ROGUE ONE K-2SO Puppet Build

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Here are some pictures of my cleaned up workspace.



Ready to continue droidmaking.


My shop light means I won't be in darkness anymore on twitch.


Some decoration.


The Tested RPF video has passed 100k views in 16 hours. Wow.


I'm also adding a second camera to my twitch streams. No it won't be of the same image. ha!


I wanted to thank everyone who's watched the Tested interview and shared so many kind words. I've actually had a good experience in the YouTube comments answering questions. The maker community continues to amaze.
I plan on streaming some more K2 progress tomorrow night.

-Darren
 
Re: ROGUE ONE K-2SO Puppet Build - Taking Steps

It's me, the bearded gentleman. Your K2 was a real show stopper man! I'll be your squire any day [emoji106]


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Love the build and the interview on Tested! Any insight into where you got your files for 3D printing?
 
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Adam and Norm briefly talk for a moment this week on "Still Untitled" their weekly podcast about K-2SO. At the very end of the episode, it is mentioned. I can't wait to hear their full conversation on a later episode! The look on asavage face. I can't wait to one day bring K2 to a con he is at. Perhaps when I'm in NorCal later this year.

 
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Re: ROGUE ONE K-2SO Puppet Build - Taking Steps

Time to attach the torso foam. Everything was just taped together for the RPF party. It was pulling itself apart by the next day. I'll need to tighten the shoulder holes down to around 11" across.

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Glued the mounting "shoulder blades" in place.
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Love the cleaner setup for my workspace. Now with 2 cameras for twitch streaming.
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Adding a cross brace attached to the center pvc pipe.
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Also trimmed down the pvc plug that holds the arms on.
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All supports are glued in place now, much stronger.
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Decided to make the mount for my Aker. Putting it at a 45ish degree angle to the ressonance tube.
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Pieces prepped with glue, waiting for it to tack.
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A perfect fit for the aker.
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Glued to the side shoulder blade and taped in place.
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Not going anywhere and I can still remove the neck.
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I'll work on a mesh to cover this hole.
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Now back to glueing down the top foam. Getting the placement dialed and adding alignment marks.
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Glue applied along the silver sharpie mark.
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Moment of truth.
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Gif of me applying the foam on.
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Ready for lower torso construction.
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New two camera system works great.
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By the way, I'm going to be streaming at 10:30p Pacific TONIGHT (4/20/2017) Come watch as I work on K2's torso.
http://twitch.tv/drscifi

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A lot of torso progress over the past 2 days. First I adjusted the side panels to be tighter. Now that the overall torso was shaped I dialed in the diameter of the side cones. They will end up being 12-13" wide. This meant I needed to tighten the side pieces by clamping them in place.



Made my cut lines on the inside with silver sharpie.


Glued in place with line up marks.


I made a 9" ring that will slip over the shoulder sleeve to hold it in place.


Added a 1" ring.


Tape on the inside of the wooden wheel holds it in place and this outer ring collects the fabric and elastic together for a cleaner look. Now when the arm is in place and swinging it stays taut and looks great.


Used my cone template maker. http://www.templatemaker.nl/index.php?template=cone&lang=en to create a cone that was 12" at it's base and 9" at its top with a 2.25" hight.


Used my wire compass trick to draw out the pattern, then made two.


Ended up leaving a lip inside for the colored ring to go on. Had to add notches to let it stay flat. May need to rework this part.


Two cones ready to be glued.


I ended up heating the foam and pressing the inner circle down to keep it flat.


Deciding how far off the torso to make the cones. Went with 1.25" off the inner plate they will be mounted on.


Added the 1.25" foam strip around the outer edge.


I also glued in some pieces of foam to seal the armpit area. This won't be covered by the cone and I don't want holes in his torso.


A little tape from the inside keeps the armpit foam in place along with the glue. You can see the resonance tube here (blue)


Moment of truth, all the glue is tacked up, ready to apply.


I love the distance, it looks very polished.


Symmetry


Really coming along.


Started on the lower torso. Cut out a trapezoid for the front and back that was 4.25" wide at it's base and was 14" tall.


Cut a 5" by 8" piece for the "floor" of the lower torso. This will be glued to the center spine connector with 3" in front of the circle and 2 behind.


