making a Han solo in carbonite from Star wars using cheap and alternative methods and materials DIY

[@gavinmorgan8861]

I was watching that thinking I could do this until it came to the head 😂 superb sculpting skills on the head.

[@orelygarcia]

Working outside the box. Fantastic Art, Thumbs up.

[@sdmcustoms]

+OG Timbercraft thank you ,I enjoy making things like this and hope to improve as I go . Thank you for watching

[@Rockin_Ross]

Very impressive. I’d be stopped at the facial sculpting as I can’t do that. I’d do a mould of my own face and hand’s instead. Loved the wire frame and real clothes! You nailed this one brother!

[@sdmcustoms]

Thank you

[@Jedijim252]

Okay, I can get all the materials, except the little red pill that makes me a kick-ass artist!...Seriously, an awesome job on your project, buddy...it would be an awesome doorway into any game room, hobby space, man cave...I was already middle-aged when star wars came out and now I'm an ancient star wars fan...That is really unique...thanks for sharing it...Jim.

[@sdmcustoms]

+Jedijim252 thank you Jim ! You're too kind ,I had a lot of fun with it and learned a lot making it ,thank you for watching

[@MarkLindsayCNC]

Man! That's about 52000 kinds of awesome! Great job! I love the use of thinned wood glue as a "sizing" on the fabric. I really hadn't thought of using it that way.

[@sdmcustoms]

+Mark Lindsay thanks Mark. If you've seen my videos you'll see my work clothes are dirty. I wipe my hands on them lol so that's where that came from ,I knew I had to harden them and make them able to be painted ,this is the first time my wife didn't complain about glue on my clothes 😄 thank you for watching

[@lordvader3716]

I saw the title and was like "cool I'm going to make this" 2 minutes in to the video I realized no way could I pull this off. Great work, you are frickin stupid talented, I look forward to watching your other videos.

[@sdmcustoms]

Thank you

[@s00p3rman]

Awesome techniques man. I love the use of actual clothes, and using wax to mold the hands. I came on here because I want to make my own and this gives me tons of inspiration. Thanks!

[@sdmcustoms]

Thank you , thanks for watching let me know how it goes

[@roysekulich5763]

This is awesome... watching you create the hands then throw them into the trash was awesome... all in all great build

[@sdmcustoms]

+Roy Sekulich thanks ,sometimes things don't work out like you want ,but I think it worked out better

[@Shameling]

That would make an awesome front door. Great video.

[@sdmcustoms]

+Waylight Creations thank you. I'm moving house soon and plan to have it as my "geek" room/office door ,thank you for watching

[@DonnyDealer]

WOW! There are a couple things here that blew me away. Using the chicken wire to give it the 3D effect was brilliant. I feel like most people who would attempt a build like this would use styrofoam for convenience sake and just remove material as needed. Running the shoes through the bandsaw gave me some serious flashbacks to my highschool shop class lol. There are some very 'unconventional' methods here but I think the overall result you've achieved was fantastic. I think you stayed true to the original makers of these film props. A lot of them as I understand were made on the fly with limited materials and budgets. Well done sir!

[@sdmcustoms]

Thank you,it's so expensive any other way ,thank you for watching

[@p11_studios]

This is GENIUS! I absolutely died with laughter seeing you just slice the ends off those shoes. I’m half tempted to make one of myself

[@MichaelLawing]

Dude!!!!!!!! That came out so great! I love all the different methods you were able to employ. Awesome work!

[@sdmcustoms]

+Michael Lawing thanks micheal ,its amazing what you can do when your "frugal" and broke lol ,thanks for watching bro

[@richardtherrien4696]

Skill mate, pure skill.

[@sdmcustoms]

Thank you

[@andressalas4266]

Holy smokes! That's just badass! Great work! Like that you tried different materials to make it work and showed the whole process! Well done! Cheers!

[@sdmcustoms]

+Andres Salas thank you Andres ,it's not perfect but I'm happy with it and learned a lot ,thank you for watching

[@rachelaxton56]

I have watched a few of your videos, you are a artist, well done, so jealous

[@sdmcustoms]

+Rachel Axton thanks so much , thank you for watching

[@Barrysworkshop]

Words cannot describe how awesome this is. Very cool, Steve.

