Death Star Plans
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genZOD
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Was that 3D printed? Because if it was, that amount of not warped flatness isn’t easy.
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No, it’s a metal version that someone did several years ago. Originally the front was white, but I made it silver when I got it.
genZOD
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Oh, OK. I thought I saw what could be build lines. The finish looks nice, I bet it displays well.
genZOD
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I've done more work on the metallic finishes. I'll let all of this cure for a few days while I make the cardholder that attaches to the bottom. I'll probably do another round of distressing and hi-lighting on the fake metal and then call this project done. You can kind of see my next project in the background.
genZOD
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Thanks!
genZOD
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I love it when you get to a stage in a project where you add something that instantly makes your project look better. I made a few prototype holders that failed, but this one that's glued up from cut acrylic just works. I can't wait to paint it. I think that matte black/dark grey over a pebble texture is going to set the metal off nicely. I have some pretty good reference images for two of the holders used in Rogue One.
Anyway, as soon as I added this version of the holder I saw Death Star plans.
Anyway, as soon as I added this version of the holder I saw Death Star plans.
genZOD
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My Death Star Plans are Done!
They came our pretty well. In person, they look reasonably "real". I'm keeping one and the other will be a present for my brother.
The metallic part was painted with chrome paint over black. The disk parts were tined gold with transparent yellow and red paints. The final finish for the silver part was Rub-N-Buff Silver Leaf. The gold disk was dusted with unreasonably expensive gold painted and then a mix of Rub-N-Buff Gold Leaf and Rub-N-Buff Antique gold. The lines were cleaned with an X-acto knife and then highlighted with black panel liner. The base was coated in sandstone texture paint. The topcoat was "Black Rubber" with white highlights and a dusting of neutral grey.
The parts were cut and engraved on an X-Tool laser cutter from 1.5 mm black acrylic. The thin "box" on the base was cut from vinyl on a Silhouette Portrait. The box detail was only on one of the versions of the plans that I found reference photos of, but I like the extra detail.
"Your Highness... the transmissions we received. What is it that they've sent us?"
"Hope."
EDIT: Well, Damn... the little box detail goes on the back, I'm glad I didn't glue the plans to the holder!
They came our pretty well. In person, they look reasonably "real". I'm keeping one and the other will be a present for my brother.
The metallic part was painted with chrome paint over black. The disk parts were tined gold with transparent yellow and red paints. The final finish for the silver part was Rub-N-Buff Silver Leaf. The gold disk was dusted with unreasonably expensive gold painted and then a mix of Rub-N-Buff Gold Leaf and Rub-N-Buff Antique gold. The lines were cleaned with an X-acto knife and then highlighted with black panel liner. The base was coated in sandstone texture paint. The topcoat was "Black Rubber" with white highlights and a dusting of neutral grey.
The parts were cut and engraved on an X-Tool laser cutter from 1.5 mm black acrylic. The thin "box" on the base was cut from vinyl on a Silhouette Portrait. The box detail was only on one of the versions of the plans that I found reference photos of, but I like the extra detail.
"Your Highness... the transmissions we received. What is it that they've sent us?"
"Hope."
EDIT: Well, Damn... the little box detail goes on the back, I'm glad I didn't glue the plans to the holder!
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Agent RayBans
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Beautiful! If you offered kits I would be very interested!
genZOD
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Thanks! I'm not sure if the world needs another garage kit with terrible instructions.
That said, if I have time I'll cut and engrave the parts to make a few of these. If I do, I'll post about it on the "project runs" channel. Last time I sold anything I used eBay. I might do something like that again.
roguefx
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I made a version of this to put on my dumb "action figure card" props. I started last year before better reference surfaced. Unfortunately mine are only 2.5", my best guess based on the reference I could dig up. It also has a blank back, as I thought it was blank based on the original prop used in ANH and what little ref I could dig up. I based my measurements on average human thumbnail dimensions
I make mine with laser cut Flexibrass, a thin acrylic product with foil laminated on it designed for trophies and 3D printed grips.
I make mine with laser cut Flexibrass, a thin acrylic product with foil laminated on it designed for trophies and 3D printed grips.
warpsled
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Yep, I grabbed one of those and it's wonderful.I made a version of this to put on my dumb "action figure card" props. I started last year before better reference surfaced. Unfortunately mine are only 2.5", my best guess based on the reference I could dig up. It also has a blank back, as I thought it was blank based on the original prop used in ANH and what little ref I could dig up. I based my measurements on average human thumbnail dimensions
I make mine with laser cut Flexibrass, a thin acrylic product with foil laminated on it designed for trophies and 3D printed grips.View attachment 1757592View attachment 1757593View attachment 1757594View attachment 1757595