Cut a hole in the back plate, nice and snug.


Held the front and back in place for angles.


Used a scrap foam piece to template the curves of the sides.


Adding all of the details to the front, sides and back before gluing the box together. This is the back details.


I'll be livestreaming on Sunday night at 10:30p Pacific again. Come watch me continue on his torso. http://twitch.tv/drscifi
 
Getting into a good groove here. Focused on the details of the lower torso.


Layered the back panel. All scored seams were hit with the heat gun to make nice clean grooves.


Added the edge details.


Starting on the side ribs. Hard to see on the toys but they are there.


Marked off 1.5" spaces with .5" gaps.


14 tiles ready to be glued.


I love layering the 2mm foam over other foam to get these raised results.


I'll trim the top some but these turned out great.


The front is 3 layers deep. 2x of 6mm foam and the top layer is 2mm.


Lots of thought went into the GoPro mount. This will be a reaction camera that captures people's reactions to K2. I lined up the lens with the round port on the front. But also made a plug I can insert when not using the camera.


Layers of 2mm foam.


Trimmed.


All socre lines in place.


I bought these model railway ladders from a local hobby store when picking up the rc car struts specifically for this piece.


The backside is trimmed to fit the GoPro perfectly.


All 4 sides ready to be assembled.


I taped them into place to determine how to keep access to the abs GoPro.


The back is almost solely held on by the mounting PVC.


Sides look good too.


Made up a layered mount that glues to the front of the 4way PVC coupler inside the abs.


Tested countersinking small rare earth magnets into the front panel to hold it in place.


Everything is prepped for glue, waiting for it tack.


Front support panels mounted. 6 REM will hold the front panel in place, plus the friction of the top torso.


Marked the polarity on the second set of magnets. The last thing I want is two of them to be upside down and push instead of pull.


Just snaps right into place.


Now this is the ABS cam people! Not the crotch cam. that would be lower ;)


Really coming together.


This is what the POV video looks like. Just a little blur on the edges but should pick up people great. Plus bounus it finds cute kids.


Nice profile too.


Started on the upper arms. Made a small mockup of the shoulder bell to test how the foam bends.


I think I can make it all in one piece.


Cut the two bicep support rings.


This creates the slite cone shape of the bicep.


Didn't quite factor in the curve needed for the cone so some temp tape to get it lined up.


Always 2 there are. Always...


I've been eyeballing a lot more of this project as I get more comfortable with the foam.


Countersunk the upper bicep plate in a little.


Glued on all edges but a little tape never hurt. Also with the bicep wrapped around and the stresses on the edges, I thought it was prudent.


Discs glued in.


Outer skin is on.


Looking nice.


Designing the clamp piece that will help hold the shoulder connection disk together and be the mount for the shoulder bell.


Simple foam spacer to sit on the wooden disk.


Glue glue glue.


So the small horseshoe goes over the pvc slip ring. The larger one channels the shoulder sleeve.


Steps to connecting the arm. First insert the slip ring over the shoulder joint and attach the end plug.


Lineup the sleeve ring with the magnets and clamp the bottom with binder clips.


Add horeshoe clamp (which will have the shoulder bell on it.


Arrms are almost there. Just need the shoulder bell and the inner elbow joints done.


A little more work tonight in the shop. I won't be streaming but I still want to get the arms done.
 
Fantastic build love watching your progress
you would have finished this if your WIP pics and descriptions where not so informative and addictive to read :thumbsup
you spend hours building and probably 2 or 3 more taking pics and writing
keep it up love it
 
Maybe they'll invite you up to his cave!
That would be awesome! I can dream.


Fantastic build love watching your progress
you would have finished this if your WIP pics and descriptions where not so informative and addictive to read :thumbsup
you spend hours building and probably 2 or 3 more taking pics and writing
keep it up love it

It only takes about 30 minutes of my day to take the progress pictures and do the rpf updates. So not that much of a delay. I enjoy sharing the process and have received many kind responses here on the RPF.

I can't believe I didn't see this before. You've done some amazing work and I'm looking forward to seeing it completed as well as future builds.

Thank you, I've already picked my next project and hope to continue posting to the RPF and streaming on Twitch this year.
 
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