Unpainted Droids ... Are they Prototypes ???

apparantly theres a way you can tell if a dsd has coloured plastic limbs by looking at some sculpting detail. i read this on fb comment. i reckon he was joking! was he?

poncho wrote:apparantly theres a way you can tell if a dsd has coloured plastic limbs by looking at some sculpting detail. i read this on fb comment. i reckon he was joking! was he?

I've never heard that before. Maybe James might know?

poncho wrote:apparantly theres a way you can tell if a dsd has coloured plastic limbs by looking at some sculpting detail. i read this on fb comment. i reckon he was joking! was he?

oh no if that's true I feel a new addiction coming on strong ... I mean "focus"

Commander Clint wrote:

poncho wrote:apparantly theres a way you can tell if a dsd has coloured plastic limbs by looking at some sculpting detail. i read this on fb comment. i reckon he was joking! was he?

I've never heard that before.  Maybe James might know?

smells like bull shit to me

these just arrived ..

a huge thank you to James for pointing me towards the black and green death star droid

I feel a new collection coming as there isn't enough death star droid variants out there and he is one of my favorites
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Very cool Bill - glad I was able to help

I hope you didn't buy the plain one from the same guy - I had one I was going to send you for free

lol yeah I did . whatever it was 8 bucks no biggie dude

That black and green DSD is a real beauty Bill, great pick up mate

thanks Andy , im pretty psyched

Bill, the green is pretty cool. I hope you got them cheap and not over paid?

Here's a link to the auction ...

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Can you do a screen shot of it and add it to the thread Clint ?

I don't know how


I think the seller actually deserves some kudos for honestly describing what it is and selling it for a fairly reasonable price

Hopefully our article has educated at least a couple collectors

Commander Clint wrote:Bill, the green is pretty cool.  I hope you got them cheap and not over paid?

I paid 20 for the black and green one . he has another for sale for 45$ which is way too much .

maybe 20 was too much but I didn't care and feel it was worth it as from what I was gathering the more common is the plain beige . next up a red one !!! i'll be searching .

on a side note its funny how this hobby is bbecause i'm sitting here thinking how cool it would be if I could strip one of every figure to find killer colors and start a new collection ...

nah foreign variants are pricey enough

FOCUS BILL FOCUS DAMMIT

Done & done

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I really have to start taking better pics

From the pics you posted of your Horror posters Bill I can tell your smart phone actually takes pretty good photos

There are 2 very basic things you can do to improve the pics of your figures .

Use a solid color background (grey like we use if you can get it) and place your figures at least 6 inches or so away from the background when photographing them .

This will allow your camera to focus only on the figures - the way you have other stuff in the back ground makes your camera fight itself to decide what to focus on and results in slightly blurry pics .

Its amazing how much detail can be brought out with photoshop (change lighting etc) but the one thing it can't do is make a out of focus figure sharper .

Try a solid color background and you'll be surprised at the improvement

I will thanks

Oooh just snagged a nice coloured 3p0! I'll post it up here when in hand

poncho wrote:Oooh just snagged a nice coloured 3p0! I'll post it up here when in hand

Looking forward to seeing it. Any hints, as to it's colour?

i apologise if i have skipped a thread or even asked before but would one use to dechrome? paint thinner/turpentine bath?

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Commander Clint wrote:

poncho wrote:Oooh just snagged a nice coloured 3p0! I'll post it up here when in hand

Looking forward to seeing it.  Any hints, as to it's colour?

not as funky as i thought but still really interesting to see the different colored plastics used

one is a removable limbs 1982 which is a mixture of brown, burgundy and bronze/copper.
one is a fixed limb 1977

* only knackered droids were used where i could see colour coming through easily through the chrome from wear and tear of play. its really hard to spot potential different colored limbs

Love em dude

Fantastic additions Chris

I do enjoy seeing the variety of coloured plastics used for the chromed figures.