Building Astromech droids. T3-M4. R6. R2-D2. GNK Gonk Droid Star Wars Droid Special. Podpadstudios.

[@geminidream4347]

They are absolutely amazing! I wished I was smart enough to build one.

[@radagastaddams3703]

Zoe is gorgeous..such a breathtaking metallic blue. wonderful droids. it's the love & passion you have that brings them to life. awesome 💖

[@PodpadStudios]

💖💖💖💖dream team droid. 💖💖💖💖

[@Wilhuf1]

Excellent vid. I cannot overstate how much of a revelation it was to realize that GNK was actually the main character in Star Wars and everyone else were just supporting roles.

[@PodpadStudios]

Mrs Breaker "GNKs Rule, OK" Everyone else; "Don't disagree with her, or she'll break stuff..."

[@oogityboogity6644]

You guys make some truly awesome stuff and these droids are some of the coolest I’ve seen I’m working on a 1:1 gonk right now great vid to watch while I do this

[@PodpadStudios]

Thanks for you're comment, Mrs Bs GNK droid is now planted with Primulas... She says your will be "way posher" than hers which was a "slap together" ... Because you made comment if you are subscribed (with subs setting set to public) we will enter you in competition to win an owl 🦉 kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z56qZ516jaappLM

[@ZiddersRooFurry]

Must...hug...Zoe.

[@BoaFilmsPlc]

Be careful what you wish for Mrs Breaker! lol

[@PodpadStudios]

Mrs M : "She's out of control that droid ...." ....

[@dad2-d244]

Just discovered your video a couple of weeks ago. Truly amazing work. Especially, Zoe. I'm an R2 builder myself but your droid is truly special. Love how she is "skinless". Love the color. Love all of the unorthodox gadgets she has. Truly great work.

[@PodpadStudios]

Thanks for the comments - Master Breakers head is way to big to even fit in the workshop now ... And Zoe is boasting to all the other droids! - if you have pics of your droid share them to our Face book page 😄 We have done a video just about how Master Maker made Zoe :- kzbin.info/www/bejne/iWrbi3iIiK2KY6M

[@dad2-d244]

@@PodpadStudios wow, thx for forwarding the build video for Zoe. So impressive!! She looks metallic so i was surprised to see her made of wood. Great paint job!! Here’s my R2. He’s all aluminum and steel with just a few smaller parts internally that are either 3D printed/wood/resin. I built him in 9 months right when Covid became a pandemic. I was stuck at home for a long time and glad I had something to do!! Here’s a quick little video strolling around in my driveway. He has lots of gadgets now including a saw, fire extinguisher, zapper arm, and even a small LCD screen beneath one of the dome panels that plays Leia’s message. kzbin.info/www/bejne/ioKlaadpl519pbs

[@PodpadStudios]

@@dad2-d244 fab build loving the action when the front doors close .... And all the gadgets 👍👍👍👍

[@timmytheimpaler1750]

T3 droids are my favorite

[@PodpadStudios]

Mrs B - "no contest GNKs are the bestest droids .... "

[@valley_robot]

These are incredible, the first one is so cool , I would love to see it in person

[@PodpadStudios]

@Valley Robots we assume you mean Zoe (not the GNK 😂😂). Zoe and her sisters Izzy and Emy get out often to Comic Cons in the UK....

[@valley_robot]

@@PodpadStudios ill keep a look out, I go to the ones in the Nottingham area

[@PodpadStudios]

@@valley_robot we're mainly in the south... Follow @Podpadstudios on Facebook or Insta and you'll see when we take the droids out as there's always a lot of chatter about it on Social feeds

[@geminidream4347]

I love the design of Izzy as she looks like she is in a wheelchair. Such a wonderful idea for wheelchair bound people to see a droid like them. Great job!!!

[@PodpadStudios]

Yup it's based on wheel chair - wheel chair motors are great start for droids. Thabks for the comment

[@geminidream4347]

@@PodpadStudios Your welcome and I wished I could build one like you. : )

[@PodpadStudios]

@@geminidream4347 kzbin.info/www/bejne/aKCWdJuOnZyelc0 Here's a little video of how we Mae her

[@geminidream4347]

@@PodpadStudios Thank you for the link. I am now subbed, liked and alarmed to your channel. do you ever build them for people? They do at Disneyland in Florida, very expensive though.

