Looks great my guy, first thing I thought when I saw these build your own droids was they need to be weathered and they will look sooo much better. I see I wasn't alone in the idea😂
Looks great! This old Star Wars nerd will be building an R-series droid from Galaxy's Edge soon, and I was already planning to weather it. This gives me a great starting point! Thank you!
@@outsider238 That would be especially cool, now that R5-D4 is back and made an appearance in the new live action series! Side note: I was thinking of getting a Droid Depot droid with a *clear* dome, and maybe putting a black blaster scar or two on the clear dome. I can picture in my mind how it would look, but my modeling days ended when I was ten years old, and adding that kind of detail might be too ambitious... but I digress. Any thoughts or suggestions on weathering a *clear* droid dome?
@@kurtsimonson6157 Hmm.. that is a bit trickier with clear plastic. I would imagine using an airbrush to make the scorch marks would be the best way. Maybe some kind of dry brushing if you aren't using an airbrush. I've never had to weather clear parts thankfully. You'd have to sweep the airbrush or dry brush to give it a streaking kind of look where the blast took place. I'm not really sure since I haven't done it.
@@outsider238 well that confirms my thoughts! When my daughter was little, she found my old Star Wars and GI Joe toys and loved them! It gave me an excuse to dabble in weathering techniques- I painted the GI Joe APC and scuffed it up a little, and even what little I did required some investment and skill. I'll keep it simple lol
Thank you! I've never tried it. If it's an inky, thin, black paint, it probably would work the same. I know the Tamiya panel line paint can sometimes react to certain plastics so that's why I coated it with the gloss coat first. It helps protect the plastic and makes the paint ooze through the panel lines better. Not sure if the Testors is the same. You might gloss coat it first just in case. If you use the artist's chalk for the rest of it, dull coat it before you use the pastels. It'll give the pastels something to stick on to when applying them. I hope this helps! Good luck in weathering your droid! 😁
@@outsider238 I've used acrylics in the past to weather models, but I really like the look of this so I'm going to try your method for my droid. it really looks great. I'll probably practice on an old R2 unit from the 90s to test the method before moving on to the Droid Depot unit. thanks for the tips.
@@VanDanmark That's a great idea to try it on a test droid. I like the pastels because I tend to have better control with how much goes on and where. That brush was very helpful in applying the pastels. I hope you can find it or something very similar. Also, when using the lighter fluid to remove the excess Tamiya panel line paint, I used Q tips. Be careful not to rub too hard taking off the excess paint. Otherwise it'll start to remove the paint on the droid. Put at least 2 or 3 coats of gloss on before hand to help prevent that. I'm so glad I could help! I hope your droid turns out awesome!
need some help .. getting my droid but he is in Black.. want to spray the paints Yellow .. any thing or help .. do I need to spray clear lacquer first then the yellow paint ? do they have the panel paint in gray not black to show better ?after the panel .. hit him with Dual coat ? I am totally new to all of this help
So are you painting some of the panels yellow? If so, you'll have to mask off those areas to make the lines straight and sharp. You won't need to put a clear coat on to paint the yellow on. I only used a gloss coat so that the panel line paint would have the "capillary" action work better. Plus it gives it a layer of protection when removing the excess panel line paint with the lighter fluid. Then I gave it a few coats of Dull Coat to seal it in. They do make a panel line paint in brown and I think gray. I hope this helps.
The gloss coat allows the panel line paint to easily flow into the crevices. It also helps to protect the paint on R2 from rubbing off so easily when you use the lighter fluid to remove the excess. Then when you apply the dull coat, that gives the pastels something to stick on to when applying the pastels.
It sad that you can’t make it to the parks, there are many different droids to choose from when building your own. There’s R3, R4, R5, and even R6. Well, if you’d like one, let me know I’ll build it for you, just tell me the pieces you’d like, and I’ll ship it to you. Unfortunately, the custom droid don’t qualify for my AP discount...so I’m sorry for that. I’m not flipping. Just getting a unique droid to you. I’d like to see what you do to it.
Thank you so much for the offer! The only other one I'd consider is R5-D4 since I've always had a soft spot for him. Poor fellow with his bad motivator! But the weathering would pretty much be the same on him since everything is the same except his head and colors. If I decide to get R5, I'll certainly let you know. Thank you again! 😁
I always loved R5-D4, since I saw a New Hope as a kid, I was amazed that there were other astromechs besides R2. However, for R5-D4, there is a red R5 dome, and as for the body and legs, I can make them with blue parts to make it just like R5-D4. They retail for $99.99, or $107.70 with tax included. Whenever, just let me know, I was there yesterday. I build an R5 unit. However my R5 has a blue dome head. White body and blue panels. Looks sick but I’m sure some weathering will make him pop!
outsider238 no problem, now I don’t like how RUclips made direct messaging rocket science but if you can, DM whenever you’re ready and we can arrange everything, I always like to offer help to those who can’t make it to the parks or I help people get the merch they need because I was in that spot and I always hoped people would help me without flipping a price.
