Last weekend, I headed up to excel to Salute with my 11 year old son. His mission at these events is to see what his hard earned pocket money could buy and usually I find him scurrying through the bins of old heroclix and starwars figures. All of a sudden he says – ‘Dad, how about these for robots? ‘ He knows that I am looking for 28mm robots for my futuristic, apocalyptic game.
Grasped in his hand was a Star Wars robot – called a Telosian Battle Droid. Its about 5 inches tall and stands on two legs – it looks odd but maybe with a bit of alteration who knows. On close examination I reckon if the body was twisted 90 degrees I walker would emerge. The price - £3.00 – Into the bag went four droids.
I set to work – cutting the body from the legs proved easy and hey presto with a few spots of glue a better looking droid/walker emerged.
It makes you think whether my new incarnation was the original design ?
It makes you think whether my new incarnation was the original design ?
The following photos illustrate the conversion and paint job for three of the units. The fourth – well it got cut up and turned into two wrecks !
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| The original droid |
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| The conversion |
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| Two 'converted units' - i think they look better |
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| Cut one of the walkers in two and hey presto a couple of wrecks |
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| A completed wreck... |
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| The First Unit complete... |
A very different look based on a simple change. I love the wrecks!
ReplyDeleteI had my eye on these for a VSF project after seeing them on another blog. I really like the way you flipped the body 90 degrees, and I agree that it makes it more interesting.
ReplyDeleteConsider this idea stolen, if I can get my hands on some of these at a reasonable price. Just one or two, you know.