Even More Droids!

[savagecreature]

It's been too long since I've added another droid, so . . .

I recently acquired a new book, the Star Wars: The Visual Encyclopedia.  Figgin' awesome book for those of us who build this stuff. Not only droids but helmets, costumes, weapons  . .  whatever you're thinking about from the Star Wars universe. I was shocked by how much obscure, awesome stuff there was represented in this book.

One of the images in the book was this close up of the HURID 327 glimpsed briefly in The Force Awakens.  (click it for the supersized version)

I was doing some other forum related stuff and one of our banners featuring this same droid popped up and I was inspired to look into it further.

As you would expect, there's not much on this droid as it got so little screen time, but those have always been the ones that captured my imagination the most. I was able to track down two images. Mind you, there were many variations of these two images out there to look at, but when compared closely, they were the same two images just presented in different ways. I'll keep searching. Hopefully I'll be able to find more.
 

         

In my enthusiasm I almost started work on a set of construction plans, but then I came to my senses. Not only do I have half a dozen other droids that need to be finished before I start any new ones, but this droid is friggin' huge!  I have no idea where I'd put it if I ever managed to get one built.  Sure would look awesome as part of a display at Celebration, though, wouldn't it?

And of course, you can grab some screen caps here and there to help fill in some of the gaps

And lastly, the awesome original concept art by Luke Fisher.  Unfortunately, like a great deal of concept art, it's light on detail and heavy on mood, but at least it gives us a look (of sorts) of what the back of the droid looks like.  If nothing else, if images of the rear of the droid never crop up and one of us builds one, no one will be able to tell that we made up what the back looks like.

pretty cool