May 12, 2001
This is what the back of the chair looks like with
the pillow on.
Just add a small amount of Super Sculpey and smooth
out all the joints. |
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May 12, 2001
Once everything is smooth, using your tools, make
an indentation to simulate the pillow resting on the
chair.
You can even add little pleats in the corners where
the material would fold. |
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May 12, 2001
Now repeat the same thing for the front. Round ouff
the pillows corners and add small pleats details making
sure to keep the Sculpey smooth. |
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May 12, 2001
And our chair is ready to be molded. How else would
it be possible to find it's way to Niubniub's trading
post ? - hee hee.
Looks like not only Jedi's find this chair comfy
:) |
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May 12, 2001
The chair as it looks once painted. Now all we need
is to start customising our Jedis.
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May 13, 2001
Time for Style "B"
This one is a bit harder because of the metal pipes
used in the real one.
Start off with a snake of Super Sculpey. Hey what's
a Stormtrooper doing sitting in that chair? - LOL |
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May 13, 2001
This is the shape we must make with the snake. It
will become the pillow of the chair's back. |
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May 13, 2001
Place the pillow on a thin layer of Sculpey and bake.
This will be our basis for all the other measurements.
So it's best it is hardened as we will be playing
around with it. |
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May 13, 2001
Using the baked chair back, cut out a flat rectangle
shape. This is the base of the chair.
Measure 1 snakes width to each side of the back for
exact base size. |
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May 13, 2001
Now take another piece of snake and wrap it around
the base.
This will be where the chair's back rests and will
also help reinforce the chair when I cut out the hole
in the sitting pillow. |
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May 13, 2001
Now we are ready to put the chair's back inbetween
the base's snakes. Stick in in a bit to keep in in
place. I cut out a hole in the center so the figure
will fit inside. |
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May 13, 2001
This next step is tricky. We must make the side pipes
as straight as possible. So I got the idea to make
a slit in the Sculpey with my exacto blade and inserted
a toothpick.
Re-seal the slit and smooth out the snake.
The toothpicks will prevent the snake from drooping
out of shape during baking. |
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May 13, 2001
Place the snakes on the sides and blend with the
front snakes of the base. The snakes go around the
back as a support. There is a little area where it
goes up before turning the corner. |
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May 13, 2001
Here is what the side snakes look like from the front. |
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May 13, 2001
Here we are behind the chair. We can now clearly
see how the snake pieces join at the top to create
a support for the chair.
If this isn't perfect at this point, that's ok. We
will be perfecting all the snakes after we bake the
chair and harden it. |
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