My C-3PO build!

[Lupe Garu]

That was the droid I was looking for..

 

[GordonTarpley]

2.5 days left till CVI! going to be some late nights!
got about 3/4 of the silver applied today.
Starting to look proper!

 

[Stormy320]

Wow - that's incredible. That's paint !!!!

It looks fantastic. Keep us posted.

 

[l330n]

Sweet, lookin great!

 

[Nairod]

The finish is superb! But if I remember well, the alclad chrome is very fragile no?

Does it sitck on your helmet...or more on your hands?? (the main problem with alclad chrome paint).

Plus, impossible to varnish it.

I'm really curious because the helmet is splendid.

 

[chefhawk]

its flipping amazing looking

this is going to rock
well done.
I look forward to seeing the paint tutorial in the future,


cheers

 

[spolen23]

Great work!

 

[GordonTarpley]

Thanks! I've held the parts quite a bit with only one incident. I think I had something on my fingers, rubbing compound or something... and I suddenly got 3 nasty fingerprints that I'll have to retouch. Other than that no issues.

I've only tested on a tiny area but I did find that future floor polish actually coats the alclad really nicely without a noticeable loss in reflectivity. The stuff dries really smooth and handles lots of wear and tear.
After this weekend I'll do more testing and figure out the best way to apply it.

There are loads of small fixes to be made to the finish so as far as Celebration VI, It's going as-is, no external coating. Then I'll touch up any trouble areas and move on to adding gold and a protective coating.

I'll also be testing some high gloss automotive paints as soon as I can. I think the finish will be 10x more reflective than what I'm able to get now using cheap rattle can paint for a base coat.

 

[GordonTarpley]

Here are some photos from CVI, the first public appearance!

My crew for the first day out in the suit. Ended up being completely mobbed for photos and It was really helpful having all of these guys to watch out for me.

The awesomely talented Mr.Bartlett allowed me to tag along.

I added weathering to knock back the reflections a bit and better match the ESB E-3PO in the previous post but it still photographed more reflective than I expected it to. Overall still really happy. Going to clean it all back up again next week and start converting the parts to gold!

 

[Eldritch Arts]

Omg that looks AWESOME!!! :O Soooo cool! Can't wait to see the gold version too, but i may love the chrome more! Excellent!

 

[jango5204]

I saw this in person. It was awesome!!

 

[chefhawk]

love it..great pics

cheers

 

[Redtogusa]

This is excellent mate. Just so good. I really admire people who make 3PO's. From my short spell in the 501st I came to understand how tough these are to build and wear. Major kudos.

 

[GordonTarpley]

Took the droid over to the Orlando Science Center for their new Star Wars exhibit, "Where Science Meets Imagination".
Here are a few photos...

 

[blennus]

They must have been confused as to why one of the exhibits kept moving around the displays Great job!!!