Lifesize ED-209 Build. NOW WITH EVEN MORE ED on p.23!!!
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It was the fabric with the biggest weave that I could find at the local fabric store. I'm pretty sure they've discontinued it. I don't know what it's called, but the guys in the shop just called it "ugly grandma-blanket fabric."
I've started assembling the legs. This time around I'm making the frame from wood:
I think it'll work:
So 2nd ED is coming along:
Hopefully I'll get a chance to get a couple of pics of the pair side-by-side.
Stay tuned...
It was the fabric with the biggest weave that I could find at the local fabric store. I'm pretty sure they've discontinued it. I don't know what it's called, but the guys in the shop just called it "ugly grandma-blanket fabric."
I've started assembling the legs. This time around I'm making the frame from wood:
I think it'll work:
So 2nd ED is coming along:
Hopefully I'll get a chance to get a couple of pics of the pair side-by-side.
Stay tuned...
Altrusian Artistry
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Re: Lifesize ED-209 Build. Check it out. You have twenty seconds to comply...
A 2nd ED is being built??? :eek
AWESOME!!!!
Just found this thread that I followed for sometime watching the 1st build. This is where the love for building prop replicas becomes more than a passion...but a true way of life. The first time I saw ROBOCOP, one of my favorite things from the film was the sound effects for ED-209. The motor start up and turrets locking, not to mention the walking, blew me away. That being said, did you ever install a sound system for that final impact on the 1st ED?
LOVE, LOVE, love seeing your incredible workmanship! Thank you for posting such amazing photos and info.
A 2nd ED is being built??? :eek
AWESOME!!!!
Just found this thread that I followed for sometime watching the 1st build. This is where the love for building prop replicas becomes more than a passion...but a true way of life. The first time I saw ROBOCOP, one of my favorite things from the film was the sound effects for ED-209. The motor start up and turrets locking, not to mention the walking, blew me away. That being said, did you ever install a sound system for that final impact on the 1st ED?
LOVE, LOVE, love seeing your incredible workmanship! Thank you for posting such amazing photos and info.
Re: Lifesize ED-209 Build. Check it out. You have twenty seconds to comply...
The first one had a sound system installed, but with the crowd in the large pavilion hall we were in, the speakers we had weren't quite enough to do the job. It also had actuators so it could move a little bit.
2nd ED is still moving right along. The frame will be wood this time around. It'll be a little bit heavier than the steel frame, but I'm expecting it to be stronger and stiffer:
It'll still look just the same on the outside:
Stay tuned...
The first one had a sound system installed, but with the crowd in the large pavilion hall we were in, the speakers we had weren't quite enough to do the job. It also had actuators so it could move a little bit.
2nd ED is still moving right along. The frame will be wood this time around. It'll be a little bit heavier than the steel frame, but I'm expecting it to be stronger and stiffer:
It'll still look just the same on the outside:
Stay tuned...
Re: Lifesize ED-209 Build. Check it out. You have twenty seconds to comply...
Yeah, but I can't decide if it feels bigger or smaller when it's laid out as separate parts for paint:
There were a lot of last-minute things before the primer went on, so I'll be spraying the actual color coats tomorrow.
Stay tuned...
Yeah, but I can't decide if it feels bigger or smaller when it's laid out as separate parts for paint:
There were a lot of last-minute things before the primer went on, so I'll be spraying the actual color coats tomorrow.
Stay tuned...
Re: Lifesize ED-209 Build. Check it out. You have twenty seconds to comply...
Sadly, no. But since I'm not doing the molding and prototyping anymore, it's really just the cost of the actual materials that go into building the parts themselves. So it's a small fraction of the time and money that went into the first one.
I have to apologize for the lack of posts lately. The last week has been overwhelmed by getting the second one of these guys wrapped up. At the end of my last update, I had a bunch of parts in primer. The next morning, I sprayed on the base color:
The grey was an industrial urethane finish from a company whose name I can't recall. The color itself was called, "grey" which is perfect:
Once it was set up enough to handle, I brought the parts inside and stared adding on the details:
I also had to pick out some of the other colors:
Like the first one, the bulk of the weathering was just a heavy blackwash:
Here's a quick overview of the blackwashing method I use. I start with a heavy coat of barely watered-down acrylic paint:
Since it has a tendency to bead up on the surface of the painted parts, I spray the whole thing liberally with Windex or isopropyl alcohol to break the surface tension:
Then, while everything is still very wet, I'll go back over it with sponges and rags, blotting and wiping and smearing and getting most of it back off:
A little drybrushing on the "metal" parts and it's all good to go:
The very last thing to do was to trim the dome to the correct size and shape. In order to find the edges of the opening in the body, I set a worklight inside:
Once we had a good set of lines to work off of, it was just a matter of cutting, painting, and adding some rubber door edge trim.
After the paint had dried and the dust had settled, my friend Matt and I loaded everything into a utility trailer and took 2nd ED to meet his twin brother down at the Make Magazine headquarters. Here's the two of them side-by-side:
The new guy is pretty sexy:
Here's Matt standing in between them for scale:
While we were there, Make asked me if I'd be willing to talk about the project a bit more. I was strung out tired, but did it anyway:
If you're really crazy about that project, you can see more about building the first one here: http://protagonist4hire.blogspot.com/search/label/ED-209
Or here: http://makezine.com/building-up-to-maker-faire/
Thanks for looking!
Sadly, no. But since I'm not doing the molding and prototyping anymore, it's really just the cost of the actual materials that go into building the parts themselves. So it's a small fraction of the time and money that went into the first one.
I have to apologize for the lack of posts lately. The last week has been overwhelmed by getting the second one of these guys wrapped up. At the end of my last update, I had a bunch of parts in primer. The next morning, I sprayed on the base color:
The grey was an industrial urethane finish from a company whose name I can't recall. The color itself was called, "grey" which is perfect:
Once it was set up enough to handle, I brought the parts inside and stared adding on the details:
I also had to pick out some of the other colors:
Like the first one, the bulk of the weathering was just a heavy blackwash:
Here's a quick overview of the blackwashing method I use. I start with a heavy coat of barely watered-down acrylic paint:
Since it has a tendency to bead up on the surface of the painted parts, I spray the whole thing liberally with Windex or isopropyl alcohol to break the surface tension:
Then, while everything is still very wet, I'll go back over it with sponges and rags, blotting and wiping and smearing and getting most of it back off:
A little drybrushing on the "metal" parts and it's all good to go:
The very last thing to do was to trim the dome to the correct size and shape. In order to find the edges of the opening in the body, I set a worklight inside:
Once we had a good set of lines to work off of, it was just a matter of cutting, painting, and adding some rubber door edge trim.
After the paint had dried and the dust had settled, my friend Matt and I loaded everything into a utility trailer and took 2nd ED to meet his twin brother down at the Make Magazine headquarters. Here's the two of them side-by-side:
The new guy is pretty sexy:
Here's Matt standing in between them for scale:
While we were there, Make asked me if I'd be willing to talk about the project a bit more. I was strung out tired, but did it anyway:
If you're really crazy about that project, you can see more about building the first one here: http://protagonist4hire.blogspot.com/search/label/ED-209
Or here: http://makezine.com/building-up-to-maker-faire/
Thanks for looking!
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oysteinhole
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What are you running on 
amazing
amazing
Have you calculated the total weight on both EDs? What is the weight difference steel vs wood? Looks incredible!
Sergiotron
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Coolest. Thing. Ever.
clonesix
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The Ronin
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Definitely some Tiger Blood.
