December 29, 2001
Now I need a seat for Obi-Wan to sit in. I start
with a small piece of Super Sculpey and bend it upwards
on the side. Making a base for the cushion that will
go over it. |
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December 29, 2001
I hardened the base with my Hot Air Gun so I would
not deform it with my fingers and then cut a smaller
similar shape for the cushion.
I placed them together and used my Paint Stripper
Gun to harden the Sculpey. |
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December 29, 2001
For the base, I used a small ball and squished it
with my thumb.
Then I stuck a cap from a felt tip pen into it and
rounded the edges to make a clean shape. |
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December 29, 2001
Now I am ready to attach the base to the chair.
It's always best to harden each step of sculpting
so that your fingers don't squish everything when
adding a new detail. |
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December 29, 2001
Looking at the reference picture, I cut a small rectangle
and wrapped it around the base.
I cut the bottom corners at an angle and then hardened
the shape with the Heat Gun. |
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December 29, 2001
Here is an underside picture of where all the pieces
fit together.
You can also better see here the small ball I added
at the bottom to attach the pen cap to the chair seat's
base. |
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December 29, 2001
For the back support, I cut this shape out and rounded
the corners a little with my fingers. |
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December 29, 2001
I added some texture details to make it less boring
and more like a futuristic fabric :) |
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December 29, 2001
Last step is to add tubing. At least that's what
it looks like in the movie still.
I used soldering wire that is pretty stiff and used
a pen to bend the corners into a perfect 90' angle.
I used 2 drops of Hot Glue to keep everything together. |
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December 29, 2001
Now a coat of black paint and our Obi-Wan chair is
complete. Only took 1 1/2 hours - LOL. |
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December 29, 2001
What? Hasbro didn't put articulation in Obi-Wan's
knees? What a surprise? LOL.
OK, get the X-acto knife out again and cut
his legs up in half.
Thank god this plastic is easier to cut then
3P0. :) |
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December 29, 2001
Since we are hiding his legs with a robe, you
don't have to do fancy work to re-atach the
legs.
I used my Hot Glue Gun to keep them in place
and covered them up with Super Sculpey. |
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December 29, 2001
Like the Jedi Council, Start with a rolled
out piece of Super Sculpey. Drape it over the
figures leg. |
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December 29, 2001
Now with our tools, press into the Sculpey
and make nice looking folds.
If they don't look good, don't worry, you
can press them out and start again. |
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December 29, 2001
I did the same thing for the right leg and
then hardened the Sculpey with my Heat Gun.
Make sure to wave the heater back and forth
while drying. If you point it too long at one
spot, the figure will start to melt. Which is
not a good thing :) |
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December 29, 2001
Last step in sculpting is adding the top layer
of material.
It's hard to see in the picture so I added
little arrows to point your in the right direction. |
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December 29, 2001
Now paint your figure with acrylic paint and
you are done.
A sitting Obi-Wan ready to train Luke with
the powers of the Force :)
I don't think his robe is as nice as the Jedi
Council but it's ok. |
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December 29, 2001
Now you can place Obi-Wan at his station training
Luke in the ways of the Force. |
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