bky0809
Earning My Ears
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- Jan 25, 2014
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Hi Everyone,
I am currently making a R2D2 box to use to propose to my partner with next week, for more details see my PTR at 6 Days to our WDW Vay-cay
So here is the progress on the R2D2 Ring box so far:
#1 Though these are not the actually materials I show later, this is essentially what I used, instead of the empty toilet paper roll which is cardboard and Im afraid will break or get squashed in my bag I used a sawed off shaving cream can which was the same size and much more sturdy.
#2
After sanding both the plastic egg piece and metal canister I applied several coats of gesso. You could also use just plain white acrylic, since I am going to be photo paper or transparency print outs for all the details I just wanted a base coat on the canister.
Ive been working on two of them just to see how things go, at first the larger one was the one i was planning on using, but the smaller one has quickly become the front runner, right now its a little to tall so i need to trim off about half an inch to get the proportions right for R2.
#3
I wasn't happy with my silver acrylic paint I was using on the dome, so I got a small can of chrome spray paint. much happier
#4
This is with the paper print out of R2's markings at this point i just taped it down to get an idea of what he'd look like and to see if that the route I want to go. Again here you can see that the smaller one the dome fits perfectly on the body where as on the larger one there is overlap, which is also difficult to remove. Since it's for a proposal I want it to be as easy as possible to work with.
Next Steps:
1. Paint/ detail dome.
2. Make legs (i plan on using either foam core or matte board I use for scenic models.
3. I have a few small LED's that I am playing with to maybe make the box light up, like the lenses on the dome.
1. Get foam for the interior, I may just pull this from the ring box that the ring comes in.
Thoughts? Comments? Suggestions?
I am currently making a R2D2 box to use to propose to my partner with next week, for more details see my PTR at 6 Days to our WDW Vay-cay
So here is the progress on the R2D2 Ring box so far:
#1 Though these are not the actually materials I show later, this is essentially what I used, instead of the empty toilet paper roll which is cardboard and Im afraid will break or get squashed in my bag I used a sawed off shaving cream can which was the same size and much more sturdy.
#2
After sanding both the plastic egg piece and metal canister I applied several coats of gesso. You could also use just plain white acrylic, since I am going to be photo paper or transparency print outs for all the details I just wanted a base coat on the canister.
Ive been working on two of them just to see how things go, at first the larger one was the one i was planning on using, but the smaller one has quickly become the front runner, right now its a little to tall so i need to trim off about half an inch to get the proportions right for R2.
#3
I wasn't happy with my silver acrylic paint I was using on the dome, so I got a small can of chrome spray paint. much happier
#4
This is with the paper print out of R2's markings at this point i just taped it down to get an idea of what he'd look like and to see if that the route I want to go. Again here you can see that the smaller one the dome fits perfectly on the body where as on the larger one there is overlap, which is also difficult to remove. Since it's for a proposal I want it to be as easy as possible to work with.
Next Steps:
1. Paint/ detail dome.
2. Make legs (i plan on using either foam core or matte board I use for scenic models.
3. I have a few small LED's that I am playing with to maybe make the box light up, like the lenses on the dome.
1. Get foam for the interior, I may just pull this from the ring box that the ring comes in.
Thoughts? Comments? Suggestions?