[@sdmcustoms]

+Barry's Workshop Thanks so much Barry ,it's not perfect and using materials to save money isn't always for the best but it's a good start for developing some of these ideas and maybe using them elseware and it was a lot of fun to make ,thanks for watching

[@AntCooke]

So cool. Really interesting to watch you work and the end result is brilliant.

[@sdmcustoms]

+Anthony's Reviews and How To's thank you ,this is one of my favorite builds. I figured how to do out each part myself and they all pretty much worked out and I'm happy with the results,thank you for watching

[@triplesevensix291]

Boss job man! take a bow! ;) Genius idea for the hands!!

[@sdmcustoms]

+TRIPLESEVENSIX thank you ,I was surprised how well it worked you could even see finger prints. Thanks for watching

[@droid_protocol_official]

Such an awesome idea to use clothes and glue! I love this!

[@sdmcustoms]

Thank you

[@emattsmith]

Sweet! I live on a budget and love to do projects like this with what I have. You gave me a lot of great ideas!

[@sdmcustoms]

Awesome! Thank you!

[@Formicula-Formiculum]

Amazing job, especially on the face!!!

[@WoodenCreationz]

Out of this world awesome man!!! Pretty sure you nailed it! You are very talented for sure!

[@sdmcustoms]

+WoodenCreationz thanks so much ,thanks for watching

[@crazethedave]

I've wanted to make one of these for so long now,you nailed it man bad ass

[@sdmcustoms]

+Dave's woodworks thanks Dave ,it's not perfect but that was more down to my attention to detail than cheap materials. I hope you make one ,it's a ton of fun ,thank you for watching

[@comeau1111]

Dude you are a CRAFTSMAN. Very nice job. (Your R2D2 was brilliant too!)

[@sdmcustoms]

+Chris comeau thank you,i appreciate that ,thank you for watching

[@theforcechannel7168]

The sculp of the face is great!

[@sdmcustoms]

+THE FORCE CHANNEL thank you, thanks for watching

[@robot1162a]

Impressive, most impressive- The force is strong with you. Really good build!!!!!!

[@sdmcustoms]

+ransand2001 thank you , thanks for watching

[@bouli3ka]

only watched two vids and I'm already a fan dude... keep 'em comin!

[@sdmcustoms]

+bouli3ka thank you ,that's great to hear ,thanks for watching

[@jedhaworkshop]

This is absolutely incredible! Mad skills mate well done!

[@sdmcustoms]

Thank you thanks for watching

[@propreplicatorproductions2431]

digging the way you did the hands! keep up the good work!!

[@sdmcustoms]

+AM_ Productions thank you ,it was the cheapest way I could get it done , thank you for watching

[@mike1096]

Hey man...that's awesome. I just recently made my own alternative version. I couldn't really afford the full casting of Han or the other cool stuff available out there so I just went with the cheapest alternative materials I could. My biggest cost was the head. Its a casting I bought from Nuked the Fridge FX a company out of Florida I found on ETSY.com for around 50 bucks.They did a great job and were very nice to me. They are also on Facebook. The head you did was great...I should have tried it before I bought mine. The hands were cast from my own hands from a kit I bought from Amazon. I'm a prime member and I highly recommend it. Free, two day shipping rocks! Anyway the two kits for the hands were about 12 bucks each. The body of Han himself was sculpted using ordinary drywall mud from Lowe's for around 10 bucks. I actually had this left over from a Knight I made for Bible school a few years ago using kinda the same method as you. chicken wire and two by fours. The Knight by the way represents the Armor of God from Ephesians 6:10-18 and now stands proudly at 7 1/2 ft tall in my son's room. Dry wall mud is pretty easy to manipulate using water and a paint brush. The bad thing is that it cracks as it dries. I got around that by filling the cracks with sand and reapplying. The platform Han is on is just a hollow door I found at a dumpster. Its very light which is good. Not counting a few cans of spray paint, thats about it. Oh wait! I didn't really concern myself with the side panels yet. I did however buy a roll of LEDs from Amazon for around 10 bucks that I used for a little flare. Pretty simple to wire up even for me and they give him a nice carbonite chamber glow. Accuracy was never the goal for me. The people who walk through my house will have no idea how inaccurate it is and it looks cool. I have not quite figured out the side panels but I just watched this guys video and was impressed. I'm all about the cheap. kzbin.info/www/bejne/q56ldmaKaLejeZY . The link below is a bunch of pics plus one of my son posing with his Knight in his room lol. Great video man. God bless. imgur.com/a/CZQsM

