3D-Printed Life Size R2-D2 Project Part 4: The Body 

Really enjoying this project, thanks so much!

It is looking amazing!!! Awesome job man.

I salute your patience and determination!

Awesome job! You were my inspiration to start this project myself. I am currently working on the dome.

awesome update on the r2-d2 unit. also love that it was printed on the dremel idea maker.

Im like a kid waiting for Christmas with this R2 building series. I really cant wait for the day that this project is finished. Keep up the great work :)

NICE!!! I'm looking forward to seeing the next step. :)

Thank you for your dedication to this project. It has given me the drive to start one myself. I have completed the dome and now about half way through the body and it is looking pretty darn good for a home made 3d printer. That being said, your R2 looks awesome and again, thank you for sharing.

Great video as always.

Awesome build, well done! If I ever get around to doing an R2 build, I think I'll use a combination of traditional methods and 3D printing (especially for things like vents and coin slots).

Restraining Bolt is a terrific touch

he really looks awesome good job

Hope to see more of this project

Excellent work mate ;)

“3D full-sized R2D2: my journey to Hell”. This should be your title.

Holy Flip Flop! that bot looks amazin' so far!

Impressive... most impressive!

Looks absolute Cool

I have enjoyed your videos, and i 2 am looking forward to a part 5 of you r2 build

Four amazing episodes of a great creation. Then he legged it =D

Great job bro

Good for you! Fight the good fight, Keep going!

Good job.

im like you i just want my r2 to just be chilling im printing now so in about a year lol hopefully ill be done and yours looks great ty for the help

Amazing! :)

It looks great! I’m printing mine now from his v.2 files but am going to make an R6 dome as well as the R2 dome so I can have both BT-1 as well as R2-Q5. I’ve got 3 printers going right now so I’m averaging between 30-45 hours of printing per day because I’m terrible at waiting for things!

Thank you love your art work follow you on all the sits

Awesome build, it came out great! I've been wanting to build something larger like this myself but I feel like my dremel would take forever to spit out parts. I'm definitely eyeing a larger print bead for my next one. If I manage that I think a BB8 may be in my future :P

I'd love to make one of these but I'm not sure I could dedicate myself to such a large and time consuming project. Excellent work though.

Awesome!

I love the AR intro! How the heck do you do that? I like having a big project like this to give a real purpose to 3d printing! Youve earned my sub!

For run in paint, if you run your fingers over the sticky side of masking tape then lightly press over the run then pull straight out, it will remove the excess paint. This has to be done when you make the paint run so it is still wet and allows the paint left on the model to smooth on its own.

Great work 👍 to weather it try black shoe polish 👍 Let it dry ~30 minutes and than wipe away the most with a sponge and warm water. Give ita try 😉

before you weather the R2 unit, remember, they all had at least one day where they were fresh out of the factory without a scratch on him. let him enjoy feeling snazzy before you beat him up!

Tip for weathering : everyone uses only black, but you should use dark brown and different shades of brown. Black looks a bit too cartoony.

Nice!!!

Got my body all done some glued but most of it not finished yet with glue but getting there

Great video, good job on the project, just one thing, for the blue parts you could have painted them silver, and then came back with duplicolor blue metal cast spray paint over them. It is a candy(translucent blue) and over a solver it really pops in the light, only issue with candies is getting even coats of you will have dark spots, and if you don't paint all of the blue parts at once you can wind up with differing shades of blue

Amazing job! Would you mind sharing what color paint you used? also did you clear coat?

It seems that Part 4 is the limit of tolerance for your large scale projects. I do hope you get back to them sooner or later. That is a lot of work you put into these so far not to finish them.

Awesome R2-D2. Would you ever consider making another one? It's my dream to have an R2-D2 I would buy one.

For how intricate the 3d model was for the body with all the little parts I wouldn't mind throwing some money his way

This video just came up in my "recomended" and i cant belive you only have 3400 Subs! You should have alot more, this is some quality content!

Great project. Are all the bits chopped to fit a 20x20x20cm build volume? I need a big project like this. Can I also ask how much filament you went through?

Is there going to be a Part 5?

Can you tell me what size print bed you used to print the dome, and how is tallest dome piece?

As a body guy I have a few tips The first is with the glazing putty. It appears you use a lacquer based putty. This stuff is garbage and is much more likely to discolor your paint as it ages. It also takes a long time to cure and shrinks a lot. You want a polyester putty, it's 2 parts and cures much faster and it varies based on the amount of hardener you use(instant to around 30 min). The hardener comes in blue and red, you want blue, especially if your finished color is white as the red can have the same yellowing effect. amzn.to/2zHYixt The putty amzn.to/2zv88Sw Spray can primer is meh, they make better 2 part spray primer that has to be activated, getting a another a airbrush or a more professional setup would be much better, the advantages are it dries harder/faster, your sand paper doesn't gum up as much and it shrinks less. amzn.to/2ylXuu7 Finally, you should use sanding pads and blocks(dense foam blocks for curved surfaces), allot of your lines and flat surfaces suffered because you had uneven pressure and attention to certain areas due to your fingers. Better products can cost more but ultimately, you're in for less labor and frustration.

thumbs up !!!!!

Hello, I have a Creality CR-10 with dual z axis motors. The z axis goes up and down when homing but will not go up when printing. Is it the machine or am i doing something wrong in Cura ?