Jack Box how can we get in touch if willing i need some merch from galaxy edge that was out when i was there i live in redding, ca I wanted the sabacc card game and some kyber crystals and a smuggler chip for my driod just let me know if you can help
You had to buy it online, I hate to think of the price. The shop at the park charges $100,( ridiculous) and thats not counting the cheap stickers that peel off in about a week, and the over priced back pack that you have to customize to make it even look like a Star Wars product. As to the work you did to the Droid "Amazing" it looks ten times better than before.👍👍👍
Thank you! I only paid $20 more for it which isn't too bad considering what it would cost to go there and get one. They are overpriced but they work really well and are pretty decent quality. The only thing is I wish they moved slower. They zip along way too fast.
Hey that r2 is awesome looking!! Great job of the work.. I'm on a Facebook page for people that post pics and videos of their droids built from galaxys edge. And they also post pics of any custom work the have done.. you should check it out , join ,and share your work there.. it is called. Galaxy's edge mubo's droid builders club. It was created by dan-o from the RUclips channel called the dan-o channel.. he has lots of videos on galaxys edge stuff as well as reviews and what not.. hope to see you join and share soon!
It definitely doesn’t look like a toy anymore. Great job on this.
Thank you! He looks much better. I really liked the paint job on your droid as well!
Looks great my guy, first thing I thought when I saw these build your own droids was they need to be weathered and they will look sooo much better. I see I wasn't alone in the idea😂
Thank you! No, you were definitely not alone in that thought. A little dirtying up does wonders! Haha!
He looks beautiful, you did a wonderful job ❤️❤️❤️
Thank you very much! I appreciate the kind words! 😁
Looks great! This old Star Wars nerd will be building an R-series droid from Galaxy's Edge soon, and I was already planning to weather it. This gives me a great starting point! Thank you!
I'm so glad I could help! They are very cool droids. I'd like an R5-D4 one of these days.
@@outsider238 That would be especially cool, now that R5-D4 is back and made an appearance in the new live action series! Side note: I was thinking of getting a Droid Depot droid with a *clear* dome, and maybe putting a black blaster scar or two on the clear dome. I can picture in my mind how it would look, but my modeling days ended when I was ten years old, and adding that kind of detail might be too ambitious... but I digress. Any thoughts or suggestions on weathering a *clear* droid dome?
@@kurtsimonson6157 Hmm.. that is a bit trickier with clear plastic. I would imagine using an airbrush to make the scorch marks would be the best way. Maybe some kind of dry brushing if you aren't using an airbrush. I've never had to weather clear parts thankfully. You'd have to sweep the airbrush or dry brush to give it a streaking kind of look where the blast took place. I'm not really sure since I haven't done it.
@@outsider238 well that confirms my thoughts! When my daughter was little, she found my old Star Wars and GI Joe toys and loved them! It gave me an excuse to dabble in weathering techniques- I painted the GI Joe APC and scuffed it up a little, and even what little I did required some investment and skill. I'll keep it simple lol
@@kurtsimonson6157 Haha! Practice makes perfect as they say. I hope it comes out looking good!
He looks really good! If you ever get to go. Please take him with you and make a video if you do.
Thank you so much! I most certainly will! 😁
Looks amazing, I hope I could build one for myself one day.
I'm from Germany and want to go to Disneyland next year.
I hope you get the chance build one! It looks like it would be a lot of fun.
Woah your first video is great👍
People how disliked this must be jealous
Thank you! I really appreciate that! 😁
Looks like it's been to Tatooine.
Haha! He sure does!
Looks great!! So no pre sanding needed?
Thank you! No sanding. The Dullcoat gives the pastels something to grip onto.
This looks awesome. I love it! Thanks
Thank you! 😁
WOW! This looks amazing!
Thank you very much!
Dude.....that is epic
Thank you so much!
Awesome job!
Thank you very much!
Did you clean the model before spraying?
I did wipe it off with a dust cloth first. I wasn't sure how dusty he was.
Great work! Do you think that Testor's CreateFX Black Enamel Stain would be a good substitute for the Tamiya Panel Line Color? It sounds similar...
Thank you! I've never tried it. If it's an inky, thin, black paint, it probably would work the same. I know the Tamiya panel line paint can sometimes react to certain plastics so that's why I coated it with the gloss coat first. It helps protect the plastic and makes the paint ooze through the panel lines better. Not sure if the Testors is the same. You might gloss coat it first just in case. If you use the artist's chalk for the rest of it, dull coat it before you use the pastels. It'll give the pastels something to stick on to when applying them. I hope this helps! Good luck in weathering your droid! 😁
@@outsider238 I've used acrylics in the past to weather models, but I really like the look of this so I'm going to try your method for my droid. it really looks great. I'll probably practice on an old R2 unit from the 90s to test the method before moving on to the Droid Depot unit. thanks for the tips.
