R2-D2 WIP - Studio 49

[Studio 49]

After a long while of going back and forth on being tempted to build an Astromech well here I am going down this rabbit hole

So I figure I'd better explain why I'm building this. Now it's very much a very long term project, but the aim of this is to be able to build an Astromech that we can have to accompany us on our Children's hospital troops, I mean who doesn't love R2-D2! (I figure whenever I troop with Hux once I get him approved he'd be the perfect costume to do R2 with).


With that said, let the WIP thread commence!

 

[Studio 49]

Starting the printing of the ports:

Then moving onto printing the front central vents

 

[Halliwax]

looking great!!! :thumbsup

 

[Studio 49]

looking great!!! :thumbsup

Thank you mate!
By the way the faulty printer is getting picked up by courier tomorrow and I should have it back in 1-2 weeks hopefully fixed (that's why I don't have any progress to post up of late)

 

[Halliwax]

2 weeks is a fast turn around! i look forward to the up coming pics!! :thumbsup

 

[Studio 49]

2 weeks is a fast turn around! i look forward to the up coming pics!! :thumbsup

Not bad hey? Can't beat having a brilliant all round local based Australian/New Zealand based company
So in talking to customer service about my printer it's certainly faulty in some way and has been since day 1 (so it's through no fault of my own. They think it may be a CPU Issue)
The UP printers have always been brilliant from the 4 years I've been using/working with them and they have stellar customer service too boot

 

[Studio 49]

While I'm at it, I thought you guys might be interested in this, everything you see in this video was either designed or built by me or both


Here's a link to my Facebook page for anyone looking for cool Star Wars related prop creation! https://www.facebook.com/studio49.create/

 

[Halliwax]

very cool video!! is that you wielding the lightsaber?!

 

[Studio 49]

very cool video!! is that you wielding the lightsaber?!

Thank you mate and yep that's me wielding the Lightsaber

 

[Halliwax]

impressive! most impressive!

 

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[Halliwax]

wicked cool! have you seen james burtons 3d printed frame?

 

[Studio 49]

wicked cool! have you seen james burtons 3d printed frame?

Thanks mate, when they say something like "this plastic can't be glued with conventional glue" I say challenge accepted
As for the frame yes I've seen his, quite nice actually although since we want this guy for troops I want him as bullet proof as I can get him without spending ten grand
So I figured stuff it I'll make it out of Polyethylene, and if I want I can literally just go buy chopping boards to do it (which are actually cheap than buying sheet so the stuff, work that one out haha

 

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[Halliwax]

unbelievable i have never seen anything like this before. outstanding!!!


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[Studio 49]

unbelievable i have never seen anything like this before. outstanding!!!

Thanks mate!
Just wait for the photos of where he's at now, R2 is really starting to come to life and I could not be happier!

 

[CT7567]

I 3d printed a BB-8 and that took a LONG time. I can;t image the print time on a full astromech!

 

[Studio 49]

I 3d printed a BB-8 and that took a LONG time. I can't imagine the print time on a full astromech!

Haha yeah you could say that
And I'm doing this on a printer with a build volume of 120x120x120mm, not bad haha

 

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[Halliwax]

holy crap that was fast!!