Steel Feet - All painted up! Finally!!

I have had my steel feet for awhile, but have never got around to painting them. Now that I have an ETA for my aluminum legs, I figure I need to get busy on getting the final touches done to attach everything properly once they arrive. For some reason, the feet were a pain in the ass for me to paint. I had to re-sand and re-paint 3 times to get these things nearly perfect. There isn't much else to say about them, but now that they are done. I need to get to painting the aluminum ankles and order the hardware to attach the ankles to the feet. I also got the horseshoes painted, but at the moment have no photos of them. I will soon......promise!

Update!

Been awhile since I have posted, I believe sometime in April!! A lot has changed in that time! I got engaged in May, and have started taking flying lessons!! A lot of R2 events have happened since April as well, we did Maker's Faire and Planet Comicon. However, I want to show some pictures of what we have now. Here is the outer feet, center foot, and outer ankles. I also have the center ankle but its not pictured.

Here is some photos from our spot on Fox 4 News.

Here is my aluminum horseshoes that now have a coat of primer on them. It'll probably be another few weeks before they receive paint.

What's next?!

Currently, I still have a few parts on order that I am hoping will arrive soon and am patiently waiting for some aluminum legs to become available. Once that happens, R2 will be standing on his own two feet....while awaiting the 3rd. At this point, I am starting to get a sense of "getting there" and it's been a long way coming! R2, with some luck, will be done this fall/winter and then we can focus on getting Kristen's droid done! Her droid will not take nearly as long as she is not doing full aluminum. As soon as some more parts arrive, i'll get a new update going. Oh, and as a side note....paint has been purchased for 'weathering'!

Ray Park!

Ray Park, otherwise known as Darth Maul, was a guest at Planet Comicon. He is without a doubt, one of the nicest individuals you'll ever meet. In fact, he talked to me for a good 15 minutes about my droid, and the best part of all.........he offered to sign it for no cost! He even let me take photos with him. I am truly grateful that he became the first (and only so far!) person to sign my droid!! Here is a photo!!

Planet Comicon - Kansas City.

If you want to deal with a headache, come to Planet Comicon. It won't matter if you're dealing with the promotors or the crowds, you'll get a headache. First of all, I have never seen a promoter so disorganized that he doesn't get back to you UNTIL the week of. I have also never met someone who really only cared about the dollar signs, but this promoter fits the bill perfectly. Lets cram as many people into as small of a space as we can was the motto for the weekend. Nonetheless, it was still a good time and a large number of people got to see the droids. Here's a few snapshots from it. I did meet a new builder, so that was exciting!

New Parts!

Of course I have acquired some new parts as well! New to me include... -aluminum ankles -aluminum horseshoes and shims -aluminum ankle locks!

Wizard World - St. Louis.

Wizard World - St. Louis happened on the weekend of March 22-24. St. Louis is about a 4 hour drive from my house to there, so we said "LET'S BRING THE DROIDS!". Myself, and several members of the Kansas City R2 Builders (www.kcr2.com) make the trek to St. Louis to be in the con and it was well worth it. Not only did we have a great time, we also met many members of the St. Louis R2 builders group. Here are some photos from St. Louis.