Farscape DRD
NEWS!!! April 2011 will see the arrival of the newly remastered DRD KIT and a fully detailed DRD build-up tutorial!!! The tutorial will detail the trimming, cleanining, painting, assembly, eye stalk articulation, weathering and as a bonus it will include instructions for electronics assembly and installation. Check back soon!!!!
FARSCAPE, in my opinion, is one of sci-fi channel's GREATEST ACHIEVEMENTS.
What a wonderfully creative show and what awesome eyecandy! Gotta love the Henson Creature shop! In the show, the DRD robots are maintenance/repair droids and serve, often-times, as comic relief. This is a LIFESIZE recreation of these whimsical robots!
When I made this DRD, I installed LEDSs in the eyestalks and hid the on/off switch in the open panel 'guts'.
The DRD kit is made of:
- The body shell (hollow cast fiberglass and resin) The cavity is large enough to accommodate an RC car or truck
- 2 eye stalks (ribbed plastic)
- 2 eyes
- 2 clear lenses
- Claw (2 parts)
- claw stalk (ribbed plastic)
- wires and extra material to create the electronic innards.
Because there are wire armatures in the eyestalks, and the claw/grasper,
they can be posed in any configuration. Up/Down/sideways, any which way you want and they will hold the pose. There is also enough interior space to install a radio controlled car or truck to automate the DRD via remote control.
