R2D2 Build

[Breci]

Hey darnydre
I thought about your idea and I saw on a R2D2 pic he had an optical lens. How will you make it? With a real lens?

I will use a little light torch.

I actually working on paterns.
The head is easy to make with blender and the body too.
I just need to work on the "arms" now

The inside pattern are in my head juste need to make them on PS

Some pics soon

 

[Breci]

Sorry for double post but this is an update =p.

I've working on some LOW def pep files. (lot on details will be make with bondo)

here the pics :

body:

Head :

Files on R2D2

I just need to make the arms.
If someone can help me for arms the help will be appreciate ^^'.

 

[Spartan Will 043]

Wow, it seems very long ^^'
But I can't wait for see the first piece pep

 

[dung0beetle]

I used to have the screen accurate templates for cutting the pattern out in sintra(pvc sheet), but my dead hard drive ate it. I'll see if I can find them and get permission to post it here. They are .pdf patterns and 100% complete including internals and electronics diagrams for lights and r/c.

It's not really expensive to build one, but it takes a heck of a lot more time than building armor. It is even cheaper if you won't be doing the moving legs or electronics. Finding a good dome seems to be the hardest part, so I would go with pepakura for that. The dome needs supports if you are doing it in pep. I also suggest using chipboard because of the size of the dome.

Check this place out, they have a lot of useful information. http://astromech.net/
Also, check these:
Adam Strawson's Robot Building Sites
strawson.freeuk.com/droid
strawson.freeuk.com/dalek

Albin Johnson's R2-KT Site
www.r2kt.com

Alex Kung's R2-D2 Building Site
www.alexkung1.com

Andrew Campbell's Styrene Droid Building Blog
plastromech.wordpress.com

Astromechbuilder.com Site and Galleries
astromechbuilder.com

AstromechFactory Forums
www.astromechfactory.com

ATM Shackman's Blog
droidshack.blogspot.com

Brenda Thomas' Website
r3t7.blogspot.com

Calvin Thomas' Website
tomsr2.blogspot.com

Chip Luck's Website
nolucksplace.com

Chris Grootjans Website
users.telenet.be/electricalstorm/R2D2

Chris James' Blog and Gallery
www.artoo-detoo.net

Chris Lee's R2-G4 Blog
www.r2-g4.com

Dan Baker's Site
bakercraft.net

Dan Stuettgen's Imperial Droidworks
geocities.com/imperialdroidworks

Dana Powers' Site
www.R2-D2Builder.com

DarkJedi Keith's Resinparts.com
www.resinparts.com

DarthMoose's Site
darthmoose74.blogspot.com

Darth Will's Site
http://www.starwarstoycollector.com/R2D2page.html

Dustin Roberts' Site
www.r2d2central.com

Dutch Boy Jr's Blog
e-vanalst.blogspot.com

Don Bies' Website
www.donbies.com

Heiko´s R2D2 Site
www.heiko-heinitz.de

Jason Thomas' Blog
artood2fett.com

Jawa Lunk's Project Site
kingofbots.com

Jerry Chevalier's Blog
jerrysastromechs.blogspot.com/

Jerry Greene's R2-R9 Website
www.r2-r9.com

Jim Quinlan's Blog
floridarobot.blogspot.com

Jongsma 3D Droid Renderings
www.glimpses-essential.com

Kelly Krider's R2-D2 Building Site
www.krkrider.com

Lynelle Phillips' Blog
r2-al.blogspot.com

Matt McCormick's Blog
buildr2d2.blogspot.com

Michael McMaster's Site
n2citrus.com/artoo/artoohome.html

Mike Johnson's Blog
mikesr2project.blogspot.com

Oscar Banos' Website
www.r4-k5.com

Paul's R2-D2 Build Blog
paulsr2d2.blogspot.com

R2DC Website
www.R2DC.com

René de Bie's Site
r2dub2.blogspot.com

Richard Bradbury's Prop-Building Site
www.lobousland.com

Russell Brown's Prop Site
rbreplicas.com

Samurai's Got Astromech?
gotastromech.blogspot.com

Steven Bonnington's Site
homepage.ntlworld.com/steven.bonnington

Sulla's Droid Building Blog
sullasdroid.blogspot.com

Thomas Nixon's Blog
r2stockholmfactory.wordpress.com

U.K. Builder's Robotics Website
ukrobotbuilders.proboards.com

Victor Franco's Blog Site
vfranco.blogspot.com

 

[Breci]

2 new low def pep files

Foot :

Arm :

I make all in low def beacause it's my first 3d models.

Pep will start soon

 

[lunar lord]

thanks for all the links and i have this file idk where it came from tho
http://www.4shared.com/file/rNFUN9kw/Astromech.html

 

[nate98]

Thanks for posting these guys

 

[madmodder]

that's a good start. just wondering how accurate your trying to make it?....not trying to be rude but even your low def models are fairly incorrect. I have been building my r2 for quite some time now and have amassed a large collection of blue prints that might help.

 

[madmodder]

I did not make these thay where made by D Buckley (ramjet_64@hotmail.com) for the R2Builders Group

 

[madmodder]

last thing I thought I would point out on the body of your droid you made the skirt round all the way around and it's not supposed to be. If the images are to small I have larger copys on my site under R2D2.