Thursday, May 5, 2011

R2-D2 Sculpture

Name of Model: Star Wars Lego Artoo-Detoo R2-D2
Created by: SPARKART!
Found at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/36161867@N08/sets/72157626425806979/
Details: It's Star Wars day again (May the Fourth be with you! Yadda yadda yadda...), so here is a sculpture of R2-D2 on a classy black stand. I'm not really sure what the scale is on this sculpture (it's a bit large for most of the popular ones), but the details come across very well. Perhaps the scale was chosen so that the markings on R2-D2 would be close to full stud widths. The signature angled posture is captured here beautifully, but he can be stood up as well. It's not easy to use this many small slopes to make something appear this round - although steam engine builders have mastered the technique at a smaller scale, the effect doesn't tend to come out as smoothly there.

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