ecl
Sr Member
Here's something that I worked on recently! Vacuform protocol droid head kit made by Starbuckcylon. I've never built one of these before and found it to be very difficult to do. A ton of sanding, shaping, etc. Getting things to fit. It's not perfect, but the end result turned out better than I thought it would. Not built to be wearable, as I've epoxied everything, but I do plan on building up the inside and add wiring, etc. to make it look like a droid head that's been separated from its body.
Gluing stuff together (after a lot of dremel and sanding work to get the shells to fit.)
It became apparent the face is far too narrow looking. I believe this same issue has come up with these kits on another build I've seen. I ended up reshaping the frame a bit, and then added a bar on the inside of the head to widen the stance a bit. Photo below was taken before the bar was placed inside.
I sharpened the features slightly with a sanding block, and also added more detailing around the mouth area. These vacuform kits are way too soft looking.
Widened the mouth opening:
ORIGINALLY I wanted to make this C-3PO. So I painted it black first then gold on top.
As you can see above the gold looks very plastic-like. I had planned to age this, but the finish just didn't look any good at all. So I changed my mind:
I decided to make it K-3PO from the Hoth base (ESB is my favorite Star Wars movie anyways). Aged it with some black acrylic paint mixed with matte medium.
I will be adding a lighting kit soon and will update the progress. Still need to add finishing touches on the paint as well as the "antenna" detailing at the top of the crown.
Gluing stuff together (after a lot of dremel and sanding work to get the shells to fit.)
It became apparent the face is far too narrow looking. I believe this same issue has come up with these kits on another build I've seen. I ended up reshaping the frame a bit, and then added a bar on the inside of the head to widen the stance a bit. Photo below was taken before the bar was placed inside.
I sharpened the features slightly with a sanding block, and also added more detailing around the mouth area. These vacuform kits are way too soft looking.
Widened the mouth opening:
ORIGINALLY I wanted to make this C-3PO. So I painted it black first then gold on top.
As you can see above the gold looks very plastic-like. I had planned to age this, but the finish just didn't look any good at all. So I changed my mind:
I decided to make it K-3PO from the Hoth base (ESB is my favorite Star Wars movie anyways). Aged it with some black acrylic paint mixed with matte medium.
I will be adding a lighting kit soon and will update the progress. Still need to add finishing touches on the paint as well as the "antenna" detailing at the top of the crown.
