Hi from a new member! I made this DIY Deathstar using Photoshop images from NiubNiubuniverse's site. He's done a great job at creating the templates from which I was able to custom build this setup.

I used CorelDraw (a graphics application) to pull the various wall and floor images together. These were then printed on sheets of A3 sticky paper which I could then fix to the foam board. I have the PDF file still if anyone fancies having a go too.

Here's a link to my personal gallery with a handful of pics:

http://www.starwarscollectorscantina.com/gallery/Personal-album-of-markymark70/dsc-01-pic_41.htm


Cheers, Mark

That's excellent Mark. Really good detail.

wow that looks well cool buddy, well made mate, like it

Mark now I've seen a close-up it looks wicked dude! Good work!

That death star looks sweet, wish I had more room to dispay figures in that way.

Cheers Tigerham and Gorneesh!

The beauty of the design is... that it's all collapsible. Basically the cross is a slotted top/bottom design so that two main halves slot into each other. The half circular 'lift' columns are made from a cut-up TV cable tidy system (With blanking pieces at the tops). These are then fixed by Velcro to the main panels. All the little wall panels that you can see proud of the design are also Velcro fixed. The upper floor simply slides through a slot.

I built an earlier prototype to try it out - but then decided to go the whole hog with the 'lift' tubes and wall panels. I wanted to keep it looking a bit like a 'vintage' toy, rather than a realistic representation.

The PDF artwork is about 8.6mb if anyone would like a copy.

Cheers

Nice work Mark that looks really good

i likey mate very nice work! i dont know about a copy of the artwork mate but you can make me one if you like

Cheers Vaders Child and Jim Body...

Glad you like it... Honestly, it's not too difficult to put together - If I built another one my wife might divorce me lol. Mind you - I'm just pulling some artwork together to build a Tatooine set - using scans from the Cantina set, the Sarlacc game and others... Should be fun to display a Landspeeder and my mini-rig Skiff. Once I've put something together, I'll post it up

Dude, get cracking on that tatooine dio'. Can't wait to see it!

Sorry buddy no idea not really my thing....... More than likely one of the fellas will know

What scans of the cantina will you be using Marky mark?

sound good mate! hurry up i want to see

Cheers Jim! I've just posted two teaser pictures in my gallery - Bespin City and Jawa's Land Crawler

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Waiting for some A3 sticker paper now and 5mm foamboard before I can start construction : )

Wow dude! They look cool!

Thats awesome work mate!