[@sdmcustoms]

+Mike Frye thank you,sorry it took me so long to reply I just found this in a spam like folder I didn't know I had ? I saw your pictures,it looks awesome ,well done,the guy that asked me to buid this bought one of them cast heads but when he backed out he took it with him,hes since tried to buy it off me but its mine now lol ,im going to hang mine as a door so I wont build the sides but it does look cool,thank you for your comment and thanks for watching

[@lamiallegerald3341]

This. Is. Awesome. You nailed it. Great work !!

[@sdmcustoms]

+Lamialle Gerald thank you ! Thanks for watching

[@GlassicGamer]

That makes one cool door excellent work on that project!

[@aircooled0801]

Unreal!!! Nicely done!

[@sdmcustoms]

+aircooled0801 thank you, thanks for watching

[@gearboxdesigns]

steve, this is so rad! you killed it, man!

[@sdmcustoms]

+Gearbox Designs thanks David ,as soon as I published it I saw things I missed lol. Isn't that always the way !? Thank you for watching

[@gearboxdesigns]

Dude, its ALWAYS the way! You couldn't have made a cooler project, super ambitious, and turned out A+

[@sdmcustoms]

+Gearbox Designs thanks David

[@youdollpete]

Brilliant. U R a multi talented guy. I'm subbed. Keep the videos coming.

[@sdmcustoms]

+youdollpete thank you ! Thanks for watching

[@rachelgerrits]

Dude, that is awesome, just plain awesome! Amazing skills! Impressive :)

[@sdmcustoms]

+rachel gerrits thank you so much ,thank you for watching

[@jammanW]

Dude! That is legit. Awesome job man!!!

[@sdmcustoms]

+jammanW thanks man, thanks man watching

[@alsmith1025]

DUDE! you have some awesome skills.

[@sdmcustoms]

+Al Smith thanks al,thanks for watching

[@Kremmen2001]

Nice one, looks great.

[@sdmcustoms]

+Paul Cowan thank you

[@HammerandNeil]

That turned out really nice.

[@sdmcustoms]

+Neil Makes It thanks Neil,thank you for watching

[@HammerandNeil]

+sdmcustom woodworking what are your plans for it? bedroom door?

[@sdmcustoms]

***** I'm moving house soon so I'm going to use it for my "geek" room/music room

[@HammerandNeil]

+sdmcustom woodworking ha-ha that will be awesome.

[@sdmcustoms]

+Neil Makes It thank you ,I used to collect movie ,horror and sci fi figures so I'll eventually make a display for that and show it in an update when its all done

[@josephbernal92]

Wow that's awesome man good job

[@sdmcustoms]

+Joseph Bernal thank you !,thanks for watching

[@bobbertbobby3975]

Nice job!!! The face turned out very very well. one small nitpick(ya know it had to happen) the hands at the wrists seem like they could be tapered more. like where the palms end there could be more of the wrist showing also maybe some more ripples on the flat of the door. and some ripples added to look like runny carbonite flowing down off of him. but that aside..still the most amazing DIY han solo ive seen. Standing Ovation!!!!!

[@sdmcustoms]

+Bobbert Bobby thank you,I appreciate any constructive criticism ,most people are just rude . Thank you for watching

[@thelyingscotsman7993]

Very well done,good video.

[@sdmcustoms]

Thank you

[@devolution1971]

Phenomenal work!

[@sdmcustoms]

Thank you

[@mikegager]

oh man that turned out sweet!

[@sdmcustoms]

+mike gager thanks Mike,thanks for watching

[@ERNIEausBERLIN]

good job :) looking really good

[@sdmcustoms]

Thank you

[@RedSmithWorkshop]

Totally awesome. Love it.

