The Tattooine Lounge

Well, where to start. I guess I am now taking my obsession to the next level and making it into my actual work environment. I'll get to entertain others as well as live out my own little fantasy. I love Star Wars and sci-fi all together as well as a bit of horror so, I am going to make what I think a person in the Star Wars universe would go to get a tattoo. My occupation is that of a tattoo artist and I wanted to build an area that resembled some of my favorite scenes from Star Wars and have it for my clients to see/touch/experience. That led to some big dreams but nothing I thought that would actually manifest…. I then made the Bespin Bin, which was a workspace that I decided to make resemble areas of Bespin, but wound up adding some ANH references with the “garbage chute”. You can also look up the build here: http://www.therpf.com/showthread.php?t=248118

I will be adding my drawings to the forum as well as soon as I size the rest of the photos for this thread..

Thanks for looking..



I then went on to make a shelf that was to hold my soak tray. This has more of an ANH Death Star feel to it, which I don’t mind.



I decided to add a shelf for my soak tray to open up more area for figurines... LOL..



I wanted to have a feel of ANH with the shelf. I added a tube in the back to run the wiring.



Testing the lighting..


Adding some greeblies and pin striping tape.. I'd love to eventually add lighting to the buttons. That is a whole new mountain to climb.



Han and Chewie approved..

Then it went to work.


Underside greeblies that added a little flair..



That led to me taking an old sharps container with glove box attachment and modifying it to blend in with it’s new home. I wrote “Biohazard” and “Gloves” both in Aurebesh.





This was one of the wall mount units that were in the back and not in use due to lost key.. I took it and started to add some flair to it and make it fit in more..

The lock was removed and I added magnets to hold the access panel closed.

I then started with the greeblies..


I also added stenciled lettering, which I now have a new way of doing this which will be way more effective and precise...



The stencils are in Aurebesh and say "Biohazard" and "Gloves"



After I had to "smooth" out the edges of the biohazard symbol, the polycoat of acrylic made some of the paint run. This at first really made me mad but after a few minutes I realized how cool it really looked and added to the piece.

Here it is installed in my office.


While all of this has been going on, I’ve been discussing more additions to my booth with studio owner and I’ve been given full autonomy of my office. So, here comes the Tattooine (tattooing) Lounge.

Here is my office present day (minus some of the additions)





This is all about to change... It will be a slow process but I hope all will look good and will keep adding to this thread as often as possible.. The reason I'm making it public is to keep me working on it... LOL... If not,I'll procrastinate.

Now that that is all out of the way...
Let's begin with the new shelf that is currently in progress...

Working on a shelf that is going to sit on top of the filing cabinet and will be my new book shelf. I plan on having lighting and some other additions as well.. I'd love to add light patterned effects but that will come soon enough.


These are going on the outside of the shelves to give it a more industrial feel.. I have more pictures to add but haven't sized them yet.. Just thought I'd get this out there and start rekindling the fire under my buttocks to start working again on my office.

I. LOVE. That shelf. :love

Sorry, just fanboy-ing over here...

Super cool dude...Nice touch adding the Aurebesh. I'm doing something similar myself. Don't u find yourself constantly scanning for anything lying around that looks kinda Star Warsy?

Great stuff. Can't wait to see more.

Fantastic! Love it!

Dear heavens.... I have people that I work with bringing me their "garbage" to let me look at it to see if I could find a purpose for it.. It never stops... I also enjoy that most of the greeblies I'm using are found in the studio. This could range from ink caps to disposable lids from cartridges. It's actually kinda cool to know that I'm up cycling or what ever it is called..LOL

GEEK1138 said:

Super cool dude...Nice touch adding the Aurebesh. I'm doing something similar myself. Don't u find yourself constantly scanning for anything lying around that looks kinda Star Warsy?

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Oh, there is more coming... a lot more.. big plans, BIG PLANS!!

Panaflex said:

Great stuff. Can't wait to see more.

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Thank you kind sir.

SofaKing01 said:

Fantastic! Love it!

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I do the same every time I turn it on... Just makes me smile...

JaxAndTheMoon said:

I. LOVE. That shelf. :love

Sorry, just fanboy-ing over here...

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Got a little bit more of the book shelf worked on today, not a lot but it's progress!


This is the center support/spacer/dedicated area for my Book of the Sith Holocron.

I then added the side walls and center shelf. I also decided on a floor just because and added the back walls. I will be adding a ceiling and front facade that may/may not have lighting.


Have a good one!!

Derf, this is looking great! If I walked into a tattoo shop and saw this, I would immediately trust your artistic judgment. Now, you can not only charge for tattoos, but charge an admission fee to your room! :lol

Outstanding!

Yep. I could easily sit in your chair while you work and look at your legitimate, "work space" all day, easily.

Amazing! Way to make it "yours".

When it is completed I may charge for visiting...LOL

Holy Wookiee said:

Derf, this is looking great! If I walked into a tattoo shop and saw this, I would immediately trust your artistic judgment. Now, you can not only charge for tattoos, but charge an admission fee to your room! :lol

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As usual, I humbly say thank you kind sir...

