How To Build a Star Wars Droid Lamp
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- Опубліковано 2 гру 2018
- A Star Wars Night Light and Lamp is just what my nephew needs in his bedroom. So we are building this cool little night light based on the lovable Gonk Droid design. So come on by, and let's grab a couple of rubbermaid containers, PVC pipe, and other random bits to assemble a Re-Gonk-U-Lous gift!
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PARTS USED ON THIS BUILD:
Scenery Sand: The sand we chose for this project was not ideal. It was too shiny and very "dusty" so I have included a couple links to product I wish I would have had time to purchase. Hope this helps.
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Lamp Socket Bundle
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Lamp Cord
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Lamp Switch
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Light Bulb: I chose an LED bulb for this so it would not get hot enough to burn my little nephew. I found mine at Home Depot, but these are similar in design and cheaper:
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Styrene Sheets
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Kitbashing Parts & Pieces: I can't tell you exactly which model parts I used because they are from several kits, but here are a couple of good kits you can add to your collection of kitbashing pieces . . .
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LEDs
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1/4W Resistor Kit
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Push Button: I have had the orange push button i used for many years, so it was difficult to locate the exact version. These are a couple of similar samples, but any toggle switch or button would work.
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TOOLS & MATERIALS USED ON THIS BUILD:
Titebond Original Wood Glue - 16oz
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Hot Glue Gun
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Xacto Basic Knife Set
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Ridgid 18 volt Cordless Drill
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Kline Tools 11-in-1 Multi Tool
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Digital Caliper
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Bob Smith Industries CA Glue (Super Glue)
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Bob Smith 5 Min Epoxy
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For your sand application:
1. Paint the base with a neutral sand colored paint.
2. While the paint is still wet, sprinkle on the sand.
3. Allow the paint and sand to dry. Some sand will still be loose.
4. Apply more sand, or other scenery material, wherever you would like to build up the depth.
5. Mist the entire surface with a spray of water with a drop or two of dish detergent mixed in.
6. Saturate the wet sand with a mix of 60% water and 40% white glue.
7. Allow this to dry. You should have a nice hard shell of sand.
Matthew Hankins whoa! Awesome information thank you. This is great. what does the dish detergent do? I’m definitely going to try this. Much appreciated!
@@TheSmugglersRoom The dish detergent breaks the surface tension and allows the water and then the glue to penetrate down into the sand/scenery material. You can also add a drop to the glue mixture if it puddles on top of your scenery. Too much detergent will make everything bubble. You only need a drop or two for a spray bottle. You may also want to try applying the glue with a eye dropper to keep the force of the spray bottle mist from moving your materials around. Good luck!
Matthew Hankins thank you sir! Seriously great information. I really appreciate you providing this!
@@TheSmugglersRoom I've seen people misting with alcohol as well, then the glue mixture. whichever is easier. :)
I don't like sand. It's all coarse, and rough, and irritating. And it gets everywhere.
Stumbled upon this and now my yougest brother and I are building our own gonks. This channel rock more than Alderaan
YES! That sounds fantastic!!!!
This is always one of my faves. Wish I was Brian's 4 year old nephew!
LOL! Thank you!
Cool idea. I have an older boy that loves Star Wars and still uses a night light. I may be able to do something like this to lessen his need for a night light.
Awesome!
The nibbler used to be one of tools sold at places like Radio Shack. Very handy to cut a prototype PCB to size. While a moto-tool could do the same job, the resin in the board makes a huge stink when heated. Not an issue with the nibbler. I’ve owned one of these at least since the 90s. Another awesome video, thank you!
You might want to try getting the sand the way you want it and then using an alcohol/white glue mixture applied with a 3ml pipette. The alcohol allows the glue to sink down into the sand and then evaporates, then the glue dries and holds the sand. This is the same technique that model railroaders use on ground turf and track ballast, so if you need more information you should be able to look at model railroaders videos.
f2535 wow! That is a great process, thanks for sharing. We have some projects planned that will also have sand features, so I’ll keep this one in mind. Thanks again!
