H015 Sentry Droid

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The White Mouse Droid was first seen in The Force Awakens. The movie droid was built by Oliver Steeples, go Oliver!

AKA

This droid seems to have quite a few names

  • H015 (not totally clear to me if it's supposed to have hyphens)
  • Sentry Droid
  • Imperial Droid (shorthand by crew I gather)
  • New mouse droid
  • White Mouse droid

I've never heard Oliver call it by the Wookipedia name.

Sounds

We never heard any sounds in the movie - maybe next time?

References

There are several threads in his section on the forum http://www.rebeldroids.net/forum/forumdisplay.php?fid=31 There are some photos in the Gallery http://rebeldroids.net/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=47 He has plans in the Files section! http://rebeldroids.net/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=63

Parts Reference

The Sentry has flat sides, I'm not sure of the original material.

  • Antennae - there are 3 antennae on the top
  • Head
  • Black neck ring - this contains LEDs on some sides. The blue one is "front" on the movie droid for operator reference.
  • Upper body
  • Lower boddy
  • Faux wheels - each corner has a small black ball pretending to be wheels. In practice they sit a few mm above the floor.
  • Lego greebles! - Yes, Lego! The bottom black details were created from Lego, then molded and cast in lightweight resin. Each of the 4 sides is theoretically identical, though I notice the seems in the corners don't fit perfectly on the movie model.
  • Holonomic drive - the movie droid has 4 omniwheels arranged so that it can rotate in place and move in any direction. Allows interesting movement and makes it fun to drive.

The original is not terribly heavy but awkward enough to be a two person lift when we saw it being carried off the stage.

Construction

There are flat pack files in the gallery! No complete builds yet, but they should be straightforward to laser/cnc/hand cut from styrene.