![]() ![]() Starting with a standard Frigidaire fridge, Tested contributor Frank Ippolito took to the task of replicating Han Solo’s carbonite-induced expression and stature by sourcing replicas from the franchise’s official prop community. But what about an entire refrigerator dedicated to Solo’s forced hibernation? Well, just last week, a YouTube channel by the name of Tested - with which Adam Savage, Norman Chan, and Simone Giertz are affiliated - published a video explaining how they accomplished this very feat and the finished product is astounding. Though Solo eventually found a way out of his (supposed) permanent encasing, fans of the series have long collected figurines, trading cards, and even dog toys dedicated to the classic scene. Next time, I'll have to use a layer of coating first.Star Wars Han Solo in Carbonite Refrigerator!Of the iconic moments native to the Star Wars movie franchise, few remain as well-known as Han Solo’s fateful union with a batch of carbonite. It was the first time I was using the Panel Line painting from Tamiya. This is the final model with a mid silver gray Tamiya paint plus a panel line black. But to be honest, after the metallic grey paint layer, I don't even think sanding will be needed, especially at this scale. ![]() As you can see, the layers are visible, but a little bit of sanding will easily remove them, especially after using some primer. It is not visible in the photo because of its size, but you can see the Philips screw heads on the corner □ This Form2 printer just kills me □Ī closeup on the side of the print. Not a big deal, it was just for the photo □ As you can see, the main one bearly fit the printing maximum volume.Īnd this is the result of a quick grey primer color pass. Here is a screenshot of the models in Preform. Orientation and preparation are important as you don't want to have them in the visible part of the model. Of course, all the supports will be removed. This is "Han Solo in the Liquid Resin" □ Before the IPA Alcohol bath to clean all the remaining resin. The quality is pretty good even if I divided to go with the mid-resolution (50 microns). The 3D print has been a success, no issue. Perhaps I should have increased the contrast in the details, especially the carbonite part. Let's hope that the 3D print will be enough details. It won't be visible in the 3D print, but well. Don't ask me why I totally screw up the nails. In the movie, this part just goes more out of the main shape, not as inside as it is in my screenshot. I think the model at the exhibition is a replica of the movie, not the original as the control are different. Having a lot of photos was something great as finding good reference in high quality on Internet was almost impossible. However, I had to look a lot at my references photos for rebuilding broken parts like hands and face. You have the good proportions, the good location for the details, it avoids you a lot of mistakes and try and errors. Using this texture projection doesn't do everything by far, but it is very helpful as it elps respecting the original model. Then came the long process of recreating the different forms, refining some parts and adding or rebuilding all the fine details. You can see that on the right hand, under the fingers (in the circle). It was enough to help me projecting some details grabbed from the texture (from left to right, below).Īs you can see, this technique is very convinient to do a quick edit, but it has its negative side, like displacing the shadows which are very strong on the texture. The main shapes are here, but on really fine details that I'll have to resculpt everything.Īs soon as I imported the scan in ZBrush, I started the cleaning process, by reprojecting the details on a DynaMesh version, the using ZRemesher to quickly create a retopology, creating the UVs with UVMaster and finally reprojecting the color through Photoscan. It looks nice, thanks to the display of the texture (which was for me the real big help).Īnd the scan in ZBrush, before cleaning. The goal is to do a 1/12 scale one (190mm)īellow is the original scan in PhotoScan. Scan 3DĪs always, scanned through photogrammetry, then sculpted with ZBrush. This model is based from a quick scan made during the Star Wars identities exhibition in Paris (like the ISD Avenger), then I re-sculpted most of it and I'll 3D Print it, then doing some painting and probably a background/environment. It's been a while that I wanted to have something like that. This is another Star Wars project: Han Solo in the Carbonite, from The Return of the Jedi. ![]()
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