Lifesize ED-209 Build. NOW WITH EVEN MORE ED on p.23!!!

[BeastMaster]

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This is looking great! Wish I could see the real thing when it's finally displayed. Have you seen the new Hot Toys ED209?

Hot Toys : RoboCop - ED-209 1/6th scale collectible

 

[thorssoli]

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The next video is live. In this one I show the vacforming process:

Yesterday I made a bit more progress on the molds for the toes and the shoulder flap:

The mold parts all need a bit of cleanup in order to be ready to pull parts:

While that was going on, I also had Lopez cut out more armpit parts:

So the armpit gimbals are almost ready for vacforming:

Last but not least, the first cast of the little hydraulic rocker arm for the upper legs is out of the molds:

So that's that.

More progress to come today. Stay tuned...

 

[IceTea1983]

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If you've neglected to keep your neighbours abreast of your project, I suspect there may be a few raised brows of curiosity and surprise when you put ED together in the open air ...

 

[thorssoli]

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If you've neglected to keep your neighbours abreast of your project, I suspect there may be a few raised brows of curiosity and surprise when you put ED together in the open air ...

I don't think the neighbors can be fazed by any of these things anymore. A couple of years ago there were 8-foot Space Marines walking around out there for a few days. A couple of years before that it was a squad of Halo Spartans. Nowadays it's just another crazy thing coming out of the chicken barn next door.

We've been talking about strapping the finished ED209 down onto a car trailer and driving through town to get video of the public reaction. That might be interesting.

 

[Snow Builder]

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When I grow up I want to be you.



Progress continues to impress.

 

[Darth Mawr]

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I just wanted to add my congrats on this project http://www.therpf.com/members/thorssoli/thorssoli. I'm loving seeing ED-209 come together and by the way, you're a natural on camera.

 

[thorssoli]

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When I grow up I want to be you.

In that case, the trick is to not grow up at all. It's harder than you might think.

I just wanted to add my congrats on this project thorssoli. I'm loving seeing ED-209 come together and by the way, you're a natural on camera.

Thanks. I always feel weird whenever they point the camera at me. There's an overwhelming desire to stick a finger in my nose the whole time...

UPDATE:
Yesterday I was focused on another project for most of the day, but I made progress on ED's elbow prototype:


I also managed to set the main body back upright and put it on a workstand:


Today I'll be vacforming a few more parts and hopefully making progress on ED's face.

Stay tuned...

 

[FLM Concepts]

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Are you cutting MDF or HDU on Lopez?

 

[Vaderios]

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Assuming this awesome build will be in his presentation(idle) stance/pose, will it have some minimal articulation so its more posable?

-Angel

 

[thorssoli]

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Are you cutting MDF or HDU on Lopez?

MDF. It's cheaper and Lopez has a maximum cut depth of 3/4" so it's like the material was designed for this machine.

...will it have some minimal articulation so its more posable?

Something like that, yes.

 

[Strode]

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Killer killer build. Love all the work you do man. Been following this mostly while at work. It's like an oasis in the madness at my workplace. I come home, see you've updated and then save it for the next workday.

 

[Paulreeddrz]

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Fiberglass.

Gotcha, yea I figured you would stick with fiberglass, just was curious if you were going to explore in other options.

These guys used a fabric material that turned out pretty good.

Will you be doing the dome like the movie prop, or the stop motion puppet?

 

[joberg]

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Thanks for the tut, always informative and cool to see the results also. Keep up the good work, it's going to rock:cool

 

[CVWcreations]

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Will ed speak and do the 'resting sound'? It'd be really cool if you could have a continuous resting sound then a sound activated 'you have 20 seconds to comply' when people pass him.

 

[The Ronin]

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Killer killer build. Love all the work you do man. Been following this mostly while at work. It's like an oasis in the madness at my workplace. I come home, see you've updated and then save it for the next workday.

What this guy said.

 

[AManWithNoName]

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This is incredible!!

 

[thorssoli]

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These guys used a fabric material that turned out pretty good.

http://pic50.picturetrail.com/VOL427/9865561/17841182/409199645.jpghttp://pic50.picturetrail.com/VOL427/9865561/17841182/409199646.jpg

Will you be doing the dome like the movie prop, or the stop motion puppet?

That looks pretty good, but it seems pretty clear that the screen-used prop just used fiberglass. I'm aiming to have the finished dome be the same texture as the full-sized prop and the same shape as the stop motion miniature.

Will ed speak and do the 'resting sound'?

At the very least, I think I can do this.

UPDATE:

Yesterday was a vacforming day:


I assembled the first copy of the leg rail:


Still plenty more work to do in that department:


Stay tuned...

 

[The Ronin]

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Every time I see you using that vac table it reminds me that I need to build my own. Those look great.

 

[thorssoli]

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Every time I see you using that vac table it reminds me that I need to build my own.

Yes you do. I don't know how I ever got on without one.

UPDATE:
Yesterday Lopez whittled out the last layer of armpit gimbal parts:

I barely remembered to take any photos of the other work that was done until much later in the evening when my friend Matt showed up to lend a hand.

Here I am backfilling some of the cheek ridges with expanding foam:

And rough-shaping them with a knife and body rasp:

This guy's going to be huge:


In other news, my article about vacforming parts is now live at MAKE Magazine's website. Give it a once-over and let me know what you think.

 

[brandomack]

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You really are a natural in front of the camera. You should definitely keep doing videos, its good enough to air on tv.