Droid Caller - One Day Build - Zero Cost

JUSTINIAN

JUSTINIAN

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I decided to build a droid caller for my 5 year old son's Luke costume. I gave myself 2 rules, it had to be built in one day, and only using parts that I already had. This project did not cost anything to build. I knew going into this project it would not be perfect, but I think it came out pretty decent.

I started with a drawing, and made most of the prop out of various PVC pipe connectors.
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The parts were put together, and I cut detail lines in them.
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I filled a tablespoon with some resin, and placed one of the PVC pipes in it.
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Once it was cured, I pulled it out, and had a perfect dome shape for the top.
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I removed it from the scrap of PVC, and sanded it smooth.
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Then placed it onto the prop.
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Now that the basic shape was complete it was time to start painting. A primer coat of black.
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I then added a gloss black stripe at the top and the textured black on the bottom. I let that bake for a few hours while I worked on the rest.
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I took some old hex bolts and filed them down with my lathe.
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I used 1 filed down rivet and two filed down hex nuts. I also found a belt clip and D ring holder in my saber parts box.
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I don't know what the rectangle thing is called, but I made it out of 3 pieces of styrene, and glued them together and painted it silver.
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Once the silver was painted and dried, it was time to start putting it all together.
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And here is the final droid caller with everything installed and lightly weathered.
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Again, I know this is not perfect, but it's for a 5 year old's costume. This was a very fun project to work on. Hopefully this is helpful for some of you guys on a tight budget.
 
Nice job... Fun build...

I really need to get myself a bench-top lathe and the skills to use it...
 
Cool!
You might could get some 'good enough' detail lines with a pipe cutter. - for those of us who are sans lathe.


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nux said:
Cool!
You might could get some 'good enough' detail lines with a pipe cutter. - for those of us who are sans lathe.


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Definitely. I have used them many times, but the one I have was not large enough for this diameter pipe. I cut the lines with the pipe cuter, and then use a file to make the lines wider and more visible.
 
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