The Smugglers Room - Star Wars Themed Prop & Rec Room

Yeats · Nov 9, 2015

Fuzzual said:
Thanks Yeats, its starting to feel like i am getting close to the finish line . . . maybe

You should see if you could do a 360 degree photo of the room when your done, it would be epic!

Fuzzual · Nov 10, 2015

Yeats said:
You should see if you could do a 360 degree photo of the room when your done, it would be epic!

absolutely!

ajayofcanada · Nov 10, 2015

Put a few lifesize characters in there and seal it with a glass wall. The worlds largest display stand.

Fuzzual · Nov 10, 2015

few more updates. A HUGE thank you SofaKing01 for providing me with outstanding greeblies and these awesome rocker switches. Very much appreciated.

on with the pics!

I was also test fitting some pipe work I'd like to do.

Koipond · Nov 20, 2015

I love the simplicity and ordinariness of your starting materials and how through careful and talented treatment you make them feel so much like the movies I love.

Fuzzual · Nov 20, 2015

Koipond said:
I love the simplicity and ordinariness of your starting materials and how through careful and talented treatment you make them feel so much like the movies I love.

I really appreciate this Koipond, Its a great comment. I really strive for that look in what I am putting together, so thank you very much.

Sabs · Jan 8, 2016

This is awesome, But aren't you missing something pretty iconic?

Eh?eh?

Fuzzual · Jan 13, 2016

Sabs said:
This is awesome, But aren't you missing something pretty iconic?

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Eh?eh?

Yes I am, and I will get on that right away

prev · May 11, 2016

Bit late to the party, but WOW.

Your attention to detail is blowing my mind. Might have to attempt this in my garage. I wonder what random greeblies I can find here in NZ?

Now to get The Other Half on board...

Continue, good sir.

azheat01 · May 11, 2016

Impressive.............most impressive..............I'm still going to steal your idea for the HIC display, gotta have that in my Death Star room!

Fuzzual · May 12, 2016

prev said:
Bit late to the party, but WOW.

Your attention to detail is blowing my mind. Might have to attempt this in my garage. I wonder what random greeblies I can find here in NZ?

Now to get The Other Half on board...

Continue, good sir.

azheat01 said:
Impressive.............most impressive..............I'm still going to steal your idea for the HIC display, gotta have that in my Death Star room!

thank you guys very much.

i don't want to say to much about the current state of the build yet . . . But big changes are coming

Saranac · May 15, 2016

Absolutely amazing!

Stormy320 · May 15, 2016

Looking good!

CrossRhoda · Jul 4, 2016

What an inspiring build! I don't think I've ever read through an entire long thread with as much enthusiasm as I did with yours- seriously impressive stuff, man.

One practical question: what were your best sources of greeblies? I'm starting to collect some for my own future projects, but it's slow going. Everything looks like a greeblie wherever I go now, but for something large scale, like what you did, it must take heaps and heaps of the things.

Fuzzual · Jul 5, 2016

CrossRhoda said:
What an inspiring build! I don't think I've ever read through an entire long thread with as much enthusiasm as I did with yours- seriously impressive stuff, man.

One practical question: what were your best sources of greeblies? I'm starting to collect some for my own future projects, but it's slow going. Everything looks like a greeblie wherever I go now, but for something large scale, like what you did, it must take heaps and heaps of the things.

thank you for the kind words, it's been a beast of a project and plans are in the works for some changes. I'm trying to finish the honey-do list right now and it's a long one. I really want to get back to this build soon.

as far as the greeblies, I really just collected junk for years, and I do mean years! I work in the AV industry and I would take every bit of old electronics home and disassemble them. One of the big sources is the plumbing section of Hime Depot and Lowes. I'm pretty sure I have more toilet flanges in my basement than are in the entire neighborhood. I've saved every piece of plastic, scrap from packaging, and every lid I came across.

it also pays to have powerful friends. SofaKing was a HUGE help for some of the more unique pieces.

bottom line my friend, is just resource where ever you go, and I pray you have a significant other who is like my wife . . . And let's you store junk in bins all over the house!

Amazing DJ · Jul 5, 2016

Yes, no one has more toilet flanges than you. Maybe there is a way to disguise those a bit. Such as grinding off the manufacturer wording on them. Or use a Dremel to cut some notches or other features into them so they don't look exactly like a toilet flange. On my greeblies, I like to glue additional small pieces to them, or grind away parts of them to make them look unlike what they originally were.

That being said, I still can't figure out how to disguise this door knob or this white motion sensor box.

What do door knobs look like in Star Wars?

OBIWANJALOPY · Jul 5, 2016

I'm just seeing this for the first time. What a TERRIFIC job you are doing. This is about as cool a project as I've ever seen. SO well done!

CrossRhoda · Jul 5, 2016

Fuzzual said:
as far as the greeblies, I really just collected junk for years, and I do mean years! I work in the AV industry and I would take every bit of old electronics home and disassemble them. One of the big sources is the plumbing section of Hime Depot and Lowes. I'm pretty sure I have more toilet flanges in my basement than are in the entire neighborhood. I've saved every piece of plastic, scrap from packaging, and every lid I came across.

it also pays to have powerful friends. @SofaKing was a HUGE help for some of the more unique pieces.

bottom line my friend, is just resource where ever you go, and I pray you have a significant other who is like my wife . . . And let's you store junk in bins all over the house!

Thanks for the tips! I actually just stopped by the local computer repair place to see if they had any scrap I could salvage, and after muttering the magic words, "I am building a Star Wars Droid", they took me over to a big pile of free junk. Even offered me a bigger box when I filled my first one:
https://flic.kr/p/JQ2yY4

So now on to my first Gonk Droid as practice for some bigger builds, hopefully!

Fuzzual · Jul 5, 2016

CrossRhoda said:
Thanks for the tips! I actually just stopped by the local computer repair place to see if they had any scrap I could salvage, and after muttering the magic words, "I am building a Star Wars Droid", they took me over to a big pile of free junk. Even offered me a bigger box when I filled my first one:
https://flic.kr/p/JQ2yY4

So now on to my first Gonk Droid as practice for some bigger builds, hopefully!

jackpot!!!! That's perfect!

Trooper_trent · Jul 6, 2016

Amazing DJ said:
Yes, no one has more toilet flanges than you. Maybe there is a way to disguise those a bit. Such as grinding off the manufacturer wording on them. Or use a Dremel to cut some notches or other features into them so they don't look exactly like a toilet flange. On my greeblies, I like to glue additional small pieces to them, or grind away parts of them to make them look unlike what they originally were.

That being said, I still can't figure out how to disguise this door knob or this white motion sensor box.
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What do door knobs look like in Star Wars?

For the motion sensor, can you just paint the housing grey and put a couple of small greeblies on it? The sensor part can be left alone and would fit well with everything else.
For the door knob, maybe just replace it with a simple handle style and add a backlight or some other "tech" to it?
https://www.doorhardwarecenter.com/...157HFLSQT-15?gclid=COmQxL7O380CFYkCaQodADMNeA

Or something like this would be cool, but rather expensive I'm sure.

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