My take on R2D2 with TCSS parts

[ViperR]

Hey all,
Decided to pay homage to our little droid who's been a trooper through episodes 4-9 movies. All parts are via TCSS.
Main body is powder coated white & blue, Graflex glass eye offset, upper chrome AV is blue LED, lower AV is black with white LED, Blade has 6 feet of wrap, Tri-Cree BBW two Royal Blue with one white for clashes, Emitter & pommel are as droid shaped as I could find, GHv3 card with a random mechanical sound fonts to it, a couple of dozen force fonts that range from all the movies: R2 whistles & screams, C3PO, Luke, Leia, Obi, Hans, Guido, Jawas, Tuskens, Wampas, Chewey, Jabba, speeder bikes and even the Wilhelm scream, and many more.
Was a fun build and I like it.
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[Strydur]

Looks great!

[Greenie]

Very nice. But Artoo was a hero in the prequels too.


Greenie

[Starwinder]

Nicely done!

[CAD Wizard]

Very nice. I thought powder coating was only solid color these days. Was it a special order?

[ViperR]

Very nice. But Artoo was a hero in the prequels too.


Greenie

Yep, you're correct.

[ViperR]

Very nice. I thought powder coating was only solid color these days. Was it a special order?

TCSS did the Wet White and I had a neighbor do the blue for free because I changed the starter motor on his wife's car. He also did narrow the top white and bottom black strip on the blade holder.

[ViperR]

I'm actually thinking of getting rid of the Tri-Cree's and going pixel. I've grown tired of the LED style and the uneven lighting, especially at the base of the blade no matter how I've tried with the wraps and mirrored tip.
I made four pixel and four LED sabers. The only color that looks decent with LED's is red, and I made a Sith saber with TCSS F-16 hilt kit. That has a Tri-Cree RRW on a GHv3 board.