ILM Welding Droid
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Cheers Don, just a practise run but I really do love it, cant wait to get the real one built, such a shame the other one is an impossible build without breaking into the archives :-(
My compressor broke painting it so was a bit of a ball ache, I used 4 different backs to see what worked best, I'm still thinking I may need to look at enamel's before I do the final build. I just hate enamel paint, always have. The base coat on this was thrown together without using the ref so am pretty chuffed but it has over 4 colours in it, next time it;ll be 3
My compressor broke painting it so was a bit of a ball ache, I used 4 different backs to see what worked best, I'm still thinking I may need to look at enamel's before I do the final build. I just hate enamel paint, always have. The base coat on this was thrown together without using the ref so am pretty chuffed but it has over 4 colours in it, next time it;ll be 3
They're on there Propstore website, they had 2 that they sold some time back, great little models that never made it on screen in Jedi, we've been ID'n for a while and mostly its all turned up now but I think the scout trooper one may have used a stop Motion trooper helmet so its unlikely we'll ever find a replacement without having in sculpted. Shame as they're great little builds.. I don't want to post pics of them as they're copyrighted to Propstore but go check em out
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I had a few vader helemts to size the right one, so decided to not waste the wrong one
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I had a few vader helemts to size the right one, so decided to not waste the wrong one
Wolfsburg
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Awesome work as usual! I always thought it was a shame these never made it on screen. Would've definitely made it feel more like the DS was actively under construction and given a better idea of how it was being built (that didn't involve innocent contractors and Wookiee slaves...lol).
These are really cool....didn't know about these!!! I would love to see the other ones, can't find them! Great job guy..these are so cool!! I would like to have these guys in my archives!!!
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This build isn't a replica of the welding droid,this was just a quick similar style build so as not to waste the vader helmet I bought that was incorrect, this was just influenced by till I get all the kits in we've Id'd recently, then I'll build the correct Droid and have a better understanding of how to paint it
This is its bigger brother so to speak, I have to say I absolutely love it, its such a cool little display and easy to make, I'm thinking of dong about 8 of em and dotting them round my garden like gnomes !!!!
This is its bigger brother so to speak, I have to say I absolutely love it, its such a cool little display and easy to make, I'm thinking of dong about 8 of em and dotting them round my garden like gnomes !!!!
I actually found both and asking the owner for permission to use the photos?
It now has a smaller brother , just a few parts to add and a compressor to land and its done, what a fun little model to build
Thanks to Julien's keen eye on the M23 tooling, I decided to not wait and just build it with the wrong tooling but its worth it as its so cool to have these up n running and hope to see a few more asap
ITs got a few silly errors but it looks the part and I'm not stripping bits off for the sake of a few mm here n there......thanks to the Propstore for showing these....I cant believe I left it so long!!! Its nice to be at the bench again before the big bird lands.
Can not wait to paint it
, just a few parts to add and a compressor to land and its done, what a fun little model to buildThanks to Julien's keen eye on the M23 tooling, I decided to not wait and just build it with the wrong tooling but its worth it as its so cool to have these up n running and hope to see a few more asap
ITs got a few silly errors but it looks the part and I'm not stripping bits off for the sake of a few mm here n there......thanks to the Propstore for showing these....I cant believe I left it so long!!! Its nice to be at the bench again before the big bird lands.
Can not wait to paint it
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