Pod 042: Made mostly from pvc, cardboard, and wire for the arms. Rushed to finish him for LBCE so some fixes are needed mostly in the arms. The acrylic rod used flexes and my stand is not perfect so he leans a little but I'm overall pleased with how it turned out!
How I made him under the cut.
First, I started with a PVC skeleton which I added onto with cardboard. The main piece is a 4 connector, onto which I built the skeleton as an upside down T shape.
Center connector. This will be where Pod 042 attaches to the pole of the stand.
I covered the 4 sides with cardboard, cutting holes for where the arms and pole would attach.
(upper arm piece with the wood dowel screwed onto the pvc perpendicular.)
The arms attach to the body via pvc, but the arms themselves are wood dowel with wire forming the lower part of the arms.
(The arm together, with the wire drilled into the wood and covered with some ribbed plastic tubing I had. The piece on the top of the back is what keeps the wire held on.)
(Making the foam cover for the center)
I decided how much I wanted it to stick out and wrap around the middle piece, the folded it in half and cut out the shape of how it looks from the side.
I then taped it in place temporarily, folded over the front of it and marked that. Before you cut and glue, remember that a hole has to be cut so it can be attached to its stand.
Pieces on the shoulders are made with various sizes of cardboard tubes and foam, held in place raised from the main pole with foam spacers.
The small arms are attached with floral wire and were made out of spare bits of dowel and pvc, details added with cardboard and foam.
Completed construction of Pod 042. The fingers were made with 2 pieces of foam with wire in between to give them shape.
(Pod 042 with a coat of primer)
The stand was an experiment, it ended up being more difficult than we thought. I used a half inch clear acrylic rod, with a pvc stand. The stand uses another connector, it the top middle drilled out for the pole, which is screwed in. This was our first time working with acrylic. It was difficult to get the screw in straight at the bottom of the pole, even with a drill with a level light. This is probably the main contributor to the lean. The legs have foam board on the end of the feet to level it as the screw in the bottom is not flat. Currently he stands pretty well after a bit of trial and error, but still leans a bit.
(First attempts at the stand. Blind drill, no leveling on the feet, experimented with leg length. Pod 042 pretty unstable, really only stands ok facing one way. )
(Current attempt. Switched ends and drilled with a level light. First part of legs glued, second part which is removable has the feet with foam board to level them. Stands much better, much more stable.)