@@VanDanmark That's a great idea to try it on a test droid. I like the pastels because I tend to have better control with how much goes on and where. That brush was very helpful in applying the pastels. I hope you can find it or something very similar. Also, when using the lighter fluid to remove the excess Tamiya panel line paint, I used Q tips. Be careful not to rub too hard taking off the excess paint. Otherwise it'll start to remove the paint on the droid. Put at least 2 or 3 coats of gloss on before hand to help prevent that. I'm so glad I could help! I hope your droid turns out awesome!
need some help .. getting my droid but he is in Black.. want to spray the paints Yellow .. any thing or help .. do I need to spray clear lacquer first then the yellow paint ? do they have the panel paint in gray not black to show better ?after the panel .. hit him with Dual coat ? I am totally new to all of this help
So are you painting some of the panels yellow? If so, you'll have to mask off those areas to make the lines straight and sharp. You won't need to put a clear coat on to paint the yellow on. I only used a gloss coat so that the panel line paint would have the "capillary" action work better. Plus it gives it a layer of protection when removing the excess panel line paint with the lighter fluid. Then I gave it a few coats of Dull Coat to seal it in. They do make a panel line paint in brown and I think gray. I hope this helps.
Nice work!
Thank you!
would you ever do a c3po one also from galaxys edge ?
I'm mostly a fan of the astromech droids. I might be interested if C-3p0 looked and worked as nicely as these droids do.
@@outsider238 oh ok, oh well ^^
Did you buy the droid pre made or did you build it in Droid’s Depot
I bought it pre-made. I'll probably never make it there but I really wanted one of these so I just bought it on Ebay.
outsider238 Oh ok well congrats cause it looks great keep up the good work ❤️
@@ramonabdiel10 Thank you so much! 😁
Why did uou clear coat it first?
Why the initial clearcoat layer?
It's so that the panel line paint will flow easier into the detail lines.
Why did you clear coat before the weathering?
The gloss coat allows the panel line paint to easily flow into the crevices. It also helps to protect the paint on R2 from rubbing off so easily when you use the lighter fluid to remove the excess. Then when you apply the dull coat, that gives the pastels something to stick on to when applying the pastels.
@@outsider238 Awesome; thank you!
@@gzaros My pleasure!
It sad that you can’t make it to the parks, there are many different droids to choose from when building your own. There’s R3, R4, R5, and even R6. Well, if you’d like one, let me know I’ll build it for you, just tell me the pieces you’d like, and I’ll ship it to you. Unfortunately, the custom droid don’t qualify for my AP discount...so I’m sorry for that. I’m not flipping. Just getting a unique droid to you. I’d like to see what you do to it.
Thank you so much for the offer! The only other one I'd consider is R5-D4 since I've always had a soft spot for him. Poor fellow with his bad motivator! But the weathering would pretty much be the same on him since everything is the same except his head and colors. If I decide to get R5, I'll certainly let you know. Thank you again! 😁
I always loved R5-D4, since I saw a New Hope as a kid, I was amazed that there were other astromechs besides R2. However, for R5-D4, there is a red R5 dome, and as for the body and legs, I can make them with blue parts to make it just like R5-D4. They retail for $99.99, or $107.70 with tax included. Whenever, just let me know, I was there yesterday. I build an R5 unit. However my R5 has a blue dome head. White body and blue panels. Looks sick but I’m sure some weathering will make him pop!
Yes! Weather him up! It'll make him look so much better and it's fun to do! Thank you again!
outsider238 no problem, now I don’t like how RUclips made direct messaging rocket science but if you can, DM whenever you’re ready and we can arrange everything, I always like to offer help to those who can’t make it to the parks or I help people get the merch they need because I was in that spot and I always hoped people would help me without flipping a price.
Jack Box how can we get in touch if willing i need some merch from galaxy edge that was out when i was there i live in redding, ca I wanted the sabacc card game and some kyber crystals and a smuggler chip for my driod just let me know if you can help
Niceee
You had to buy it online, I hate to think of the price. The shop at the park charges $100,( ridiculous) and thats not counting the cheap stickers that peel off in about a week, and the over priced back pack that you have to customize to make it even look like a Star Wars product. As to the work you did to the Droid "Amazing" it looks ten times better than before.👍👍👍
Thank you! I only paid $20 more for it which isn't too bad considering what it would cost to go there and get one. They are overpriced but they work really well and are pretty decent quality. The only thing is I wish they moved slower. They zip along way too fast.
How did you weather R2 like the steps?
What do you mean?
Hey that r2 is awesome looking!! Great job of the work.. I'm on a Facebook page for people that post pics and videos of their droids built from galaxys edge. And they also post pics of any custom work the have done.. you should check it out , join ,and share your work there.. it is called. Galaxy's edge mubo's droid builders club. It was created by dan-o from the RUclips channel called the dan-o channel.. he has lots of videos on galaxys edge stuff as well as reviews and what not.. hope to see you join and share soon!
Thank you! I've watched and enjoyed many of Dan-O's videos! I'll be sure to check it out! Thank you!
Wow would have been better to actually show us how lol
This was my first ever video. I was a newbie at this! 😄
Something to try with your droid: ruclips.net/video/jaC-Lqv3IP4/видео.html