03-03-2017, 03:52 AM
Hello everyone, my name is Gareth and I'm addicted to building droids.
When I saw BB-8 in the trailer for TFA I knew I had to attempt to build one. I had originally started building the full scale one from The BB-8 builders club in early January last year when the call for droids for SWCE was put out and specifically BB-8 units.
I described I would take on the challenge of making a ½ scale one in time and got started on it around six weeks before Celebration. I made it just in time as I was still painting the last panel the day before getting on the train to London. Unfortunately it was purely static with no lights or anything else, although I had built in a charging port.
He made his second appearance at the largest 3D printing show in the U.K. The TCT show in Birmingham in late September where he took a fall and cracked his dome. By the time this had arrived I had managed to get lights in his dome.
Pics from Celebration and TCT show. Also some of my full scale build.
![[Image: f1da6211f7b797395b0605bde50e1040.jpg]](https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170303/f1da6211f7b797395b0605bde50e1040.jpg)
![[Image: b27357267d8a36e1629928b717c7db45.jpg]](https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170303/b27357267d8a36e1629928b717c7db45.jpg)
![[Image: dd047a7cb3fa6d136c4a1d7c4c9a4a24.jpg]](https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170303/dd047a7cb3fa6d136c4a1d7c4c9a4a24.jpg)
![[Image: 0c7d0a8a2acc57f09acc409d0b25d5a2.jpg]](https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170303/0c7d0a8a2acc57f09acc409d0b25d5a2.jpg)
When I saw BB-8 in the trailer for TFA I knew I had to attempt to build one. I had originally started building the full scale one from The BB-8 builders club in early January last year when the call for droids for SWCE was put out and specifically BB-8 units.
I described I would take on the challenge of making a ½ scale one in time and got started on it around six weeks before Celebration. I made it just in time as I was still painting the last panel the day before getting on the train to London. Unfortunately it was purely static with no lights or anything else, although I had built in a charging port.
He made his second appearance at the largest 3D printing show in the U.K. The TCT show in Birmingham in late September where he took a fall and cracked his dome. By the time this had arrived I had managed to get lights in his dome.
Pics from Celebration and TCT show. Also some of my full scale build.
![[Image: f1da6211f7b797395b0605bde50e1040.jpg]](https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170303/f1da6211f7b797395b0605bde50e1040.jpg)
![[Image: b27357267d8a36e1629928b717c7db45.jpg]](https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170303/b27357267d8a36e1629928b717c7db45.jpg)
![[Image: dd047a7cb3fa6d136c4a1d7c4c9a4a24.jpg]](https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170303/dd047a7cb3fa6d136c4a1d7c4c9a4a24.jpg)
![[Image: 0c7d0a8a2acc57f09acc409d0b25d5a2.jpg]](https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170303/0c7d0a8a2acc57f09acc409d0b25d5a2.jpg)
![[Image: ab4a7ec29811f608ebfed7a497e70b1e.jpg]](https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170303/ab4a7ec29811f608ebfed7a497e70b1e.jpg)