This came backup on my splash page. So I watched again. Something about this project, the lamp and detention block type builds that stand out from the pack. Maybe because I don’t lack all the tools to finish them like with others….that require the fidelity that cnc & laser offer to have a finish you desire. Short answer….even years later, episodes like this are still my favorite
The perfect little friend beside the bed. A resin or modge podge will hold the sand better than the wood glue.
Thanks Wayne! I didn't think of using either for that, great idea. Those would certainly allow for some "sculpting" so it doesn't look so flat. Thank you!
A thought just occurred to me, even this small unit could easily house a small motorcycle battery charger within and just look so good on a shelf in the garage/shed!
Petit message de France. J’adore tout ce que vous faite. Star Wars est mon univers depuis 50 ans. Pour me lancer dans un tel projet il me manque du temps et des connaissances en électronique. Continuez car c’est un plaisir de voir vos vidéos.
Merci beaucoup! Nous sommes ravis que vous appréciiez les épisodes. C'est toujours un plaisir de rencontrer d'autres fans de Star Wars du monde entier.
Probably the best video I've seen today.
Awesome! Thank you!
Couple Ideas for the lamps:
1. Alien Facehugger in a jar of solution (lit from bottom)
2. The tower that Ben Kenobi has to reach and hide from the storm troopers on when he turns off the tractor beam
How have I never found this channel before?
I don't know . . . but we are sure glad you are here now!
Wow. This Gonk droid was so much bigger in my imagination the whole time I was seeing it on instagram.
Right? Close up shots really can be deceiving. A full size build is on my punch list though, you can bet on that!
@The Smugglers Room for the sand to stick to the wood base mix up a squeeze bottle of elmers glue and water to thin it down and squirt the glue on and into the sand let dry and no sand will come off, most diorama builders especially in the train world use that to hold dirt, sand and ballast to a wood base.
The pvc part for the lamp is a slipfix usually used for repairing water lines.
Boom!!! Thank you for that! Appreciate it. I just randomly grab stuff and then realize later I forgot to look at what it was. Lol!!!
Ha ha, someone beat me to it. I knew what it was immediately when I saw it.
The actual name for the piece is a “flow span. ” it is made to help in tight spots. It extends and retracts if needed.
Love to buy one of these!!!
I think what diorama builders do is sprinkle the sand and then soak it with superglue, the sand absorbs it by capilarity and gets binded. Awesome take on the gonk! I like the idea of a smaller version
Ona! custom surfboards Valencia that would make sense. I wasn’t sure about how to apply the superglue evenly around the baseplate? It would take a large amount for this size wouldn’t it? Thanks for checking out the video, glad you liked it!
I've also thinned wood glue down with water to get everything to flow better. When done I coat with a clear matte spray paint. I've done this on many models.
@@idiotluggage That's one I had not heard of. Do you use a spray bottled to apply the thinned woodglue?
@@TheSmugglersRoom I usually just used a brush. I was working on a smaller scale. Miniature for table top games.
idiotluggage sweet, thanks.
This is Gonking awesome man. So glad I found this channel.
Luke Henley thank you!!! We are glad you found the channel too!
Kinda four years late, but this is a clever build; not only does it look great but you could easily install a real battery re-charge unit, I'm thinking maybe one or two wi-fi mb phone chargers could be fitted to the Gonk's topmost surface. Love this build!
Carlos.
Love it he is one of my favorite Droids you did a fantastic job
ThNk you
Mix the sand in a bowl with elmers. Spoon it on shape and drys like mortar. Then paint or weather. Been using that for years. Also makes great dirt. Just sub the sand for dirt.
Be sure to hook the neutral wire to the screwshell and then to the wider prong on a polarized plug. This ensures you don't get a shock as you unscrew the bulb.
Indeed I will. Thank you!!!
By now you have already figured out a way to hold the sand. Scale modeler use isopropyl alcohol first to help the next step; which is 1 part Mod Podge (Mat) and 3 parts water and a few drops of dish soap to break the surface tension. Spray the sand with the alcohol and then spray the sand with the mod podge mix. Should lock it in place. Just found your channel, been watching the figure case series now this one. 👍🏻
Man, I do not regret subscribing. This is fantastic.
