1:1 Scale B1 Battledroid Completed in 30 days!

[Kahnindustries]

Hi Guys,
New here.
I have been making (printing mainly) Star Wars replica props for years. Yesterday I started out on the lovely Project842 Battle Droid.

Thinking ahead to painting (Head will be ready for paint tomorrow) does anyone know of a consensus for the base colour on B1 battle droids (Episode 1)

A list of the colours will really save me on matching!

We would need to know the tan colour (the muddy red colour for episode 2)

And colour matches for the Red on the security droid and the yellow on the commander droid

I will be setting out on this adventure regardless, but if anyone has put the effort in I would be very greatful for some pointers!!!

 

[Kahnindustries]

So here is the progress since my last message.
Paint is just a base coat for now

as you can see the colour is a problem

the head is Ford Ivory and the body is straight ivory from a no name.

UK Ford ivory

now Ford Ivory is too light but other than that quite close

Straight Ivory is too yellow.
Suggestions for paint colours please!!

 

[Kahnindustries]

His body is now fully printed... he is larger than expected... 20 days printing non-stop.

actual paint job next

 

[Kahnindustries]

Started the paint process, electrobinoculars first.

 

[Kahnindustries]

Rogers head and back plate weathered

 

[eethan]

pretty cool to have a full size droid! good luck with the paint

 

[Kahnindustries]

E-5 blaster and Electrobinoculars weathered a bit

 

[Kahnindustries]

Finished roger for now

 

[Kahnindustries]

it took me 30 days from start to finish, 20 days printing, 10 days painting and assembling

 

[eethan]

very nice

 

[13doctorwho]

Looks great!!! Excellent work

 

[Derelict Ghost]

Truly impressive. Great job!

 

[Dumog]

Awesome! well done!

 

[DazzlerFan]

This is great. Nothing like a full sized robot in the house.

mid you don’t mind me asking, what printer did you print this on and is it ABS? PLA? Something else?

Again, fantastic work!

 

[Sluis Van Shipyards]

Very cool! That would be a great project whenever I get a 3D printer... Now you should do the legs that just walk around while they're boarding the queen's ship in TPM.

 

[Kahnindustries]

This is great. Nothing like a full sized robot in the house.

mid you don’t mind me asking, what printer did you print this on and is it ABS? PLA? Something else?

Again, fantastic work!

It’s all cheap Chinese PLA. £12 per kg, used ~ 6-8 kg

 

[Kahnindustries]

Very cool! That would be a great project whenever I get a 3D printer... Now you should do the legs that just walk around while they're boarding the queen's ship in TPM.

It was a surprisingly quick project to, good fun

 

[DazzlerFan]

It’s all cheap Chinese PLA. £12 per kg, used ~ 6-8 kg

You really did some fantastic work! I can’t imagine the amount of sanding that took.

 

[Kahnindustries]

It wasnt too bad, I tried to orientate on the printer to minimise, and i used body filler/orbital sander as each part came off the printer. So the sanding kind of disapeared into the print phase of the 30 days

 

[lmc3]

Great job!