shell has actually not arrived yet, bought it the same day as the head... so it shouldn't be much longer now 'til I can bring them together!
 
here is one grafted on, it was bought as a shell from shure direct. i believe they still sell them for around 59 pounds.
you may still be able to get a good deal on ebay so maybe look there first.
if you want metal spikes for the sides, check out spike studs on ebay, there are various sizes and they are cheap.



removing the cast on mic is tricky so please go slow and steady with constant checking, the bridge of the nose area has to be very thin.
you can gently heat the cast with a heatgun and persuade the plastic to the correct shape slightly if you make a mistake.
here what it should look like. ignore the colour, its a base coat.



hope this helps, oh and you will have to cut the bracket off the bottom of the mic housing. that to slow and steady!
 
here is the neck ring mold and a cast, just waiting to finish the neck vac bucks. it may take a while...........
 
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