We are so glad to hear that! Love that you are enjoying the content!
A very impressive build. I but your nephew will love it.
Jason York thank you! I bet he will too, and if not I’ll have no problem putting it in my bedroom . . . Though I’ll have to convince my wife to allow it 😜
Sandpaper!
Gonk Gonk !
Water down wood glue with water until consistency of milk and put in a spray bottle.
Prespray the sand with isopropanol alcohol, then spray with wood glue/water mixture and let it sink in and dry. This will bind suprisingly thick ammounts of sand.
You will need to mask off any areas where you do not want glue and remove masking as soon s you are done spraying
Awesome! Thanks so much!
For the sand use a 50-50 mix of white glue and water. You can put it into a spray bottle to apply once mixed. A lot of war gaming tables use this method.
Thanks for the tip!
You could mix sand in with watered down PVA glue or ModPodge and ‘painting’ it on.
Gonk Gonk Gonk.
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That was awesome.
Thank you!!!!
I’m so excited to see a Gonk droid project. This was amazing.
One thing I learned from model painters - mixing baking soda and kitty litter with superglue makes an indestructible rocklike sand that looks great after being dry brushed.
Thank you! Great idea! Appreciate you watching
We love greeblies too 🥰🥰 and GNK Droids ♥️
Whoohoo!!!
That is so freaking cool!
Thank You So Much!! We appreciate you watching and glad you liked it!
Love this build! May have to try one myself.
Thank you, we really hope you try one for yourself!
Amazing, I love it
I'm glad you like it
Awesome!!!!
Thank you! Cheers!
How do you not have more subscribers? This was awesome! I’ve been subbed for a long time but never saw this. Well done!
Thank you much!
@The Smugglers Room These projects are amazing! My wife asked what you do for a living that you are so familiar with all of these projects...electrical, mechanical, 3D printing/laser engraving plotting & design...skills are phenomenal. Really liked the latex use and removal to create the aged areas on droid.
Thank you very much Tim! I have worked in the Custom Audio Video industry for 20 years, so that helps with the electronics and electrical side of things. But honestly I learned at a young age how to use a multitude of tools thanks to my father. We always spent a TON of time in his shop making everything we could think of. As I got older I just kept going, picking up a new tools or techniques along the way. most importantly I made a LOT of mistakes and each one helped me learn a bit more. Sorry for the rant, thanks for watching!
great video my friend!
Thank you Eric!!!
For the sand, I've found a new method that I really like. For scale models, regular sand grain is too large in relation to the figures/details. It always looks wrong. Try picking out some earthy toned, non-sanded grout from your local hardware store. Apply to your landscape dry and then spray/mist water on top. Because it's grout it will be activated by the water and dry hard. May take several applications if you are building up thick layers.
Thanks for sharing!
Just saw some of these amazing droids at ama-con 2019. Amazing work guys.
Awesome!!!! Wish I could have been there and met you in person. Glad you enjoyed them!
Awesome work. You really have an eye for Star Wars Style.
age8prodxns thank you!
@@TheSmugglersRoom I wish you sold some of these panels, even simple ones for light switches for the home for those who want a touch of SW in their home. Any way you're truly talented.
Gluing sand: I made a faux fireplace once as a Christmas decoration, and I covered it with 'bricks'. Every brick was a piece of cardboard. I mixed white latex glue with some appropriately coloured paint and the sand, and the finished texture looked fantastic, and was very durable.
Oh that is a FANTASTIC idea! Thank you so much for sharing it!
This is by my favourite thing you made so far. It's awesome. You've definitely inspired me to make my own lamp. I would love to see you make more of these.
Even if your channel just focused solely on making these I would watch. The fact you make everything else is just the cherry on top of an already sweet sweet cake.
Thank you Alex!
I love greblies too ! The world becomes even more interesting when everything is a potential greblie.
Could not agree more!
Love this so much. I wish you were my uncle 😂😂😂 would love to sit in your workshop and watch the process. Awesome mate.
Thanks so much! Glad you enjoyed the build, and thank you for stopping by to check it out!
That is an awesome build!