[@sdmcustoms]

+The Redsmith thank you ! And thanks for watching

[@tooljunkie555]

thats pretty bad ass dude.. i was like "AHH NOO!!" when u threw the hands out but the plaster hands turned out better ..all in all thats bad ass!!

[@sdmcustoms]

+Joe basementwoodworking thanks Joe. I wanted to show cheap isn't necessarily better,the plaster of Paris was actually cheaper but it's not as strong/long lasting as I wanted ,thanks for watching

[@tooljunkie555]

sdmcustom woodworking how long did it take in real time?

[@sdmcustoms]

I started it about 5 weeks ago but only work Sundays on it ,not including drying time etc I prob have about 30 hours in it ,4 or 5 hours on the face

[@EyadWood]

wonderful art work

[@sdmcustoms]

+DIY Channel thank you ,thank you for watching

[@garcj108]

thats awesome! nice job with the hands!...everything, but you recovered the hands pretty cool!

[@sdmcustoms]

+Libo thank you,thanks for watching

[@JoseGarcia-zi4zq]

This video is very cool very good idea

[@sdmcustoms]

Thank you

[@luzrivera7886]

Love this!

[@moyperezwoodshop1722]

Awesome just awesome !

[@sdmcustoms]

+Moy perez woodshop thank you moy,thanks for watching

[@TheLittleGardenShedWorkshop]

That's brilliant!!

[@sdmcustoms]

+The Little Garden Shed Workshop thanks Harry ,thank you for watching

[@crussell3447]

I've watched this so many times now, love it. I was wondering how many others have attempted this, do you have a material list?

[@hughscott5]

Awesome man!!! What can't you do!!

[@sdmcustoms]

+Hugh Scott Thanks Hugh ,there's a lot of things I did wrong with this one but learned a lot and had a ton of fun ,plus I now have a cool door 😁 ,thanks for watching

[@jamesgreen1714]

Nice job. 👍🏻

[@sdmcustoms]

Thank you

[@grampswoodtoys8089]

That's pretty cool

[@sdmcustoms]

+Gramps Wood Toys thank you ,thanks for watching

[@markballi4805]

amazing job.

[@sdmcustoms]

+Mark Balli thank you, thanks for watching

[@MrCros1970]

that's so cool brus, next one is Boba Fett hanging in the pit .. love it

[@sdmcustoms]

🤔 good idea 😎😁 thanks for watching

[@supershenron9162]

holy shit. I never thought of doing it that way. I did one as well but I used my works 3D printer to make a mold. but it took forever. I had to do it in 6 separate peices then conjoin them for one big mold, then I used epoxy resin to poor into the mold witch would taken forever to fully solidify had I not been able to use what is essentially a large low temp dry oven set at 125 degrees still took 3 days to fully dry as during the day I had to remove it so we could continue our normal work. I laid a few thin coats of primer on it through a spray gun. then essentially did exactly what you did to paint except the shoe polish. which was ABSOLUTELY genius on your part. I wish I'd have thought of that. would have saved so so so much time rather than using art paint to slowly shade in darker areas finishing It off with 2 coats of low gloss urethane. oh I almost forgot how long it took just to smooth down the places in which the mold joined together creating thin raised epoxy in 6 perfectly parallel lines without damaging the casted item. in total took me 2 1/2 weeks and slightly over 1200 bucks. even though it was a perfect recreation, I still wish I had done it your way prolly would've taken me 2-3 days BUT instead of 1200 bucks that looks like it wouldn't be more than 150 even if you had to buy a cheap door to do it. and though yours isn't 100% accurate it's close enough that most people wouldn't see the dif. and I bet yous is much much lighter than mine as it's about. 6'8" and 4" thick of epoxy. never weighed it but it's easily 200 pounds. yours can't be more than 40 pounds! so in honesty I find yours superior to mine because it's something anyone and everyone can do. where as mine is something that by chance I was lucky enough to have access to all the materials and a boss that was cool enough to let me use them I just had to buy the small materials. and he also loves stars wars like I do. truly you are of the finest frugal creative geniuses of our time. thank you for this. now I can cheaply make one for my nephew. he wants one so bad but he's so young that spending 1200 bucks for something he probably won't take care of like I do lol. a waste. one more time than you. you'll have made one very happy birthday nephew.

