Brundledonk Posted September 6, 2018 Share Posted September 6, 2018 (edited) this was just a cheap toy I picked up from the bargain bucket of a shop and thought it would be a good candidate for a repaint. He's also pretty close to scale with the Hasbro smart R2-D2 that I got a while back and felt they might look good displayed together on a base after a bit of a spruce up. All in all I think k it came out ok but the solid plastic between the inner elbow and pistons let's it down a bit, I did consider carving it out with a Dremel but didn't fancy dealing with the inevitable scratches that would occur on the arm and with a metal finish would have been a major pain to sand and polish out. here's what he looked like before with my meat hook in the pic to try and give an idea of size And after a bit of painting Edited September 6, 2018 by Brundledonk 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brundledonk Posted September 6, 2018 Author Share Posted September 6, 2018 And with R2 who is a tad undersized compared to 3P0 but will be good enough for me once tarted up a bit 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carts Posted September 6, 2018 Share Posted September 6, 2018 From zero to hero! Nice save 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gimme Shelter Posted September 21, 2018 Share Posted September 21, 2018 "R2-D2 where have you been?" What a brilliant touch of workmanship Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jake the snake Posted September 22, 2018 Share Posted September 22, 2018 Very nice change up on this. Great improvement and it looks so so much more realistic. Fantastic job! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommygunn1972 Posted September 23, 2018 Share Posted September 23, 2018 That looks so much better than I had imagined it would. I have seen these toys bit didn't think it would look this way after a paint. I'm inspired, what colour did you use? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will Vale Posted September 27, 2018 Share Posted September 27, 2018 That's a lovely paint job, the gold is perfect. I think Artoo looks close enough in scale that no-one is going to quibble. Will Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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