I saw this Darth Vader USB flash drive on the internet, and I wanted to get it for my dad (who likes Darth Vader a lot). But it's a little expensive, and I saw that when you uncap the drive, Darth Vader's head comes off! I thought it would be much more realistic if only his helmet came off. So I decided to make one myself out of polymer clay and an existing flash drive (it had a cover so I just needed to mold the Darth Vader around it).
I needed to make a hollow Darth Vader. I tried molding the clay around the flash drive, but it kept sticking on it, so I decided to try a different approach.
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| First I just made the figure (not hollow) |
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| Then I cut him in half. |
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| I hollowed out the inside so that the flash drive would fit. |
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| I baked the pieces together, took the halves apart after they were baked, and then had to carve it down a little more to make the flash drive fit okay. Then I painted/colored the flash drive black (it was white) and glued it all together with white glue. |
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| Then I just needed some finishing touches (painting his chest unit thing). |
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| Darth Vader USB Flash Drive in action |
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