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Kevin Chen as R2-D2

Morgan19

By Morgan19
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"Kevin Chen, rookie cosplayer and avid droid fan, is about to ride the subway to his very first Star Wars convention in his homemade R2-D2 costume!"

Click here to view the full Flickr gallery: Kevin Chen as R2-D2

Theme: Star Wars

Character: R2-D2

Costume Cost: $0

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(Each image clicks through to its Flickr page.)

The goal here was to not go overboard with an overly-customized-looking final product. I wanted to make a cosplayer who seemed like he could actually be released as a figure in a LEGO set, so I decided to not use any non-LEGO materials for the costume. Although the final product looks simple, Kevin's costume was deceptively tricky to make! If you flip over standard R2 head and torso pieces, you'll see there's a quite a bit of internal strucuture to them-- all that needed to get removed while still keeping the pieces stable.

I began by carefully hollowing out R2's head and body pieces with various tools including an xacto knife and electric drill (I would've used a dremel if I had one). Leaving the bare studs on top of the droid body looked too unfinished, so I cut them off and drilled a perfect hole for the minifig's head to fit into. The short minfig legs fit perfectly into the bottom of the torso once all the inner structures had been trimmed out. Because the holes in the side of the droid body are too large for a minifig's arm pegs, I trimmed a toothpick down to the right size and attached both arms to it so they're connected to one another, allowing them to remain snugly attached to the body while still maintaining their full range of movement.

The vignette itself is meant to be a subway platform, which was very loosely modeled after pictures I found of Tokyo's subway stations. Apart from Kevin, the only physically modified parts in the vignette are the rat (painted black) and one of the silver grill pieces (cut in half).

All told, the actual costume was developed and refined over a little more than a week while the vignette was completed the following week. Because I used only official LEGO pieces and stickers for the costume, the total outside cost was $0. :grin:

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Great entry Morgan, I simply love it! :wub: The custom R2-D2 might be simple but it looks amazing at the same time! And the vignette elevates the whole entry a hundred times better. Good luck! (though I don't think you'll need it).:wink:

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Brilliant! I like the way you have assembled the parts altogether to show the spirit of cosplay. Well done. It certainly looks very real to what a real cosplayer will probably do when he is dressing up like R2-D2. :thumbup:

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Thanks again to everyone, voters and otherwise; it really does mean a lot to me that R2's been received so well. I've really enjoyed reading all the positive comments and am glad he makes people laugh. :classic:

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