Sorry it’s been a while since I last posted anything. But like I said on my last post, I wanted to at least attend DroidCon before I even started on anything new with R2. Also to be honest I was a little bit burned out on all thing R2. But strangely enough immersing myself in all things droid for a full weekend at Droidcon really got me wanting to start up again.
Droidcon is a four day (Thus.-Sun.)get together for the R2 builders club. So far it has been held every two years in Indianapolis. The one I attended was the fourth one. Unfortunately I wasn’t able to get enough time off work so I was only able to be there on Sat. and Sun.
It was held in a couple of conference rooms at Holiday Inn. From what I hear, about 100-150 people attended over the entire weekend. Also in attendance was about 30 droids.
Your “standard” R2 lots of these guys of course
This is an R5 droid, R5-D5 to be exact, you can see his “bad motivator” on the top of his head.
Not so “standard” R2
BatDroid? Although a belt, especially a utility belt, raises some interesting questions
Various R2’s in many colors and stages of completion.
A BB-8 under construction. There were two or three of these guys there.
Including one that moved about, although I didn’t get a chance to get a video of him rolling around.
And an 8 bit/Minecraft version. The kid riding him, built it.
A battle droid even showed up.
I really loved this blueprint
Group Shot.
Some of the lady members of the group
And just the droids themselves, plus one very excited Jawa.
Little bit of history of the club.
I had a really good time. I got a lot of good tips and some ideas about my R2. I can’t wait to go back in two years. However the next big gathering will actually be at Celebration VIII in Orlando next year. It is still undecided if I will make to that one or not.
I have actually started working again. and have completed the basic frame and have started to work on the outer “wrap” that goes around the frame called the skin. Hopefully I will have that post up VERY soon.
Saeywhat 