Fuzzual said:

Outstanding!

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I've been talking about doing this for several years now and finally got off my rear and decided to do it. (now if I could just turn off the Division for a minute)
When I'm building anything for the room, it all has to have a purpose because I am short on space so everything need to have storage built in and all wall space will be used and possibly ceiling. There are plans for a 6" stage in the room as well to separate the tattooing area from when the "support" sits... If possible, I've been looking into making the floor light up like the carbonite chamber but I have no clue how that could be done and have a floor surface that can be mopped/sterilized.. That in on the back burner at the moment.. who knows what's on the horizon though.. I do have complete autonomy of this since they've never shot a tattoo scene in SW..LOL..

Solos blaster said:

Yep. I could easily sit in your chair while you work and look at your legitimate, "work space" all day, easily.

Amazing! Way to make it "yours".

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Here's an open question.. Is there a specific size of the "dot dash" pattern all over the SW universe? I'm just guessing at the moment. When I go to make some specific pieces I was wanting to be as close to the real deal as possible. If anyone knows, I'd appreciate it.

Also does anyone have any references to different doors throughout the SW universe? I need to decorate the backside of my door so when it's closed it'll help with the atmosphere.



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Were some of my ideas...

Thanks for any help.

Just some updates.. got some new pieces in and I will stick with acrylic sheeting now!! I have tested the dispersion with the lighting sets I am going with on this build and the acrylic is supposedly made for better LED dispersion. The lighting is really close and you can't see a bulb in the panels so this is pretty awesome!!

ON TO THE PICS!!!



Somehow my markings got messed up and I messed up the light bars.. I'm hoping that once the lighting is installed that it will distract from the whole thing being offset. During the mid section gluing process the center shelf moved and created an off set. Then I screwed up the upper light bar measurements and I'm not redoing it so hopefully I can "squirrel" people with the lighting..



Came up with a cool idea for my light switch.... and I've started developing it.



New door facade maybe??



got a new toy! LESS SANDING TIME!!



multi-task!

Just a little update to show some more progress and other projects going on..



playing around with greeblies and placements before I make them permanent...



Also have decided to cover the lightswitch in the booth with a light panel and a similar looking door/bridge control panel to the DS one that Luke shot.
The problem is those really awesome looking light panels...




close up...
and the concept



Until next time!!

Glue, sand repeat...


The scale of this thing is actually starting to settle in and I don't know if I'm ready for this.... LOL...
Already buying new tools and I wished I had stock in Rust-oleum... HA!!
Anyways.. more previews .. now I have a router!!



and I love greeblies... now if only I knew how to actually get lighting sequences down for random light patterns.. I believe it's called arduino? I dunno.. I just know that I want some flashing buttons on the next project that I haven't started...LOL...
I will say that I really like the acrylic, gonna test light tomorrow after glue dries...
I think this is gonna look awesome!!


Also decided to put mylar on the back of the shelf lighting to help reflect the light better.



The tape light also has a dimmer function. I bought it at HomeDepot but have looked online at a site called armacost I believe and they sell color changing/dimmable LED tape light that is very user friendly and I plan to try it out next. It has the same connection set up as does the commercial electric lighting I already bought. It just seems to have more options that available "in town".

Until next time...

Isn't it neat to take garbage and make it look neat?





flat black next...

Tested the lighting for the light switch and were going to need the larger amount of LED's.



or put another strip on the opposite side to compensate?? Duh... (still going to look into the other lighting though....)

This is so cool....

DarthDerf said:

Here's an open question.. Is there a specific size of the "dot dash" pattern all over the SW universe? I'm just guessing at the moment. When I go to make some specific pieces I was wanting to be as close to the real deal as possible. If anyone knows, I'd appreciate it.

Also does anyone have any references to different doors throughout the SW universe? I need to decorate the backside of my door so when it's closed it'll help with the atmosphere.

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Thanks for any help.

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DEF go with the top concept!

Just a few steps ahead of you SK.. I believe you may be biased though to the door styles.
It has begun though...



I made these out of 3/4" MDF and will be making the inner part with 1/4" MDF. Also the top right corner had to be redone, I have no idea how the measurements went wrong... It has already been changed though and the happiest part for me was I used nothing but scrap leftovers!! Yay me for not wasting.. I'm even saving the circle cutouts from the light bars for who knows what?

Is there a jig for these buttons/rocker switches or specific measurements?


Mind you, I haven't gotten a table saw as of yet.. It is on the horizon though...

SofaKing01 said:

DEF go with the top concept!

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Is there a jig for these buttons/rocker switches or specific measurements?
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Hey D,

The rockers you see are actually casts taken from a mold I created a few years back for the 1:1 Scale cockpit build. I had some extra rockers laying around and gave them to Fuzz for his project. I have a new set of molds. When we start making new rockers we always make extras. Consider those yours - when we get to it.