discussion Amt Star Wars 1:6 Stap With Battle Droid

[john i am]

Hi folks I've managed to a little modelling/painting these last few days   Some progress on the droid and stap.


thanks for looking in and any comments left cheers john 

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[eddiesolo]

I just got this kit from Oxfam for £2.99...hope I can get half as good as yours John, cracking work!

 

[john i am]

I just got this kit from Oxfam for £2.99...hope I can get half as good as yours John, cracking work!

£2:99 cheap as chips Si   I Just love bargains :x


I've managed to pick up a second one myself from the local car boot might do something really random with it paint wise. A nice surprise is how tall these things stand when built.


look forward to yours Si I'm certain you'll do a cracking job 


cheers john 

 

[eddiesolo]

Cheers John, was well chuffed when I found it. At 1/6 scale it is huge and will look well smart. One option was to wreck the STAP and have the droid with a blaster hole and a Clone Trooper standing over it posed, will see what it is like when I get it together. 


I have seen these battle droids in camo and they looked really good.

 

[Snowman]

Smashing work!! B|

 

[Gern]

Considerin' that's supposed to be a 'battle' droid, 'e looks pretty 'armless to me! Mind you, the paint job's first class.

 

[monica]

looking real good John,liking how this is coming together,

 

[john i am]

Hi guys I've now come to the part of mounting the droid onto the stap.


As mentioned by someone previously this can be troublesome and they wasn't wrong and not recommended for the short tempered   so plenty of deep breaths and lots of counting. This really could fly xD More later cheers John.

 

[eddiesolo]

Hi guys I've now come to the part of mounting the droid onto the stap.


As mentioned by someone previously this can be troublesome and they wasn't wrong and not recommended for the short tempered   so plenty of deep breaths and lots of counting. This really could fly xD More later cheers John.

Crap...with my shaky hands then this could be a total disaster when I come to do mine  Good luck and may the force be with you

 

[Guest]

quality paint work

 

[Adrian "Marvel" Reynolds]

Hope I can do mine half as well as this John, great work


Ade

 

[Guest]

fantastic work John, the weathering is just right for this sort of subject

 

[Gern]

Getting the droid on the STAP properly is the bit that sorts the men from the boys John! I never did get mine straight before it fell over. I'm sure I read that some builders cut either the hands or feet off, and rotated them a few degrees to get them to join properly.


PS Don't forget to add some weight to the base. The balance is critical and you don't deserve anything to happen to this having done such a marvellous job so far.

 

[john i am]

Getting the droid on the STAP properly is the bit that sorts the men from the boys John! I never did get mine straight before it fell over. I'm sure I read that some builders cut either the hands or feet off, and rotated them a few degrees to get them to join properly.


PS Don't forget to add some weight to the base. The balance is critical and you don't deserve anything to happen to this having done such a marvellous job so far.

Yes Dave patience of a saint needed here. After a few failed attempts I decided it was in the droids best interests and my sanity to break it's arms in two places shoulder and elbow joints and I used straightened paper clips as joint pins giving me a 360 degree of adjustment on both joints which helped immensely his feet were also drilled super glued and pinned to the foot pedals and eventually both it's "hands" we're super clued to the handle bars   All painting now completed it now just needs roughing up and weathering to give it that "look" almost done more later...................


           Thanks john

 

[tr1ckey66]

This is the droid we're looking for!


:$  Crap Obe Wan ref there but the sentiment is right.


This droid is looking really good nice subtle weathering in the paint finish - excellent.


Cheers


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