Sideshow R2&3PO - custom display base

Hey gang,

A client of ours had the Sideshow droids and wanted a custom base built so he could display both of them together in his home theater. He and I tossed around a few themes and settled on Tatooine... I made a few quick sketches and from those, Rich Riley created the foam sculpture you see below. To finish it all off, we intentionally chose a somewhat bold color palette for the rocks to make the display really pop!

Rich's work on this one is really exceptional and he took the basic idea and ran with it, making it into something special. We've worked on quite a few projects over the years and he always seems to be able to do that!

The client was thrilled and here's hoping folks here enjoy the pics as well.

As always, feel free to check out the site for other projects like this (this one is on our Movie Prop Displays page.) and remember, you can now follow us on twitter if you'd like to be kept informed about site updates and get sneak peeks at upcoming projects.

Thanks for looking!
Tom

Fraken sweet! It's people like you making it hard you know.. Saw your Boba Fett / Chewie display and thought, I need to get a Boba Fett going so I can get a display, now you go and do this, and now need to get a C3-PO and R2-D2..

Wow, that is just outstanding.

Love it!

But where is R2 and Threepio?

Agh.. Just saw the Han Solo in Carbonite Desk.. Nice job on all your pieces.. Bravo!

That's very very nice! I have the Sideshow R2, but didn't also get C3PO because there was no way to stand them right next to each other. Don't know why Sideshow didn't create an optional stand to display them together, seems like that was what everyone wanted, and even better if we could have had 3PO resting his hand on R2's dome.

very cool display , just needs to be dirtied up some to knock a little off the bright and shiny new look.

That is freakin awesome.

Tony

Holy smoke, now that looks like they stepped right off the screen!

Lucasfilm should allow Honda to build C3PO version of their ASIMO robot.

that would be so cool.

Tom, that is a stunning display, incredible job buddy!

very very good job, what a difference it makes

Is it two pieces? Would be cool to be able to make it a corner display ( L shape ) and like rkpetersen said be able to put C3-Po's hand on top of R2..

That is incredibly cool Tom, absolutely amazing

Very nice as usual, fellas. One idea I had for an Indy display base that would work here is to spread glue on just the base/floor section and pour sand on it to create a true desert environment. You can also carefully pick spots in the cracks and crevices to put some as well. Naturally, the sand gets into everything. Perhaps some smaller sized rocks to put around the base as well for added realism.

Not knocking it at all as it looks fantastic but was an idea I had for some time now and I thought it would kick it up just a notch. Maybe something to think about for future projects.

Thanks guys! Rich deserves most of the credit on this one...so much of the actual design came in the carving process.

We've done the glue/sand trick on other projects (and that does work pretty well), but here we went for more of a "rocky plateau" look than "sandy" look... sorta like the sunset scene (well, sunset in the SE!) where R2 gets zapped or the rocks near the Tusken attack. Just an aesthetic choice in this case

Oh and speaking of aesthetic choices, we did consider doing them closer in the corner (with the classic 3P0's hand on R2's head look), but just to the left of threepio in the pic is a doorway which we didn't want to crowd. Based on the client's room and the space alloted, this layout worked out best and made for the most impact.

Again, appreciate all the kind words (and even the suggestions, which I'll keep in mind for future projects).

Tom

What a truly awesome display, BRAVO!

That would be a great base for a few jawas too...very nice

That looks great indeed

Love the display! R2 not so much...yeah I had to say it

Actually...looking at it again...the display makes it look 1000 times better!

Tom, both you and Richard are masters at your craft!

Another impressive display.

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That would be a great base for a few jawas too...very nice

It would indeed... maybe we need to do one like that for his other wall. Maybe have the jawas with guns aimed at the droids!

Thanks again all!

Tom

Just Beautiful! Those bases really make the whole set up! Great job, that client is one lucky person to have such a unique display.
mike

Great job guys, the display really brings it to life.

TomSpinaDesigns said:

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It would indeed... maybe we need to do one like that for his other wall. Maybe have the jawas with guns aimed at the droids!

Thanks again all!

Tom

yes to add , you could do a very small corner of the sandcrawler tread or something. I'm just getting silly , but with that foam almost anything is possible. That's my past set designer and Visual manager for Bass Pro Shops coming out