Harblar
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Hi all!
I'm currently in the process of remodeling my Farm House and am planning on doing some Star Wars-centric rooms while I'm at it. My ultimate goal is to have a home theater and lobby styled after the cargo holds of the Millenium Falcon and a bedroom styled to match a mix of Death Star corridors, Emperor's throne room, and Bespin Carbon Freeze Chamber.
My plan for the theater area is lots of pipes, wire, and conduit. I also plan to eventually incorporate a Holo board, Circular Bench, Engineering Console, Hyperdrive, and Turret Port. (also lots of speakers, amps, processors, and a decent projector) I've got a decent Idea of what I want to do here, I just need to sit down and draw it up on the computer to finalize it.
My plan for the bedroom is a lot more open-ended. My initial thought was Emperor's thrown room. I've got 4 floor to ceiling windows facing south and I thought it would be cool to put a swiveling Thrown chair there. I also wanted to put some Death Star wall panels, including the backlit light panels, along some of the flat walls. I'm also leaning towards building a custom murphy bed on one wall, I've been thinking a lot about how to do this recently and I'm currently looking at doing this wall in a Carbonite chamber theme. Why? So I can attach a Han Solo in Carbonite to the bottom of the Murphy bed, of course. haha ;-)
My original thought was to build a full accurate HIC Box with Lights and all to mount to the bottom of the bed, but I think I'm just going to direct mount it to the bottom of the bed, for both space and simplicities sake. I'm also toying with the notion of doing a partial Bespin style grated floor/platform (with red/orange backlighting) where the bed folds down onto.
For the most part, I am in no great hurry to get these rooms done. Most of the finishing will be done during the summer by me and on my own schedule. That being said, The bedroom is a concern as it will be the master bedroom (for the next several years anyway). I eventually plan to build a ground floor addon with a full master suite. When I do the old bedroom will become the guest room/lounge/collectibles area, hence the murphy bed from the start. Anyway, all the rooms are sheetrocked and in need of mudding, taping, and painting. My issue right now is how to go about that in the bedroom. I can do a lot of it myself, though making it look good and professional is a different matter. My other thought is if I have a guy come in and pay him to do it, it'll look good, but I'm eventually going to cover it up with custom made MDF Death Star Wall panels. So how much finishing do I actually need to do on the walls? The way I'm thinking right now, I could just do a quick and easy job on the wall seams and screws and then have the pro tackle the ceilings. This should save me some money... maybe even enough to offset the cost of the paneling? Either way, I need to make a decision fairly soon so I can get it livable before spring planting consumes my life.
So, what I'm looking for right now is any links for guides, tutorials, plans/specs, reference, or other builds on the Death Star Wall Panels. I've done a bit of browsing, but haven't really come across anything with actual dimensions or good walkthroughs/suggestions for the backlight panels. (I'm going to use LED strips, but I also want to get the lighting as thin and even as possible) Any good guides out there on that? I don't really want to build out a whole extra 2x4 wall if I don't have to. ;-)
The other thing I need to nail down pretty quick is a HIC cast. I see King Jawa does runs every now and then and has a good guide/tutorial on finishing it. Does anyone know if he's planning a run anytime soon, or has any currently available? If not, is there any other places out there I could get a good set of casts for this? Any ideas on price? I've seen it mentioned that they aren't too bad, but haven't really been able to find any specifics.
Anyway, I suppose that's enough rambling for now. I'll continue to post updates and pics as things start moving forward. It should be a lot of fun and I can't wait to get started on it.
I'm currently in the process of remodeling my Farm House and am planning on doing some Star Wars-centric rooms while I'm at it. My ultimate goal is to have a home theater and lobby styled after the cargo holds of the Millenium Falcon and a bedroom styled to match a mix of Death Star corridors, Emperor's throne room, and Bespin Carbon Freeze Chamber.
My plan for the theater area is lots of pipes, wire, and conduit. I also plan to eventually incorporate a Holo board, Circular Bench, Engineering Console, Hyperdrive, and Turret Port. (also lots of speakers, amps, processors, and a decent projector) I've got a decent Idea of what I want to do here, I just need to sit down and draw it up on the computer to finalize it.
My plan for the bedroom is a lot more open-ended. My initial thought was Emperor's thrown room. I've got 4 floor to ceiling windows facing south and I thought it would be cool to put a swiveling Thrown chair there. I also wanted to put some Death Star wall panels, including the backlit light panels, along some of the flat walls. I'm also leaning towards building a custom murphy bed on one wall, I've been thinking a lot about how to do this recently and I'm currently looking at doing this wall in a Carbonite chamber theme. Why? So I can attach a Han Solo in Carbonite to the bottom of the Murphy bed, of course. haha ;-)
My original thought was to build a full accurate HIC Box with Lights and all to mount to the bottom of the bed, but I think I'm just going to direct mount it to the bottom of the bed, for both space and simplicities sake. I'm also toying with the notion of doing a partial Bespin style grated floor/platform (with red/orange backlighting) where the bed folds down onto.
For the most part, I am in no great hurry to get these rooms done. Most of the finishing will be done during the summer by me and on my own schedule. That being said, The bedroom is a concern as it will be the master bedroom (for the next several years anyway). I eventually plan to build a ground floor addon with a full master suite. When I do the old bedroom will become the guest room/lounge/collectibles area, hence the murphy bed from the start. Anyway, all the rooms are sheetrocked and in need of mudding, taping, and painting. My issue right now is how to go about that in the bedroom. I can do a lot of it myself, though making it look good and professional is a different matter. My other thought is if I have a guy come in and pay him to do it, it'll look good, but I'm eventually going to cover it up with custom made MDF Death Star Wall panels. So how much finishing do I actually need to do on the walls? The way I'm thinking right now, I could just do a quick and easy job on the wall seams and screws and then have the pro tackle the ceilings. This should save me some money... maybe even enough to offset the cost of the paneling? Either way, I need to make a decision fairly soon so I can get it livable before spring planting consumes my life.
So, what I'm looking for right now is any links for guides, tutorials, plans/specs, reference, or other builds on the Death Star Wall Panels. I've done a bit of browsing, but haven't really come across anything with actual dimensions or good walkthroughs/suggestions for the backlight panels. (I'm going to use LED strips, but I also want to get the lighting as thin and even as possible) Any good guides out there on that? I don't really want to build out a whole extra 2x4 wall if I don't have to. ;-)
The other thing I need to nail down pretty quick is a HIC cast. I see King Jawa does runs every now and then and has a good guide/tutorial on finishing it. Does anyone know if he's planning a run anytime soon, or has any currently available? If not, is there any other places out there I could get a good set of casts for this? Any ideas on price? I've seen it mentioned that they aren't too bad, but haven't really been able to find any specifics.
Anyway, I suppose that's enough rambling for now. I'll continue to post updates and pics as things start moving forward. It should be a lot of fun and I can't wait to get started on it.