[@PodpadStudios]

@@geminidream4347 No, we dont build them for people. We were part of the atromech.net group, long time ago. The group had the plans and built their droids for pleasure and many of us used them to raise money for charity. Although we then formed Podpadstudios we would never sell our droids, or make one for someone else .... Not sure where you are in the world, but there are my local groups of makers and if you wanted to make on that is a good place to start. ... Occasionally fan made droids do get sold second hand, you have to keep an eye on eBay etc .... Other than that : yes it's Disney..

[@thoughtgaming492]

I wish T3 units were available at Galaxys Edge.

[@marycaroldavis6315]

me too

[@baileydavis1616]

Me too

[@davehill1693]

i would love to see some battle droids made

[@PodpadStudios]

I know it's a different franchise but we made the T1 Battlefield Robot the ones that guard Skynet in Terminator 3 Here's the play list kzbin.info/aero/PLr65de2xUB5Pf3hyrChe-_Lp42nBSZe_0

[@richardkohlhof]

Thank you for sharing thank you so much!

[@MoMarinePrepper]

+ I really love the colors on zoe (and the others too, er, uh, or is it “2”! Thanks again!

[@marycaroldavis6315]

i want to see those at conventions

[@PodpadStudios]

We have had them out a lot in the UK last year. Please follow on Facebook or Instagram which events we are giong to : At the moment we made the T-1 tracker battlefield robot from Terminator and we're taking it to Makers Cnetral for our next event : More details of the Event www.makerscentral.co.uk/ Robot : kzbin.info/www/bejne/gHiTmYlrp8dpf80 or podpadstudios.wixsite.com/robotcentral/ We are working on display idea for RobotCentral in which the Droids will feature too - so watch this space 😁😁

[@PodpadStudios]

this is what happened when Zoe went to Totton Comic Con kzbin.info/www/bejne/ioTJhZSvrbF_aZo

[@TheRetroStuffGuy]

Brilliant work!

[@PodpadStudios]

Thanks @retro

[@Tokmurok]

Thou hast DESECRATED the sacred GONK droid!

[@PodpadStudios]

Nothing is sacred with Mrs Breaker around.

[@shaunlepaks5370]

This channel deserves to have more watch time and subscribers!!

[@PodpadStudios]

Thanks for your comments @shaunlepaks we do have an on going giveaway - will end at 2000 subs when one luck subscriber will win a Bubo type owl.... If your subs setting is set to public (so we can see your name to enter you in the prize) when you sub, you get one entry and if you share you get 5 entries (please tag us on FB/ insta 😊) Next prize is a keyring at 1000 subs plus Mrs Breaker wants to give away something extra find out more in this Thursdays video - released at 5.30 Thursday 24th June.. Giveaway details :- kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z56qZ516jaappLM

[@MoMarinePrepper]

These are truly epic builds! Thank you! for sharing these with us - wow!

[@CLAIR.L]

Emmy and Cid are my favorites! I love obscure working every man things, but there all adorable

[@PodpadStudios]

Thank you, we are not allowed favourites in the workshop, as they all live close together and it causes fights

[@baileydavis1616]

I like the T3 units

[@PodpadStudios]

C.I.D is one of a kind, as far as we know the only working one in UK

[@baileydavis1616]

@@PodpadStudios yes

[@maxwellbruce4747]

WOW AMAZING :-)

[@PodpadStudios]

thanks - 🙏🙏

[@brennanlangless5878]

Missing a pair of pre r2 series droids the ones missing ar the p2 ( a 2.2 meters tall r2 droid ) and the r1 series (see original Star Wars movie Jawa sene tall green tower )

[@PodpadStudios]

We are pretty crowded in the workshop with the T3, R2s, R6, Dalek, K9s and the GNK lives the garden (being a planter)... also we've have a stone angel and a horn of erebor. We've just beeing working on a rather large robot from Terminator (the T-1 tracked battle droid), which Mrs Breaker is always falling over as it lives just inside the workshop door. Not sure that she would sign off on any further droid building activities.....

[@crosisofborg5524]

I love the colors of Zoe

[@remyremy6808]

I would give anything to just make droids!

[@timmytheimpaler1750]

Soooo DO IT

[@thoughtgaming492]

Except for apparently the time and work.

[@baileydavis1616]

Me too

[@andrewerickson6690]

Yeah man I wish "they"would let me build droids too lol

[@dracarnoir7606]

Fantastic,clever work great job.

[@PodpadStudios]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@mistytharpe3991]

I want one!

[@PodpadStudios]

These "are not the driods you are looking for" 😁😁 .... seriously: Master maker would NEVER let one of his girls go to a new home they are all part of the family at Podpadstudios

[@marycaroldavis6315]

me too

[@baileydavis1616]

Me too

[@solofilmproduction]

What beautiful work! 😍🙌

[@PodpadStudios]

@solofilmproduction thanks anyone who's local can see these at our open day next weekend...

