Recent content by TheForgeProps

I was originally planning on selling finished statues and raw kits, but I've decided to just go with the finished statues now sorry! The work involved in just getting all the pieces made and ready is pretty long and tedious, and I feel like just selling kits would take a bit of the joy out of...

Love this, such a niche project :D

Hi Darcross- I'd be willing to sell my 3d model to you, but as I'm sure you can understand I spent a huge amount of time referencing/modelling it, so I'm not really looking to give it away for free! However, there is a free model on Thingiverse which I believe is also pretty accurate - BD-1...

Another small post to say this project hasn't died! I'm working my way through sanding 5 lots of parts, which has been pretty arduous- I've been doing it before work/at lunch, so it's been fairly slow going. But I've got most of it done now - just a few more heads/bodies to cast out, and a few...

No worries- good luck!

Rub n buff is generally used to GIVE a metallic look, whereas iron paste is used to ENHANCE what's already metallic, so they're kind of 2 different things. If you want to get the most authentic look you'd have to spray the weapon silver, then iron paste it. Shouldn't have to seal it.

Yeah that doesn't look too bad - filling that seam nicely may be pretty tricky though! Iron paste doesn't colour per se, but it will darken up the metals on it. You basically just use a fabric rag to rub the paste on, leave it for about 5 minutes, then buff it off. It will add a dark shine...

Thankyou! I can't quite see the seam on the blade, but if you're repainting the whole head then body filler is your best bet. In terms of paint- the hardest part with repainting would be the vines. They're wrapped around the head and make it an absolute nightmare to mask anything off. That's...

Sorry, missed this post almost a year ago I think the total build time would have been close to a week of solid work- but I was unemployed at the time (2020 amirite) so this was spread out over a few weeks, not including printing. You could probably split the head up more, and be able to get...

I've also hopefully worked out how to make it so the neck can be positioned upright, at 45, or resting on the body as well! This was pretty important for me to have working in the BD-1s, but making this sort of join replicatable through moulding proved fairly difficult. It had to be able to lock...

I decided to add a scomp drive to BD-1 - I missed the details on this side of his head when I initially modelled him, so figured I'd add it all while I was here! I'll have to rout the hole out of the casts, which will unfortunately be a bit messy and a fair bit of work, but on the plus side I...

Thanks- it's a good time to start watching, because it should hopefully start to take shape soon! No worries- I have a few friends who are expert mouldmakers, it's just not my cup of tea! But the good news is, the head mould was successful, so it's mostly just the body and a few other pieces...

Finally moulding up the head piece - 2nd time attempting it, hopefully it works this time because failing chews up a big amount of silicone/funds! The first time around, I tried to use a core inside the head silicone, which I think made it too rigid to be removed. This time around I've changed...

Nice! Yeah he's a very cool droid, definitely up there with R2 for my favourite! I would say that 3d printing will probably be more lightweight than casting it in resin - my 3d printed master was way lighter than the resin is turning out.

It has been a long time since posting, so just putting up an update to assure people the project hasn't fizzled out! Big thanks to a work mate, who has remotivated me and helped me out with moulding/casting, its started rolling again! I'd say about 4/5ths of the small parts have been moulded...