Power Gonk Droid. Built out of wood
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cornbread
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Here it is before weathering, fresh off the factory lineView attachment 567448
SGT Tasty Wheat
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Hey man this looks great! I was just thinking about building one of these myself, ironic that you just happen to post this today. Any tips or sources of inspiration you could point me towards. I've never done a star wars droid prop before and I'm a bit lost as to where to start.
Bravo by the way. Looks great!
Bravo by the way. Looks great!
division 6
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SGT Tasty Wheat
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Yes I have tried that. There is some information on other threads here but very much. Most searches here on the threads and online just lead to people mentioning the droid but not talk of how to actually go about building it.
spacebob
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lovely work there cornbread 
he looks fantastic
The gonk is a droid within everybodys reach, and making him from plywood rather than tubs means that you can get almost screen acurate results, I love it.
also SGT Tasty Wheat I have posted the measurements and simple plans for the gonk that i built on my http://www.therpf.com/showthread.php?t=207723 thread spacebobs droids if it helps getting you started.
he looks fantasticThe gonk is a droid within everybodys reach, and making him from plywood rather than tubs means that you can get almost screen acurate results, I love it.
also SGT Tasty Wheat I have posted the measurements and simple plans for the gonk that i built on my http://www.therpf.com/showthread.php?t=207723 thread spacebobs droids if it helps getting you started.
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SGT Tasty Wheat
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lovely work there @cornbread
The gonk is a droid within everybodys reach, and making him from plywood rather than tubs means that you can get almost screen acurate results, I love it.
also @SGT Tasty Wheat I have posted the measurements and simple plans for the gonk that i built on my http://www.therpf.com/showthread.php?t=207723 thread spacebobs droids if it helps getting you started.
Thank you I highly appreciate it!!!
pandabarnes
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Nice build, looks great!
cornbread
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Thanks all.
Spacebobs post is what is printed up in my binder on page one
I took spacebob's measurements, converted them to imperial, and then had to shrink them slightly to fit under the desk. Mine is 1 meter tall, the official size is 1.1 meters. (I know, thats metric)
The downsize to wood is that there is 2/3rds of a sheet of 1/2 inch plywood, a 8 foot 2x4, not to mention solid wood feet. So it is too heavy for a costume, but makes a great desk assistant.
The other fun/difficult part is deciding what it looks like. There is no image of all sides of any of the power droids. The best guess is in the ps4 battlefront game. The most famous one is in the sandcrawler (with the 'E' on the side). Of course the first one kenner made is actually based on the one at lars homestead.
Spacebobs post is what is printed up in my binder on page one
I took spacebob's measurements, converted them to imperial, and then had to shrink them slightly to fit under the desk. Mine is 1 meter tall, the official size is 1.1 meters. (I know, thats metric)
The downsize to wood is that there is 2/3rds of a sheet of 1/2 inch plywood, a 8 foot 2x4, not to mention solid wood feet. So it is too heavy for a costume, but makes a great desk assistant.
The other fun/difficult part is deciding what it looks like. There is no image of all sides of any of the power droids. The best guess is in the ps4 battlefront game. The most famous one is in the sandcrawler (with the 'E' on the side). Of course the first one kenner made is actually based on the one at lars homestead.
cornbread
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Different size notches in the feet. The left is with the table saw set at 15 degrees, the right is at 30 degrees. I originally was going to have a wood base and hinge the 2 halves to open like a car hood so I could easily access it for storage. I decided it was easier to make a sturdier foot and forgo the base. It just slides on the carpet now.
spacebob
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That makes sense cornbread the proportions looked familiar to mine, and those blocky feet.....
Just for the record the sizes of my gonk aren't official sizes, they were arrived at by me... I think the one in ep4 was quite a bit bigger than 1.1 metres but as R2 is supposed to be that high it seemed about right.
Why doesn't everybody make a gonk. The best droid. #justgonk
Just for the record the sizes of my gonk aren't official sizes, they were arrived at by me... I think the one in ep4 was quite a bit bigger than 1.1 metres but as R2 is supposed to be that high it seemed about right.
Why doesn't everybody make a gonk. The best droid. #justgonk
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cornbread
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, and those blocky feet.....
Why doesn't everybody make a gonk. The best droid. #justgonk
I keep asking santa for a bandsaw. If I had one I could make the feet more like the action figure. Ahh,time to start planning the next one.....
SGT Tasty Wheat
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Awesome Posts! Thanks for the pictures they look great!
VanOaksProps
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This was just what I was looking for. As cool as the rubber tote versions are, they still look like modern day rubber totes to me, so it was nice to see someone tackle this in wood.
Off to the hardware store I go!
Off to the hardware store I go!
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