[@brennanlangless8912]

Not sure if anyone is interested but there’s a 2 meter version of the r series called the p2 astrodroid it would definitely give you a challenge also you could pilot it from the inside like the original actor for r2

[@pierfrancescograzioli4080]

I have no comment! Very beautiful work👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@Zeithri]

I want oooneee!! T___T With AI so it can follow me around

[@PodpadStudios]

Blimey imagine Zoe (the blue one) with AI - she's a rock star prima donna! good luck if you can get her to follow You around, plus then theres' the issue of the smoking - most places don't allow it now !

[@baileydavis1616]

Me too😊

[@rodgermartin2714]

Hi like the rf control units, what they called where you get them from? thanks

[@PodpadStudios]

Hi there thanks for your comment - there are quite a few links for Droid building bits and pieces in the description :- Radio Control : www.spektrumrc.com/Products/Default.aspx?ProdId=SPM18100 Speed Control by Dimensional Engineering - Sabertooth 2x60 www.dimensionengineering.com/

[@DarkWolf-et3dx]

I'd like to see these droids operating with an onboard AI and no remotes that would be interesting. Free roam Droids would be next level.

[@PodpadStudios]

OMG - we think that is a brilliant idea - each autonomously chasing a different outcome... would they end up working together or destroying each other ... 🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔💥💥💥💥💥💥💥 plus what happens if they escaped into the outside world .....

[@MaitlandJones]

There's this fascinating video I saw where they used a mix of image recognition and a language model to give a robot an inner monologue, make it aware of what it's seeing. If you are savvy enough you might be able to rig up an astromech to follow you around and not run into things. Lol The vid in question: m.kzbin.info/www/bejne/ZqStm5euo5qemas&pp=ygUSYWkgaW5uZXIgbW9ub2xvZ3Vl

[@briankleinschmidt3664]

My friend had the very same trash can style they built R2-D2 around. We used it for a trashcan.

[@CAMSLAYER13]

Missed a trick not selling it to starwars turbonerds lol

[@quintinblack14]

your talented bro do u sell them i need a friend 😂

[@PodpadStudios]

Sorry: they are members of the team so not for sale 😂 And thanks for saying that 🤣

[@rustwells]

i see gonk i press clonk

[@PodpadStudios]

We love Gonk droids 😍😍😍😍😍😍

[@brittanyh003]

Hello, this is wonderful!! I went to a Droid Builders panel at a convention this weekend and now I'm all jazzed about trying to make a T3 unit. Our local Droid Builders don't have one, though. Could a T3 build be extrapolated from knowledge among the R2 builders group, or is there a T3 specific group you could point me to?

[@PodpadStudios]

facebook.com/groups/t3droidbuildersgroup/?ref=share There's a Facebook group

[@JessieorQuinn]

Astromech Droids more like Swiss army Droids

[@SAINT-ANTONIO]

What would be such droids usefull for? For example a central information and service Unit in emerging remote societies like on Tatooine or African deserts, supporting and providing local society with communications, enviroment device management, information storage, independant internet Mesh HUB's. Such droids would be mainly the communication backbone, information storage, system managers inside an African Hut Village.

[@PodpadStudios]

?? Some cons, some mechanics, some for pilot assistance. We also have robots that do the cleaning.

[@martinez1701a]

Seeing these Droids at conventions makes me thinks we are not far off from making reals Droids. We obviously can make the body just waiting for real AI.

[@PodpadStudios]

hmmm we also built a 8 foot high T-1 battlefield robot, we call her Tiff and she has Object recognition kzbin.info/www/bejne/maHOgnt6pK5nl5I

[@martinez1701a]

@@PodpadStudios Thats cool but what I really need is a Droid who understands the binary language of moisture vaporators.

[@PodpadStudios]

Lol

[@dolpnix4399]

I have a question! You guys could make some SERIOUSLY good money making and selling these droids, I heavily suggest selling them! I would save so much just to get myself one!

[@dolpnix4399]

Probably custom like certain colors and etc.

[@PodpadStudios]

Thanks but not really our thing at the moment we've moved on to vehicles 😃 like batmobile and Akira bikes etc

[@dolpnix4399]

@@PodpadStudios all good and makes sense! 😎😎😎😎

[@PodpadStudios]

@@dolpnix4399 thanks for the vote of confidence in us though : its lovely to hear such feedback

[@dolpnix4399]

@@PodpadStudios you're welcome famnetto! 😎😎😎

[@RickBelt]

Give the IA to this droid and I give you the like on your video.