Thank you very much
This is the type of channel I’ve always been searching for on UA-cam and finally found! Love the videos!
We can't tell you how much that means to us. Glad you found us, and welcome to the channel!
me to I love these types of vids..
ok I literally have everything for this hahaha
WHOOOHOOO!!!
Re applying sand, just spray it down with copious amounts of PVA glue mixed with water - that'll keep the look of the sand but also keep it firmly in place.
Perfect, thank you!
Really good job mate
Jack Midd thank you very much, glad you liked it!
@@TheSmugglersRoom well who doesn't like it, its is amazing and I love all things geek
Now after watching this I feel that they is people like me in the world! You really do make me feel good about myself
Jack Midd thank you! That’s great. Yes, the Geeks of the world unite! There are many like us, now get out there and build something!
I tend to go with 3-4 parts water to Weldbond, paint on base then add silica sand which you can spray or airbrush after. Depending on time, I sometimes clear coat with acrylic first.
Excellent vids. For the sand maybe a high grit sandpaper.
Its incredible you have so little subscribers..one of the best diy channels out there...superb work,as always !
Hi there! We are striving to increase our audience, and we believe we will get there. But I will say that we are over the moon excited . that viewers like you are here to watch our episodes. We do it for the love of building something out of nothing, and very glad you enjoy the videos!
nibblers are used in auto boy and furnace duct work also
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐As always: AWESOME WORK!
Thank you!!!
You can use a woodland scene glue and water mixture to spray over you're sand once you put it down and it becomes hard and will not move. You can also use regular Elmer's white glue mixed with water more glue than water. I think your channels pretty cool by the way just started watching can't wait to see what you do next good luck man.
Thank you very much for the recommendations on the glue, we really appreciate it. And thank you for watching! Welcome to the channel!
love this.. and cosplay Chris always uses sand to glue on the bottom of his custom collectables. check out his techniques. they are great! but im sure you have it figured out by now.. lol
I myself have added sand to my dioramas, what I do is I take Elmer's Glue and add sand to the Elmer's glue mix it up and then lie it out when it dries, it dries clear so the only thing you see is sand, if the sand looks too shiny use a matte Modge Podge on top of it.
I want to have an uncle like you too, please.
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Dude, I've just found my fav channel. What an awesome project!
Thank you! So glad you joined us!
Miniature builders sprinkle the sand on then spray watered down glue on it.
Jaime Drew thank you for that. I have other builds coming up and I’ll try that for sure!
Spray isopropyl alcohol on the sand first. The glue will then work it’s way through the sand.
Gonk
I'd love to see what you could do with storage containers. Basically make something for them as a way to store items in a scifi type of storage thingy.
Am I making any sense?
love the droid lamp
Please say "hi" to Bill .. he was right, great channel, thanks for sharing your creativity!
+Benjamin Müller if I ever get the chance in person I certainly will tell him. Thank you for watching and the support!
It may be more costly than sand and glue but the Citadel Texture Paints from Games Workshop pull off sandy textures well. You can get them in thick or thin textures. They’re intended for miniature bases so you’d need a lot of paint pots. Keep feeding us awesomeness!
darthweezy thanks you, that’s a great idea for sure!
A sand effect can be achieved by putting down pva then sieving beige tile grout over it. When it's dry give it a misting with water using a spray bottle
Someone else mentioned the tile grout too, its such a great idea, and with the PVA genius. Thank you very much! When we do the display cabinets we'll have need for this technique for sure!
This is amazing! Looks fantastic and your build process was really intriguing. Now I must go make one too! :)
Prop Rocks thank you! I’m glad you enjoyed it, and please tag us when you make yours, I would love to see it!!!
@@TheSmugglersRoom I will remember to tag when I do. I post most on Instagram so it will probably be there. Thanks again for the video!
Sandpaper used as sand covered ground
you probably already have a good answer to the sand problem, but a common method used on model railways is to mix PVA or latex glue 50/50 with water, in an atomiser, and spray it over the top of the sand (ballast on a model railway!)
Thank you! Appreciate the advice!
I want to make one now hahaha
Please do!
