May 05, 2001
I finally decided to make my Jedi Chairs to go in
my Phase 2 Jedi Council Diorama.
This is Style "A" Chair.
I started with a basic box shape. I made it hollow
for a special reason you will see on page 2 picture
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May 05, 2001
I added a thick slab of Super Sculpey to one of the
sides of the chair.
This thick chunk will allow us to carve the fancy
hole that decorates both sides of the chair. |
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May 05, 2001
First cut off a 45 degree angle from the top arm
rest to about halfway on the side. |
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May 05, 2001
Then I cut another angle from the top to the bottom
corner of the chunk. |
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May 05, 2001
I will admit that this part was a lot harder then
I thought it would be.
I examined the movie book pictures for 15 minutes
and still had trouble understanding where to cut.
But I figured it out as you can see - heh heh -
Just angle cut 3 ways to the original chair shape
and smooth out the sculpey.
I found a trick for that today, if you dip your tool
in water, the sculpey will smooth itself like a knife
through butter :)
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May 05, 2001
Here you can see a better angle of where to cut.
There is a slope to the top line. the bottom cut is
paralelle (typo? LOL) to the base. |
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May 05, 2001
After 15 minutes in the oven, Repeat what you did
on the right side. Add a chunk of Sculpey ond carve
it out. |
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May 05, 2001
Here is a front view of the carved finished sides.
Now it's back in the oven for 15 minutes. |
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May 05, 2001
Now it's time to do a clean front.
Flatten a piece of sculpey like pizza dough and apply
it to the front surface of the chair including the
arms.
Then cut along and trim the edges. |
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May 05, 2001
Now before baking, with your sculpting tool, cut
out a narrow hole in the base of the chair.
I also sculpted the center Sculpey into the shape
of the chair's pillow.
Now bake 15 minutes. |
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May 06, 2001
Remember that hole in the chair from page 1? Well
this is why I am sculpting the chair this way.
Version 2 will have a hole in the chair.
Put the diorama on a raised platform, cut holes on
the floor, put the chair on the main surface and now
your figure does not need to be deforemed or ripped
appart.
Just attach the fake legs to the chair and the illusion
of the jedi sitting will be complete. Now please don't
panic, these are just test legs for scale :) Cool
Idea eh? |
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May 06, 2001
So this is where I am so far after 2 days of work.
If only Hasbro put full articulation in ALL their
figures :) The back support is a rough so pretend
you don't see it - LOL.
I will be making 2 versions of the chair. A full
version that you can place your figures on by doing
your own custom job like bending knees amd capes and... |
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May 12, 2001
Now it's time for the pillow. Flatten a piece of
Super Sculpey into a pancake like shape. |
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May 12, 2001
Then place it against the chairs back and trace and
cut this pattern. The grooves in this shape is where
the armrests will support the pillow. |
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May 12, 2001
Don't rub your eyes the picture is fuzzy :)
This is how the pillow should fit once it is placed
on the chair. Now cut the excess pillow edges of both
sides using the angle of the chairs side for proper
length. |
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