Howlrunner
Sr Member
I've had a bunch of different sized acrylic baubles sitting in my box-o-bits for years so while between projects I decided to take a look at this guy. Looks like it's only been attempted twice that I've seen, so not a particularly popular guy!
I started with screencaps and the DVD, and by using them and holding up different sizes of spheres the correct(ish) distance from my C-3PO head for scale, I guestimated that the "eyelid sphere" appears to be approx. 12cm diameter, with the inner eyeball at approx. 10cm diameter.
Of course, I don't have any 12cm baubles, so I had to order them, and am waiting on them arriving.....
So, in the meantime, on to the eyeball.... From studying the screencaps I would say that the white section has probably been created by layering on thin strips of white vinyl (it appears that some of the individual strips overlap others very slightly. I considered that. Also considered masking a clear hemisphere, marking out the right shape and spraying. In the end, I decided on something that may not be 100% accurate methodologically speaking, but will give a nice looking result.
So.... 10cm bauble hemisphere, pair of compasses, pencil, ruler, strip of cereal box card (for drawing straight curved lines), dremel, needle files, steady hands and nerves of steel got me this:
And then with another section of hemisphere that will be inserted for the lens:
I started with screencaps and the DVD, and by using them and holding up different sizes of spheres the correct(ish) distance from my C-3PO head for scale, I guestimated that the "eyelid sphere" appears to be approx. 12cm diameter, with the inner eyeball at approx. 10cm diameter.
Of course, I don't have any 12cm baubles, so I had to order them, and am waiting on them arriving.....
So, in the meantime, on to the eyeball.... From studying the screencaps I would say that the white section has probably been created by layering on thin strips of white vinyl (it appears that some of the individual strips overlap others very slightly. I considered that. Also considered masking a clear hemisphere, marking out the right shape and spraying. In the end, I decided on something that may not be 100% accurate methodologically speaking, but will give a nice looking result.
So.... 10cm bauble hemisphere, pair of compasses, pencil, ruler, strip of cereal box card (for drawing straight curved lines), dremel, needle files, steady hands and nerves of steel got me this:
And then with another section of hemisphere that will be inserted for the lens: