Today in the Smugglers Room we are doing a little Date Night Data Pad Build! Being locked down is no fun, but we have found a way to put together some everyday items in an interesting way and build some DIY Star Wars Laptop Covers for our computers. A super fun and easy project you can do with minimal tools and materials.
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Want to build your own? Here are links to the products we used in this episode. (keep in mind these are affiliate links. They will not cost you any additional money to use, but they do help support our channel.)
Smugglers Room Parts: We used many parts from model kits in our project, but there are a few items from our own inventory that we applied as well. Here are links to our Greeblie Kits and Tiles if you would like some for your project:
Acrylic Tiles:
https://www.thesmugglersroom.com/product-page-oxumq/acrylic-tiles-sci-fi-panel-set-of-10-pieces
Rocker Switches:
https://www.thesmugglersroom.com/product-page-oxumq/resin-rocker-set-set-of-5-pieces
Greeblie Kits
https://www.thesmugglersroom.com/product-page-oxumq/greeblie-kits-set-of-6-greeblies
The following two links are for the laptop covers we used for our machines in this episode, but please make sure your covers match the machine you own before you purchase so that it fits appropriately.
https://amzn.to/3bWDxNI
https://amzn.to/39PgxPa
Other Tools and Material we used:
X-Acto Blade
https://amzn.to/2UJ2PJl
Metal Ruler
https://amzn.to/2F2LgvB
Needle Files
https://amzn.to/2wWDXF8
Bob Smith's CA Glue
https://amzn.to/2Xhy689
Liquid Latex (chipping effect)
https://amzn.to/2M0sW95
Primer Spray Paint
https://amzn.to/34cBIcM
Rustoleum Smokey Beige
https://amzn.to/2RcR1wU
Rustoleum Gloss Dark Gray
https://amzn.to/39JCGOP
Sample Pack of Styrene in various thicknesses.
https://amzn.to/3dUaNXH
Water Mixable Oil Paint - Black
https://amzn.to/2Iv81te
These are the two model kits we used parts from for our project, that said, you can used parts from all types of model or greeblies from just about anything out there you may have collected. Just get creative with it!
https://amzn.to/3dTCIa9
https://amzn.to/2Rdlhb7
Beyond the parts and materials above, we also used a small amount of airbrushing, as well as some of our personal greeblies that we have made in our Great Greeblies Part 2 episode, and some of our acrylic tiles. Below are links for the airbrush and paint we use, as well as our greeblies and tiles.
Airbrush & Supplies
Complete Set of Vallejo Metallic Set Model Airbrush Paint https://amzn.to/2kNsS2V
Airbrush Paint - Full Set of Colors: https://amzn.to/2LnxlUn
Airbrush Cleaning Station https://amzn.to/2lk0NQY
Airbrush Cleaner https://amzn.to/2lakGKx
Iwata-Medea Revolution Airbrush https://amzn.to/2mN00Ze