I have worked with many of you over the past 2 1/2 years at various events and conventions in South Carolina and just wanted to stop by and say hello and thank you! Especially many thanks to CO Jason Boyd for always including me in invites as a guest of the 501st Carolina Garrison! When I first built my R2 I had no idea what I was going to do with it and where.... then I walked right into some 501st guys at Captain's Comic Expo a few years ago! What a thrill!
For now, as some of you know I am limited by transportation logistics so I am only able to do local area (Charleston Tri-County Area) events and only on the weekends. I hope this status will change in the near future and I will be able to attend more regional conventions and events!
I am in the middle of a lot of upgrades and a new all metal (aluminum and steel) R2 unit that will hold up better to physical stress although my first build (wood, styrene and resin) has been holding up pretty well considering. That build now sports a nifty new all aluminum dome with fiber optic lights and periscope which some of you saw at the latest Captain's Comic Expo!
Latest update is my steel foot shells are shipping next week and that is one of the more vulnerable areas on a droid.
I look forward to seeing all of you at area events and Star Wars Reads Day!
May the Force Be With You and long live the Empire!
here is the status of the aluminum build (and that is a full fiberglass build in the back that might one day be finished...
There is a guy by the name of Bryan Reniker that is just finishing up his full aluminum R2 that lives in Mooresville, NC. He goes by Rhyno45 at the R2 Builder's Club. He is a really great guy, very funny and very helpful. You will see him and his droid around a lot. He appeared with me with his half finished droid this past November at Atomacon in North Charleston and helped me out at the Van's shoes promotion that I attended with Jerry... and I have asked him to start attending events that I cannot get to like Xcon in Myrtle Beach ... He will be at Celebration Anaheim in the droid builder's room. there are two other builders in the Charlotte area with droids in various stages of progress so it won't be long and NC and SC will be better covered! One of the Charlotte area guy's name is Mike Cummings and goes by Pakrat77 at the R2 Builders website. Not sure how far along his droid is though.
