Tray, I particularly like the one where you look like a meditating Ghandi like Emperor....
Tray, I particularly like the one where you look like a meditating Ghandi like Emperor....
Great project!! This will look awesome when finished!
I'd say we are now about 93% done.
Okay. After day 10 we are coming up to the finish line. With another day or 2 we should be done with the painting and the chair should be ready to makes it's debut. We got the backs on and the first major layer of filler to smooth out the backs. Two attempt at applying the back in one full sheet failed so we turned to our trusty stripping system. We think it worked out great in the end. We will need to figure out a new system when building our other 2 chairs. Sadly we were unable to accomplish lighted control panels due to the fact we could find correct buttons in time. With the bright colored paints we used they should pop enough that lights won't matter in the end.
The stand has one coat of paint on it already and the lower ribs need painting yet before they are applied to the large black platform. Jonathan did an awesome job building the stand for us. Thanks to Molly for painting the control panels for us. That was time saved so we could finish getting the backs skinned.
Photo galleries from all 10 days now.
http://traynichols.com/501st/carida/...ir-build/day1/
http://traynichols.com/501st/carida/...ir-build/day2/
http://traynichols.com/501st/carida/...ir-build/day3/
http://traynichols.com/501st/carida/...ir-build/day4/
http://traynichols.com/501st/carida/...ir-build/day5/
http://traynichols.com/501st/carida/...ir-build/day6/
http://traynichols.com/501st/carida/...ir-build/day7/
http://traynichols.com/501st/carida/...ir-build/day8/
http://traynichols.com/501st/carida/...ir-build/day9/
http://traynichols.com/501st/carida/...r-build/day10/
Thanks to Jon, Joe and Ficker for all of there excellent help in making this chair come to life.
My hat is off to you guys! That is some fine work you are doing. I hope to see that in person one day!
thanks for posting pics Tray... looks like we are getting close but it sure doesnt feel that way...
-Jon
Fantastic work! I would love to build one myself. Did you just go off screen stills or were there blueprints?
all from lots and lots of photos....
Its looking good, caint wait to see it all done!
thinking of using durhams water putty on the back to smooth out the contour anyone ever use that stuff? does it stick well to wood? will it paint well? do you think it will crack if hit...
anyone?
thanks
-jonsolo
By far the best throne I have seen done - looking perfect so far. Any plans on lighting the control panels? I was planning a project myself as soon as my workshop (garage) warms up. I could really use any dimensions on yours that you could provide if you can ever find the time. Do you need help ID-ing the metal detail features for the head piece? I ran across a parts identification a while ago.
Fantastic work!!!
hopefully in the future we can light the control panels we just dont have the time to source the correct lights before Jan 1st.
We have already id-ed the head pieces and have them for this build, thanks though...
as far as dimensions or templates, we started doing them when we began but with time constraints and adjustments during the build we kinda lost track... maybe after the rush of everything for the parade is over we can take time to get something together...
stay tuned....
thanks
Jon, Tray, & Joe....
robertrios10@msn.com said:
is it comfy?
comfy? uh sure, like a cheap office chair...
Darth Mellow said:
It looks awesome, but from the picture of you sitting in it, it looks out of scale.
looks like we are gonna be rushing final assembly to get it out for the parade look for more progress pics soon....
very very great to see the progress!
I΄m looking forward to see the finished one...
Looks amazing but why not foam and fiberglass for the main part would be much lighter?
well, we didn't have but a month to build the chair and we did it with what materials we had at the time. I know for a fact we will not be building the other 2 chairs the same way. Foam and fiberglass is how I have been thinking I will be doing mine. there are some things out of scale but because we were under such a short work schedule there were things we couldn't correct in time to get the chair finished.
As it is, we finished it last night and it is being picked up today around noon to drive up to Philly to get ready for the Mummer's Parade. One thing that will get changed on the chair once New Years is over will be the cushions. They were not made the correct way and are the wrong color so that is the main change when we get it back. It also still needs a clear coat put over the whole thing.
I am very happy with how it turned out. Thanks to Jon for all of his help in making the chair more awesome than I would have allowed it.
Very nice, that would be awesome to sit there and play my playstation
This ended up looking awesome in person, very well done guys!
wow, looks great! I always wanted to do a project like this with my dad or my brother or something.. just think of the coolest thing possible, and try to make it a reality.Maybe one day! Excellent work though, most impressive!
Looks really great!
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