[@miltonmariston7151]

Jhonata

[@JustinGamesnl]

Do you have a link to the rf audio controller?

[@denvyplayzyt]

He needs to

[@PodpadStudios]

www.ebay.co.uk/itm/6CH-6-Channel-433MHZ-RF-Wireless-Remote-Control-Transmitter-Receiver-12V-DC-CF-/292476623082?_trksid=p2349624.m46890.l49292

[@PodpadStudios]

Or similar ....

[@JustinGamesnl]

@@PodpadStudios Thank you man :)

[@Maly_Kaly]

How much did it cost to make Zoe looks incredible

[@PodpadStudios]

Costs for intricate props like Zoe are hard to work out .... This build took place over about a year, because Master maker only worked on her at the weekend and it was his "hobby" over that year - the components alone cost £1000s, but like all detailed models the time (and skill) it takes cost more than the components. In truth, because this was made as a hobby, we don't have detailed records of the hours worked ... One of the big component costs for these droids is the radio control handset - Master Maker uses one handset and then pairs it to each robot - which reduced the costs of running a family of robots ! Anyway ..... Zoe is an important part of the team here, and even though she can be a bit of a Prima Donna - we can't imagine life without her - we'd never sell her 😀 If you want to see more of our Star Wars droids in actions we have a playlist :-

[@PodpadStudios]

kzbin.info/aero/PLr65de2xUB5MNrahlsEC6HOcWU2XniC8o

[@Maly_Kaly]

@@PodpadStudios that seems like alot if money I live in Canada. I cant imagine how long that would take. Looks incredible I totally wish I had the money to make one.

[@PodpadStudios]

@Maly Kaly it was fun to build. That included all lighting, sound water spray systems, wood, metal, paint (loads of coats for that finish) and radio control equipment..... If you keep accurate costs of EVERYTHING you buy for a project it just mounts up... Obviously you don't have to have it all at the beginning.... and you can use 'found items' which are much cheaper - however that means it usually takes longer to make (while you wait to 'find' the items... for the dome for example we found a lamp shade in Focus DIY (now B&Q) for less than £20 - purchasing moulded shapes like this to order can be very expensive... looking around for them can save loads ... To anyone wanting to start building stuff don't be put off by this ... start on smaller less expensive projects like this one and work your way up ... see from 7:40 onwards about making Game of thrones egg box for under £20 kzbin.info/www/bejne/enKUl6h3f7ymsLM

[@baileydavis1616]

I love zoe

[@kyoz1984]

Awesome video! Question, do you have a diagram of your RC system? I also have a RC remote I'd rather use with my Droid. But cannot find any options anywhere.

[@PodpadStudios]

Take a look at our blog, all the info about building the droids is there podpadstudios.blogspot.com/ The other people who can help are the droidbuilders.uk/ suggest folloing their social feeds and having a look at their web site

[@propsandcosplay]

Hello thank for for subscribe to my channel would you please let me have a copy of the your digamma for your R2 I am trying to set up my R2D2 with RC and could do with a little help

[@PodpadStudios]

Will look into it - have you looked at these guys astromech.net/ ? Also more about the droids in our second episode kzbin.info/www/bejne/qITMd4CPidJ1nM0

[@PodpadStudios]

And also here's a video about binding the servos to the RC kzbin.info/www/bejne/baWtkHigns6csJI

[@propsandcosplay]

@@PodpadStudios thank you for getting back to me and Happy New Year 🥳

[@obscuramask7435]

Observation: I'll never understand humans obsessions with astromechs. Assassin droids are much more reliable, efficient and maneuverable. Insult: They're glorified trash cans.

[@PodpadStudios]

I love building them but never quite understood the design, always seemed so unstable.

[@renee200709]

How much

[@PodpadStudios]

Made it for makes not for makes.⛏️📏📐🔧🔨🔫🪚🪛⚒️⚒️🛠️🧰🪥

[@jhae777]

Star wars Disney droids

[@FSK1138]

7:05 exterminate exterminate🤖😅

[@willcusterjr2519]

T7 from Swtor is better than T3

[@PodpadStudios]

Thanks for the comment For anyone interested starwars.fandom.com/wiki/T7-O1#:~:text=T7%2DO1%2C%20known%20affectionately%20as,Republic%20and%20the%20Sith%20Empire. T3 all the way - but then our builds are not copies - more like mash-ups