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We built a star wars themed “hallway”. It has 2 sides, the white side which tells Luke’s story in Lego and the black side which tells Darth Vader’s story in Lego. The photos aren’t very good but I hope you get the general idea. We build this last year but I didn’t have the time to post this yet.
materials:
– mdf 18mm
– mdf 12mm
– led lights
– TL lights
– black paint
– white paint.
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Hi, I’m Ashley. I’m a long time lurker and this is my very first Instructable!
Since the release of The Force Awakens, whenever I brainstorm new project ideas a Star Wars related idea always comes up! Today’s project just so happens to be another Star Wars themed project; it’s a TIE fighter bookshelf! I was able to make use of some scrap lumber I already owned. Paint was the only item I purchased for the project. Everything else I had on hand. Follow along and build one for yourself or the Star Wars fan in your life.
WHAT YOU WILL NEED:
Circular saw
Jigsaw
Kreg Jig
Ruler / straight edge
clamps
Orbital sander
Lumber
3/4″ thick plywood – 13″ x 26″
1×8 board – 48″
Gray paint
Black paint
1″ thick painter’s tape
1/2″ thick washi tape (I used this as painter’s tape)
Wood glue
Wood filler
Screws
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So I decided to follow Instructables advise and I’ve switched paper for metal.
In the following steps. I will show you how to use PMC sheet (Precious metal clay sheet) to make a quilled pendant in real silver.
This is the first time I make a quilled pendant in fine silver. It has been a lot of fun but also a lot of learning; and in the end, it was very rewarding. As a good geeky Star Wars fan, I decided to make the Rebel Alliance symbol for this first attempt.
I hope you enjoy doing yours and, of course you can follow the same technique to make any design you want.
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This is a very easy instructable. You will need a few things to get started.
Any style lamp you want or one you have around the house. I took this one from my Mother-in-law 🙂
Boba Fett Helmet
RGB Remote LED light bulb fromnewegg.comor a florescent bulb ONLY !!!!
Drill and 3/8 bit
Step 1: The Boba Fett Helmet
You will need to get a Boba Fett Helmet or any Star Wars Helmet you may have.
I recommend that you get the toy helmet.
Then remove the inside of the helmet all the straps and padding.
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This project stemmed from my sister’s dire need for a dining room table, my desire to push my creative boundaries, and mine and my sister’s love for Star Wars. As a college student living in an apartment, my sister had little money for furniture, and it just so happened that I needed a new project for my high school shop class.
Features & the basic rundown:
The top is a representation of the death star (hopefully obvious, otherwise I didn’t do a very good job!), complete with 9 LEDs arranged to look like the 9 points of the super laser. The aprons of the table are finished in a star field with the Star Wars logo in the center. The legs are representations of light sabers and are braced in the middle by an X shaped cross section that was supposed to be a representation of a walkway from the films( a la Death Star in A New Hope or the carbon freezing chamber from Empire Strikes Back), which features action figures of Luke and Darth Vader arranged to appear as though they are dueling.
Unfortunately, I neglected to document any of this project as it was being built, and as a result, this Instructable is much less of a “step by step” and more of a showcase of my work. However, I will do my best to walk through the process of the build, showing each section and trying my best to explain how I did it. I will also offer suggestions for alternative construction methods that would improve the quality of the work or accommodate different situations(denoted by an asterisk [*] and bold text), and I will provide links to the Sketchup model, templates, and other resources that I used throughout the build.
With all that being said, let’s walk through it!
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Allow me to preface…
Being a long-time Superman fan, I was happy to find out that a great-nephew (4 years old) was also a fan. With that, I decided to make him a a superman emblem to hang on his wall. With that done, all other great neices and nephews then wanted their own plaque as well (in various forms). So, making the list brought about a number 26 different plaques to make. So far, I have made 10 and try to make a new one once a week.
This instructable will show how to make a Star Wars Boba Fett helmet wall plaque.
Since I am making a lot of these in various forms from Boba Fett to Happy face flowers, I kept some ground rules in mind.
Keep price at a minimum and spend no more than $10 per plaque using current materials and paint, then buying extras needed.
Keep it simple enough to complete in a weeks time (about 4-5 hours actual work time)
Use plywood as a base material where possible.
Step 1: Get your concept ready
I ask each neice or nephew who their favorite hero, character, thing is and then research that. Boba Fett was easy to find. I just searched google images and found all the material I needed for the concept. That concept being a face on view of Boba Fett’s helmet.
As this nephew was a bit older, I wanted to spend some more time on this and try adding the battle scars. www.thedentedhelmet.com is a site dedicated to the building of Bobba Fett props and was indespensable in heping me find paint templates, close shots, etc.
OK… I got the concept, now time to draw it up! I took a good front view of the helmet and added it to photoshop. I then start to crop areas of color to determine how the plywood will be cut and stacked to make the view I want.
After that, it was easy to see how the layers would be painted and stacked. I then finished the concept and plan drawings with the battle scars to see the complete view of the drawn project.
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YN Reader Jeremy S. carved a Yoda and shared his story and photos with us.
I’m a chainsaw carver from Rome, GA who has been carving with a saw for two years. I will occasionally drive up to the Creative Carvers shop in Sevierville, TN and leave them a decent carving to sell. This past visit happened to coincide with the holiday, so I wanted to do something Star Wars related.
I had neither the time nor the timber to do a full size Chewbacca or a Kylo Ren, so I decided to try doing a Yoda.
