OK so I know that there is another build of this droid going on which I've been following...there hasn't been much posting recently, and as he rightly points out, it's amazing that this doesn't seem to have been properly replicated anywhere before, and being an impatient being, and loving the PD as I do, I thought I would embark on my very own full size, screen accurate, articulated, electronic build. Inspired really by the amazing work done by the studio scale modellers on this site and their wonderful research and build threads, I want to scratch build/3D print everything on the SS prop up to full size and then wire it all up and hang it in my prop room...sounds do-able, right?
It really isn't helpful that Photobucket have scuppered a lot of the photo reference material on most of the build threads I've seen by being utter twats and charging for 3rd party picture hosting. Hopefully, as per their statement, the RPF will be able to sort this out for us, but in the meantime if anyone has a good source of detailed ref pix/model parts etc I would appreciate the assistance. I have purchased the Sideshow Collectables model, which is probably the best hands on reference available but still feel there are parts which are not accurate
This is going to be a winter project build and at the moment I am creating most of the printable pieces from scratch, including the head and body. There are some STL model files out there but they are all pretty basic, generic renditions of the real prop and woefully inaccurate
This is what I made before
This is what I'm looking to achieve
It really isn't helpful that Photobucket have scuppered a lot of the photo reference material on most of the build threads I've seen by being utter twats and charging for 3rd party picture hosting. Hopefully, as per their statement, the RPF will be able to sort this out for us, but in the meantime if anyone has a good source of detailed ref pix/model parts etc I would appreciate the assistance. I have purchased the Sideshow Collectables model, which is probably the best hands on reference available but still feel there are parts which are not accurate
This is going to be a winter project build and at the moment I am creating most of the printable pieces from scratch, including the head and body. There are some STL model files out there but they are all pretty basic, generic renditions of the real prop and woefully inaccurate
This is what I made before
This is what I'm looking to achieve
