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Rolando Mocan
Repositioned Battle Droid



Recipe and picture by Rolando Mocan

 

Well, fellow customizers, we'll be making something really easy today, a deliciously accurized Neimodian army battle droid. This figure will be able to hold his blaster with both hands, and will retain its original articulation. (Maybe later we'll get a more articulated version, but I doubt that this chef will do so, seriously). So, enough chitter chat, let's get to work.

Needed:

  • 1 Battle droid
  • 1 Sharp X-acto knife or similar
  • 1 Super-glue
  • Reference material as desired

Procedure:

The main and only work this battle droid has had is on its arms. First, there's the forearms. We'll start with that. The forearms are supposed to have a hole through them (see the right side of the comparison photo below). Notice that the hole is somewhat rectangular, but the part near the elbow is cut at an angle, so that the hole is trapezoidal.


Front/Side comparison with Hasbro version (Customized version at left)

The first step here is to cut the forearm exactly where the flat part (near the elbow) ends, and we see a cylindrical protuberance. Now, carefully make parallel cuts along the forearm piece so as to make the hole. Cut the peg and glue it in it's place again. Now you should have the forearm with the hole. Repeat the procedure with the other forearm.

Before gluing the forearms to the elbow, the arms must be repositioned too. A credible stance would have the arms not falling parallel to the body, but at an angle, so as to hold the blaster comfortably. We need to cut the arm just where the round joint ends (that would be the armpit). To give the angle to the arm, the cut is made at an angle. We then sand the plastic from the arm, so that the part what will be glued is flat.

We test the whole thing before actually gluing, and when you get a nice pose, carefully apply a drop to each part. Glue should not get into the moveable joints, or else you'll get a non-moving droid (the fun part is that the droid keeps its articulation!).

And voilá, that's it.

 

This page last modified on 8/25/2006
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