Hey great work man. I love the persistence starting with a new design. Have you considered doing a BB-8? I wonder if there are any prints ready to go for for that one. Considering it is just two spheres you might think it would be easy. I bet not. ALSO, if you don't mind me asking, what were your expenses on PLA material when all done and said, not including the first try at the frame? I kinda would like to know what the costs are going in on a project like this. Thanks for the video and the good editing job. I'm going to subscribe in hopes you complete the 'roller feet' part of R2's mobility drives.

What bond spot putty did you use ( model number) 801 or 901 looking at Amazon don’t know which to buy. Think you. Great video

Cool video you could design his legs a rod going into R2 and coming out the other end with the legs attached to each end of the rod this would decrease his mobility but he wasn’t exactly the most athletic droid ever unlike the action figures so that might be more realistic

awesome! any progress?

How many tubes of the glazing putty did you go through for the entire body? It's $9 per tube, so trying to figure out if you found a larger quantity sold or just bought X tubes. Thanks!

@Mighty Jabba, Did you ever finish the R2? Im starting my journey following your videos. I would really appreciate help with the legs!

what type of paint did you use for the chrome on the dome?

Hello, this is just amazing. Building your own R2D2 is a dream come true for me. I'm in the process of finishing the Dome ver.1. MRBADDELEY said it should be compatible with the Body Ver.2 with simple modifications. Did you change anything with your Dome? Again, great work!

Would you recommend doing this same project just scales down? I don’t have room for a full size R2, but I wouldn’t mind a Disney sized one

Sorry if you already said it, but did you print the whole body in PLA too? I know you printed the dome in PLA but wasn't sure about the body. I'm hoping to print one too just as a static piece same as yours. I'm really new to 3D printing (only just bought a 3D printer which is arriving next week), so I know it is ambitious but I'd like to take on this project as one of my 3D printing goals. I've been watching your channel for years and that is what has inspired me to finally buy a 3D printer hahahah. I look forward to part 5 one day!

Any updates on this project ? Also , how much filament have you used on it thus far ?

i have a couple of questions: how much kilograms of filament did it take you to make the full R2-D2(without the failed prints), can you add elektronics and where is part 5

Quick question: did you add hardener to the spot putty before applying? Nice job on this video series by the way. Thanks...

did you ever think of using a high build primer for filling in the print lines?

How much infill did you use and layers

Still waiting for part 5.

I think the problem is that you were a little too close when spraying. It gets some time to adjust that .

Are these files available for download? This is awesome

Amazing ! Awesome work, wonderful! Impressive, very impressive! I'm a STAR WARS fan and now I'm your fan too,,, I would really like to know if with this machine printer Creality 3D Printer - cr 10 V2 Printing area: 300 x 300 x 400mm would you be able to print the 3P0 in natural size, life size? Ow! In time... Im Brazilian!

Have you exposed your PLA prints to any warm temperatures? Most people I tlak to seem to think warping will be a certainty...

seems to have enough room inside to build it intoo a desktop computer or even an mp3 jukebox

Looking cool. Was wondering what program was used in the video to show the 3D model of the body frame, as I can't get the individual files to load in place in Meshmixer. Thanks and keep up the good work

hey, I had a question when you say weathering what do you mean by that?

can you send me the file of the first frame of r2d2 all together?

I cant' find the part you are holding in 11:22' to connect at the rear the upper and lower vents. Maybe the creator has forgotten to upload them. Is it possible to send the file to my mail? Thanx

hey mighty jabba, do you have stl for the part youre holding 11:24. i cant find in one drive files. any help greatly appreciated. thanx for the videos!

WHen you will add legs??

the finished project ???

6 anos e até hj não esta pronto?

Can you share the file? Where can I get it? Thanks

So ... What's up with the R2-D2? Did you end up finishing it? Weathering the Paint? PLEASE UPDATE US ")

PLA warping, try putting the piece in HOT water then it becomes more Flexible.

Is there going to be a part 5?

Did you get any further?

What size CR-10? And I went thingiverse, the website was down.

Question what Kind of printer did you use

Can we get an update soon? I'm sure you've made some progress by now.

It has room for Kenny Baker

so... over three years later i'm guessing i should give up hope of there being a part 5? lol

Do It... Please finish R2.

I just watched parts 1 - 3. Very nice work. But I noticed in part 1 you said PLA can't be solvent welded. That's not true. If you use the right solvent. If you use solvent made for plastic models, styrene solvent, it works perfectly fine on PLA. Keep up the good work though. Just subbed.

Hey! What happened with this R2D2 project? Did you finish it? It has been more than three years since the last update

I know you made this video years ago, but I'm having trouble finding the files you used for the body. I went to the site and found all the files, but he has many and they are not labeled the best. Any help or direction would be appreciated.

Nice work Mighty Jabba. I have completed a fully operational R2 myself. I used a hodgepodge of materials and methods including 3D printing, re-purposing, and DIY. I just started printing out Mr Baddelry's dome myself. I used an aluminium lampshade originally, but it is a half sphere which R2's dome is not. Your build videos are a big help. Check out my build videos if you are interested. Cheers, MetalNerd.

Are the legs done yet?

I HATE cone paint nozzles on spray paint, sure, it works great if you're tagging a building, not so great when you're trying to evenly paint a surface.

Going to get 500 by 500 for CR 10

Any update on the droid?

You do not have to rough up both sides while using BS glue on pla

im a patron to mr baddley i cant find the codes to this any help would be great ty

what files did you use??