Hobby Lobby has spray paint with textures like sand, rock etc.
you should do something similar but with a Blutooth speaker adrieno(however ya spell it )board ) inside the droid and light combo, a mix of water n glue in a small spray bottle spray on the base n put small amounts of sand on then some more spray glue then a lil more sand .. if you get some discolor just spray some flat military tan pain on it with your paint gun
Light saber wall lights ...
Love the builds [ I like to make stuff sent me ]. I’ve noticed you use those nostalgic Edison bulbs a lot , I hope they’re led , because the incandescent versions throw so much heat. Could melt that thin plastic over time.
Hi there! Thank you for stopping by to check us out! Yes, the Edison bulbs are the LED flavor. They look great and last forever!
Dude I'm such a fan of your videos.
I wish I had the place to build those stuff too, it looks like real fun!
(Or... If you sold some of these too;;)
I tried using mustard for weathering on some armor pieces, but I wasn't a big fan of it turning out.
My suggestion is to just use a bit of petroleum jelly - aka Vaseline. Use a tooth pick or q-tip or something like that to apply it, then paint and let it dry After that you can just wipe it off.
For the sand it may be possible to put a thin layer of glass or hard plastic and put it over
That wouldn’t be a bad idea at all!
Adam Savages tested has a great video on creating landscape terrains. Their video uses snow but the same techniques can. Be applied.
Awesome Mario, thank you we'll definitely check that out!
You could apply sand and glue the way you did it and apply paint on top of this (spray some primer and then the color you want to have),
excellent!
For the sand, you could mix sand with a matt finish wood glue to make a paste.
Awesome channel!!
+Star Wars Replicas thank you so very much!!!
To do sand .. I mix regular school glue with water.. 2 parts glue.. 1 part water… first I put glue on a board just like you did.. let it dry then I put more sand on and spray it’s water glue mixture…let dry.. then add a little more for details.. .. I did a dio for pirate deadpool ship wreck on a smal island..
Thank you!
Wow. Good job. This is wicked. Check out Cosplay Chris' crashed tie fighter video for the sand if you haven't already. Might be worth a shot
J.S. Belanger thank you so much. I will check that out from Cosplay Chris for sure.
cool channel man
Thank you so much!
Ultra spray mod Podge will work best to seal the sand
Thank you!
you could use a silicone base then press the sand into it.
St. Michael Häxan fantastic idea!!! Thank you!
paint put a slightly thick layer then put the sand on like tou did it will bind better than the glue as you can spread it like you did for the lose sand
Great! Thank you!
I simulate sand and tatooine terra with liquid nails and a sponge with green scrubby.works and looks great. This is the way...
Watching this was amazing. Have you considered using a small speaker so it makes the gonk sound, making it an alarm clock too?
Thank you! That is an amazing idea, I had not thought of that. Now in absolutely have to build another one, maybe add an Echo Dot to it so that you can play music too! Thanks for the feedback and suggestion!
Would love to see a ghostbusters inspired nightlight
That is a great idea! We'll have to jump on that!
On my dioramas I’ve been using patio paver sand. You just put it where you want spray it with water and it dries hard as a rock.
Oh YEAH! Sweet, thank you for that, what a great idea!
I know I’m a year late, but you could try , if you use sand again, to mix sand with drywall filler.
Vallejo sand mud . Looks like sand and dries hard.
I used sand paper for a school diorama so you could try that next time
as for you Question on the nibbler, it's a aircraft tool used in metalworking.
I had no idea! Thank you for that!
@@TheSmugglersRoom thank you for the great build videos, i do have a request, you made a SW themed lamp, using a battery powered camping lamp, i have seen on reddit, that a bunch of people have done the same thing, but make it to were it holds Kyber crystals from SW Galaxy Edge, i would live to see you take and build on this
Ron Patterson great idea! We’ll certainly add that to our project list. Thanks!
Pva glue sand let dry, then a 50/50 pva and water mix in a spray bottle soak it down let dry
Thank you so much! We will certainly try that out!
Since the base is recessed you could have poured epoxy over it to lock it all in place.
Yeah, that would have been a great idea! Thank you!