That’s it. Just . . . decided to do it. I wish I could tell you a better story than that. It’s just that I knew I would only be in town for three days so I had to manage my ambitions in regards to size and level of detail. When I saw the perfect Paulownia log it was settled in my mind.
It took about 26 hours spread out over three days to carve him. The first step is to use your bigger saws to make your blocking cuts, which are the larger, simpler cuts. Then you move down in saw size to make smaller cuts until eventually you get to the dime tip carving bar, which is a much smaller saw tip that can make detailed, intricate cuts.
The next step is to use die grinders, which are like Dremels on steroids, and then a Dremel for the really fine details. After that it’s lots of sanding.
Finally I painted it with several different shades of different colors with the airbrush.
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We are one week away from “May the Fourth be with you” memes filling our Facebook feeds. Search your feelings: you know it to be true!
I didn’t like Star Wars for the first 32 1/2 years of my life, but I’d still chuckle every May 4th when I’d view the catchy play on words. Now, I put my husband’s Star Wars knowledge to shame. I’m a huge nerd fan.
For Christmas, my mom and I transformed my youngling’s room from boring yellow walls to full fledged Force. I don’t take on many projects like this, so I’m pretty proud of the outcome.
If you’re like me and 1) don’t have much creative talent or B) are on a budget, you will appreciate this post. I set a budget of $150, devoted many nap and post bed time hours, and, of course, relied heavily on my mom. Together, we completed it in two weeks. “Do or do not. There is no try!”
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If you’ve been to a Maker Faire you’ve probably come across one or more full-size R2-D2s roaming about or partying with the DJ, chirping and bleeping like the real thing. These robots and other Star Wars “astromech” droids are built by people like myself who are part of the R2 Builders Club. Some of us are crazy for robotics, some just want a screen-accurate replica of their favorite Star Wars droid, and for many of us, it’s both — we love that we can build a real robot that’s an iconic character.
When people encounter R2-D2 they go through stages of surprise, happiness, and curiosity. After a few minutes of ecstatic picture-taking with R2, their curiosity kicks in. “Did you buy it? Did you build it? Is it a kit? How long did it take? Can I build one?”
Yes, you can.
THE R2 BUILDER’S PATH
R2-D2 is not for sale, and there is no complete kit available. However, anyone can build an R2-D2. The R2 Builders Club (R2BC) maintains an official set of blueprints, and our members make and share parts. Don’t worry if you’re not a skilled builder. If you don’t have a particular skill, you can learn it. That’s the Maker spirit. Members of the club are always willing to share knowledge and techniques. If we can do it, so can you.
In this article I’ll walk you through a very typical R2-D2 build, so that you can get started building one too. We’ll focus on a simple and relatively affordable 3-leg, radio control setup, with dome lights and Bluetooth audio; you can always add functionality later. You just won’t believe how much people will love your Artoo.
The R2 Builders Club was started by Dave Everett in 1999 as a Yahoo Group to share information for “those interested in building a replica R2.” Today the club has grown to thousands of members around the world, with a Builders Council to moderate the forums and oversee the club’s official R2 specifications and part suppliers. Anyone is welcome to join, it’s free, and it should be the first step on your journey to building your very own droid.
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Get ready to roll out for the premiere of Star Wars with BB-8 heels. These shoes take the Star Wars universe for a spin and are ready to help save the galaxy, or just look good doing it.
These ladies heels were converted to have a spinning ball in the heel and are dressed up to look like the ball droid BB-8 from the new Star Wars movie, The Force Awakens.
Want more Star Wars shoes? Check out my R2-D2 Heels! (Or, the prehistoric Dinosaur Heels). This build follows some of the same steps as my other high heel mashups, but with a few new twists.
Remembering the wise words of Yoda, “shoe or shoe not, there is no try”.
Ready? Let’s make!
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WITH THIS SPECIAL MODIFICATION, YOUR BED WILL HAVE NO PROBLEM MAKING THE KESSEL RUN IN LESS THAN 12 PARSECS.
ICYMI, the designers at Pottery Barn Kids worked with the Star Wars crew on creating an amazing collection of decor and gear in homage to the space saga. We couldn’t create a world of Star Wars and just have a ho-hum wall complete the look. No, no, no! For the ultimate Star Wars bedroom, we teamed up with stylist, Maura Garrity, to create a wall mural inspired by Han Solo’s faster-than-lightspeed ship, the Millennium Falcon.
Imagine kids watching stars whiz by from their bed as they speed through the galaxy after you’ve recreated our hyperspace-ready DIY mural. Maura outlined the (easy, we promise!) steps below.
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This is a short instructable on how I moded a Nintendo Wii case with fiber optic stars and logo for a Star Wars themed Wii!
The parts include:
Black Wii case (ebay from Great seller msmmall)
Fiber optics 2 diff. sizes (E-bay from Great seller thefiberopticstore)
L.E.D. ‘s: I used 3 yellow,4 white, 3red (1 for light bar, 2 for Wiimote and Nunchuk)
Small amount of Plexiglass
Thin brass sheet
Epoxy
Sticker paper
A needle
Model paint
wires, solder, soldering iron, etc.
and a Wii!!!
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This is a very easy instructable. You will need a few things to get started.
Any style lamp you want or one you have around the house. I took this one from my Mother-in-law 🙂
Boba Fett Helmet
RGB Remote LED light bulb from newegg.com or a florescent bulb ONLY !!!!
Drill and 3/8 bit
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