mikefrye1096
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Well here is my mostly finished Han Solo in carbonite. I couldn't really afford the full casting of Han or the other cool stuff available out there so I just went with the cheapest alternative materials I could. My biggest cost was the head. Its a casting I bought from Nuked the Fridge FX a company out of Florida I found on ETSY.com for around 50 bucks. It was worth it. They did a great job and were very nice to me. They are also on Facebook. The hands were cast from my own hands from a kit I bought from Amazon. I'm a prime member and I highly recommend it. Free, two day shipping rocks! Anyway the two kits for the hands were about 12 bucks each. The body of Han himself was sculpted using ordinary drywall mud from Lowe's for around 10 bucks. I actually had this left over from a Knight I made for Bible school a few years ago. The Knight by the way represents the Armor of God from Ephesians 6:10-18 and now stands proudly at 7 1/2 ft tall in my son's room. I'll make sure to include a picture of it just in case your interested. OK sorry, now back to Han. Dry wall mud is pretty easy to manipulate using water and a paint brush. The bad thing is that it cracks as it dries. I got around that by filling the cracks with sand and reapplying. The pkatform Han is on is just a hollow door I found at a dumpster. Its very light which is good. Not counting a few cans of spray paint, thats about it. Oh wait! I didn't really concern myself with the side panels since I have no idea how to wire anything. I did however buy a roll of LEDs from Amazon for around 10 bucks that I used for a little flare. Pretty simple to wire up even for me and they give him a nice carbonite chamber glow. Accuracy was never the goal for me. Only RPF folk will know how inaccurate it is. The people who walk through my house will have no idea and it looks cool anyway. So if you're broke like me and can live with it not being movie accurate, maybe my version is up your alley. Hope you guys find this informative. Hit me up if you have any questions. The link is a bunch of pics plus one of my son posing with his Knight in his room lol. Thanks for reading. God bless.
http://imgur.com/a/CZQsM
http://imgur.com/a/CZQsM
