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MICKE ASKERNÄS / THE BUILD JOURNAL

One part at a time.

Droids, props & the work that brings them to life.

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October 2015

5 entries

BB-8 progress

Time for another update on my BB-8! Things have been going well, and this week I printed the last pieces for the body: In all, that makes quite a large sta

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BB8 Dome nearing completion

I hurried putting my dome for BB-8 together for the Sci Fi convention in mid September. This included doing a quick (and not nearly good enough) paint job

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R2 gets a mini-me!

During the sci-fi convention in September, I visited the booth where they do a full body 3D scan of you, then print it out on a laser sintering 3D printer

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