[@sdmcustoms]

+julian floyd thank you very much

[@supershenron9162]

sdmcustom woodworking absolutely. credit where credit is due

[@sdmcustoms]

+julian floyd i bet yours looks awesome,even though mine has many imperfections I really think that's down to my lack of attention to detail rather than the cheap materials, thanks again

[@supershenron9162]

sdmcustom woodworking mine is certainly very well made. but it lacks a certain aspect in which yours has in spades and that is the hands on pride, the mental attachment that comes from laboring to a goal. the trails you do for each part. doing things on the fly your hand making processes is a good example. trial and error which may piss you off as your doing it but when your done it creates that much more connection. where in nothing on mine is hand made except the paint job and the colors where created by a machine. anyone could use a 3D printer and poor some epoxy. but not everyone has the creative mind to look at something not for what it is but what I could be. so in essence you could compare it to home building. mine would be the cookie cutter design easily replicated time and time again. yours is the custom built home you designed it you made it happen and it's unique only to you not another like it on this planet. just like you or i as a human are unique, some may look similar act similar but that dosnt make them you. I'm a huge advocate for DIY and is something that sadly slowly and surely is leaving the world. even 50 years ago. my grandparents.if something broke you fixed it if you needed something done you did it yourself if you need something not readily available or possibly didn't exist. you built it. don't get me wrong I love technology. infact my job wouldn't exist without it and didn't exist 25 years ago. but.... there's a huge HUGE difference between technology helping you do something, and technology straight up doing it for you. and that line that thin line moves quickly day by day tword our tech doing everything for us. some things I'm fine with that. but it's gotten to a point where each generation faster and faster are becoming lazy complacent jaded spoiled by technology where the growing consensus is why should I have to do it if "insert random tech name here" can losing the physical and mental value, the pride behind knowing your able to do it yourself that when it comes down to it your able to be self sufficient. less and less people can say that. example being my youngest sister didn't even know how to change a tire until a few weeks ago when I had to show her. I guess what I'm getting at here is the original purpose of technology was to augment our skills not do it for us. technology is suppose to be helpful and to make our lives a little easier, wasn't meant to be a necessity that you can't live without. so when I see these videos like what you make and all the other DIY channels advocating the ability to do it yourself most of the time cheaper aswell. it gives me a little hope that maybe just maybe we won't loose our heritage we won't loose the drive and spirit that got us here. that we won't become a species in which is so hopelessly dependent on technology that we literally couldn't survive without it. thus I have deep respect for the people such as you showing the masses that most everything we have and own can be made easily and cheaply even cheaper than the store Amazon or anything like that

[@supershenron9162]

sdmcustom woodworking and so it's not just the fact that you made han solo in carbonite it's what it represents. the deep connection that the DIY people of the world have with everything they made but the pride In knowing that out of the 7 billion people on earth creating billions upon billions of things. all of your items that you made are completely unique people may make the same thing and even though they are all of the same idea each and every one is unique in its own right. i think or at least hope if you convinced someone to build or create something themselves they would understand the pride and joy of making something on your own putting blood sweat and tears into it. the feeling of accomplishment when finished and knowing there may be 1000's maybe hundreds of thousands like it. but again. yours is unique just as your fingerprints your heart mind and personality are truly unique. that's why I find your work of art vastly superior to my cookie cutter mold. if I had the money I could make 100 more exactly like it right down to the last wrinkle. but even if you built another one it wouldn't be the exact same. and to me that difference is what beauty, art and heart truly is. sorry all this has been so long and rant like. I guess I just wanted to tell you how great what you do on here is. and perhaps remind you of the unique beauty in each and everything we all create with our 2 hands. that's all.

[@Cactusworkshopchannel]

wowwwwww man! awesome job!!

[@sdmcustoms]

+Cactus! workshop thanks man!,thank you for watching

[@mjbohn]

Looks great

[@sdmcustoms]

+Michael Bohn thank you,thanks for watching

[@JAIME030163]

Gracias por el video

[@sdmcustoms]

+Jai Cuni thanks for watching

[@martinarnaud1266]

Great freakin work. What would you charge to make one

[@harrymedina7470]

WOW EXCELLENT ,,

[@sdmcustoms]

+Harry Medina thank you , thanks for watching

[@MrJfreire]

Great Man !!!

