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Re: Star Wars Droid - Chopper - Aluminium & 3D Printed WIP
While I was printing the first part of the dome, I decided it'd be cool if I could give Chopper functional dome arms. They're a great part of his personality so figured I may as well have a go My mai… (View Post)1 -
Re: Star Wars Droid - Chopper - Aluminium & 3D Printed WIP
I've been making a lot of good progress on Chopper these past couple weeks. The biggest leap is the body is now totally printed along with the first quarter of the dome! I've also got the LED's inser… (View Post)1 -
Re: Star Wars Droid - Chopper - Aluminium & 3D Printed WIP
Thanks so much Chris :) And indeed I am, I've been building MY R2 over the last 3 years. He's slowly but surely he's getting there, I just keep adding extra things I want to building hence the delay … (View Post)1 -
Re: Star Wars Droid - Chopper - Aluminium & 3D Printed WIP
May 23, 2020 While waiting for the printer I've been working on Chopper's eyes. I was going to go with an acrylic disc for the lens, but decided I wanted to go for something with some cool glowing ef… (View Post)2 -
Re: Star Wars Droid - Chopper - Aluminium & 3D Printed WIP
May 21, 2020 The other aspect that I'm enjoyed with this build is spending a bunch of time detailing the actual assembly and structural integrity of the parts. For instance, I designed the front gree… (View Post)1