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Thanks Grens.... hope you had a great weekend...

Well I had a 4 day weekend thanks to the holidays and spent them hand painting and assembling my droids I made for Shapeways. First up was my 1:48 R2. I was very pleased that everything fit together so nice an snug. Didn't even have to use any glue on him at all. He comes with 3 legs and I can position him with either 3 or 2 legs. I will probably not even include him in my diorama at all, but I love this little guy.

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Told ya he was tiny, can fit him on a dime, almost so tiny that it's hard to get him to be in focus with my phone camera. But once I put him inside the cargo lounge, he just shined.

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Really just puts things into perspective doesn't it? Well... of course I can't have R2 without his lifemate and constant companion, so I began to paint my 3PO. Of course R2 had to oversee the entire operation to make sure I did it right!

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Now one of the things about 3D printing is there are limits to just how small you can make things. One of these things are the pistons on his arms and legs. I had to leave them off the 3D print but they are pretty easy to replace with some stretched sprue. You take a straight piece of sprue (you know, that little frame that's left over after you cut all the model parts off of) and hold it over a candle flame until it gets really soft in the middle. Then you pull until you have the right thickness of "wire" you want. Can get really thin wires this way. So... here's the stretched sprue I used from a piece of black plastic sprue I had in my toolbox...

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Then I cut some straight lengths out of the thinnest area of the sprue and began to glue them to his arms and leg joints. I painted them to match the rest of him and they came out looking pretty good. Oh... R2 had to show off his 3rd leg and hopped up on an actual DIME... he's such a frisky droid.

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And finally... the money shot... yes they both stand on their own. I haven't "permenantly" glued any of 3PO's joints together because I haven't commited to a pose just yet. So many come to mind, and I guess we'll see what happens next. Hope you all had a wonderful weekend... and are enjoying the build so far.

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Lemme know what you think!

<blockquote data-quote="LrdSatyr8" data-source="post: 200128" data-attributes="member: 12737">Thanks Grens.... hope you had a great weekend...Well I had a 4 day weekend thanks to the holidays and spent them hand painting and assembling my droids I made for Shapeways.&nbsp; First up was my 1:48 R2.&nbsp; I was very pleased that everything fit together so nice an snug.&nbsp; Didn&#039;t even have to use any glue on him at all.&nbsp; He comes with 3 legs and I can position him with either 3 or 2 legs.&nbsp; I will probably not even include him in my diorama at all, but I love this little guy.&nbsp; [ATTACH=full]83355[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]83356[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]83357[/ATTACH]Told ya he was tiny, can fit him on a dime, almost so tiny that it&#039;s hard to get him to be in focus with my phone camera.&nbsp; But once I put him inside the cargo lounge, he just shined.[ATTACH=full]83358[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]83359[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]83360[/ATTACH]Really just puts things into perspective doesn&#039;t it?&nbsp; Well... of course I can&#039;t have R2 without his lifemate and constant companion, so I began to paint my 3PO.&nbsp; Of course R2 had to oversee the entire operation to make sure I did it right![ATTACH=full]83361[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]83362[/ATTACH]Now one of the things about 3D printing is there are limits to just how small you can make things.&nbsp; One of these things are the pistons on his arms and legs.&nbsp; I had to leave them off the 3D print but they are pretty easy to replace with some stretched sprue.&nbsp; You take a straight piece of sprue (you know, that little frame that&#039;s left over after you cut all the model parts off of) and hold it over a candle flame until it gets really soft in the middle.&nbsp; Then you pull until you have the right thickness of &quot;wire&quot; you want.&nbsp; Can get really thin wires this way.&nbsp; So... here&#039;s the stretched sprue I used from a piece of black plastic sprue I had in my toolbox...[ATTACH=full]83363[/ATTACH]Then I cut some straight lengths out of the thinnest area of the sprue and began to glue them to his arms and leg joints.&nbsp; I painted them to match the rest of him and they came out looking pretty good.&nbsp; Oh... R2 had to show off his 3rd leg and hopped up on an actual DIME... he&#039;s such a frisky droid.[ATTACH=full]83364[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]83365[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]83366[/ATTACH]And finally... the money shot... yes they both stand on their own.&nbsp; I haven&#039;t &quot;permenantly&quot; glued any of 3PO&#039;s joints together because I haven&#039;t commited to a pose just yet.&nbsp; So many come to mind, and I guess we&#039;ll see what happens next.&nbsp; Hope you all had a wonderful weekend... and are enjoying the build so far.[ATTACH=full]83367[/ATTACH]Lemme know what you think!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="LrdSatyr8, post: 200128, member: 12737"] Thanks Grens.... hope you had a great weekend... Well I had a 4 day weekend thanks to the holidays and spent them hand painting and assembling my droids I made for Shapeways. First up was my 1:48 R2. I was very pleased that everything fit together so nice an snug. Didn't even have to use any glue on him at all. He comes with 3 legs and I can position him with either 3 or 2 legs. I will probably not even include him in my diorama at all, but I love this little guy. [ATTACH=full]83355[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]83356[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]83357[/ATTACH] Told ya he was tiny, can fit him on a dime, almost so tiny that it's hard to get him to be in focus with my phone camera. But once I put him inside the cargo lounge, he just shined. [ATTACH=full]83358[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]83359[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]83360[/ATTACH] Really just puts things into perspective doesn't it? Well... of course I can't have R2 without his lifemate and constant companion, so I began to paint my 3PO. Of course R2 had to oversee the entire operation to make sure I did it right! [ATTACH=full]83361[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]83362[/ATTACH] Now one of the things about 3D printing is there are limits to just how small you can make things. One of these things are the pistons on his arms and legs. I had to leave them off the 3D print but they are pretty easy to replace with some stretched sprue. You take a straight piece of sprue (you know, that little frame that's left over after you cut all the model parts off of) and hold it over a candle flame until it gets really soft in the middle. Then you pull until you have the right thickness of "wire" you want. Can get really thin wires this way. So... here's the stretched sprue I used from a piece of black plastic sprue I had in my toolbox... [ATTACH=full]83363[/ATTACH] Then I cut some straight lengths out of the thinnest area of the sprue and began to glue them to his arms and leg joints. I painted them to match the rest of him and they came out looking pretty good. Oh... R2 had to show off his 3rd leg and hopped up on an actual DIME... he's such a frisky droid. [ATTACH=full]83364[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]83365[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]83366[/ATTACH] And finally... the money shot... yes they both stand on their own. I haven't "permenantly" glued any of 3PO's joints together because I haven't commited to a pose just yet. So many come to mind, and I guess we'll see what happens next. Hope you all had a wonderful weekend... and are enjoying the build so far. [ATTACH=full]83367[/ATTACH] Lemme know what you think! [/QUOTE]

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