[@sdmcustoms]

Thank you

[@751408RWM]

authentic liquid carbonite used too! lol

[@sdmcustoms]

+Raymond Mitchell 😁 thanks for watching

[@silverbulletin1863]

amazing and well done , but unfair its not your first rodeo with clay

[@frd3fadi]

wow I don't know what to say. thank you

[@sdmcustoms]

+Mohammad Juma I hope that means you like it ,thank you for watching

[@frd3fadi]

+sdmcustom woodworking sure . It's amazing

[@sdmcustoms]

Thank you !

[@BCdesign1]

Awesome job!!you could have dipped your face in the wax 5times and filled it with plaster so the face was yours!!Really great work!!

[@sdmcustoms]

+BCdesign lol I tried that ....beard plus wax = no fun ! Thanks for watching

[@shoe2241]

great work !!! sorry your hands flopped. they really looked got at first.

[@sdmcustoms]

Thank you

[@jayholmes4147]

Your bad ass. Very nice

[@sdmcustoms]

+Jay Holmes thank you

[@alexmaakt]

Man, that is great. Do you use it as a door??

[@sdmcustoms]

Thank you ,yes it's made onto a door and I'll use it as a door ,thank you for watching

[@MacnWood]

Ummmm yea!!!........ Ummmmm crazy! Ummmmmm....... Lol! Just flat out awesome!!!! 👊👊

[@sdmcustoms]

+Mac n Wood ha thank you ,thanks for watching

[@Irwin-Aviation]

Interesting its kind of like paper mache. Nice end result.

[@sdmcustoms]

+Black Widow Woodworks thank you. Thanks for watching

[@sdmcustoms]

+Black Widow Woodworks thank you. Thanks for watching

[@BREN70S]

slick !

[@sdmcustoms]

+bren 70sss thank you

[@majidgnine1120]

👍👍

[@sdmcustoms]

+Majid Gnine thank you ,thanks for watching

[@khao106]

How much would you charge for something like this

[@AndrewSetters]

It doesn't seem fair that I can only like this once, when I like this more than some actual living human beings.

[@sdmcustoms]

+Andrew Setters that's funny ....and I know what you mean ! Lol ,thanks Andrew ,thank you for watching

[@jbro8934]

Oh! They've encased him in carbonite. He should be quite well protected. If he survived the freezing process that is.

[@rippera45]

How long did this build take?

[@sdmcustoms]

Most of it was done over a weekend

[@rippera45]

@@sdmcustoms Oh wow, nice. I'm thinking of trying my hand at it.

[@sdmcustoms]

Awesome lmk how it turns out

[@sdmcustoms]

There's alot of drying time glue/paint etc

[@RobHowdleMusic29]

That’s amazing I want one now hahahahaha

[@sdmcustoms]

Thank you

[@woodworks3585]

Mate This is stunning work, Great clay work on his face, You put a lot of time into this and it shows by the end result. Outstanding work. You did Harrison proud. Thank you for sharing. A must Google + share.............

[@sdmcustoms]

+WoodCrafts 67 Terry Thomas WoodCrafts awesome thank you ,I'm kicking myself for not buying a better clay and he kinda looked like Steve Martin to me for awhile lol thank you for watching

[@swib6993]

Omg

[@sdmcustoms]

+satrio wibowo hope that means you like it ? Thank you for watching

[@swib6993]

+sdmcustom woodworking of course!! Sick! U forgot to write down the most important thing.. Need talent

[@sdmcustoms]

+satrio wibowo thank you !

[@nathancoffman3025]

Make.Me.One.

[@deanw1968]

3:28 Liquid Carbonite LOL

[@sdmcustoms]

I think you're the first to notice/mention it 😁 thanks for watching

[@ВячеславСтепанов-й4с]

КЛАСС!!!

[@mike-vg6hl]

I guess for artist like you extraterrestrial didn't attacked us yet, Still they are learning.... like us.

[@onyxwar2758]

Lucasfilm called, they want their display back.

[@sdmcustoms]

😂 thank you