Star Wars: Concrete Death Star DIY
by
Annika Ritter
(IC: blogger)
$8
24 Hours
Easy
The new Star Wars 7 The Force Awakens is out! Who else is exited about that? I didn't have a chance to see it yet but I can't wait to finally go to the movies. In celebration of the new Star Wars movie and Christmas around the corner I did a little Star Wars related geeky DIY: Concrete Death Stars! But wait not just regular Death Stars but concrete Death Star Flower Pots and concrete Death Star tealight candle holders.
How does that sound? It's so easy and cheap to make. Want to know how? For the full tutorial, please visit my original post at http://www.wemustbedreamers.com/star-wars-concrete-death-star/
How does that sound? It's so easy and cheap to make. Want to know how? For the full tutorial, please visit my original post at http://www.wemustbedreamers.com/star-wars-concrete-death-star/
Materials you'll need:
First you have to mix the cement and Quartzsand to make concrete. We mixed 1 part quartz sand to 2 parts cement in our bucket. Be careful it's a bit dusty. If you want you can wear a protective mask to keep you from inhaling the mixture. Add as much water needed to get a yoghurt like texture. Prepare your Death Star molds. I heard you should use some oil in the forms to make it easier to remove so I tried that but can't really recommend it. It worked just fine without oiling it first.
Place the terracotta pot and the tealight into the part of the mold without the hole. This will be the upper side in the end.
Tape the bottom of the terracotta pot shut so the concrete doesn't flow into it while pouring it into the mold. I used just a stripe of duct tape.
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Published December 23rd, 2015 9:28 AM
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Lisa House on Jan 09, 2016Genius!
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C. D. Scallan on Jul 16, 2017
I may make some Death Star candles .
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I'm sure there's a perfectly good reason that I won't have thought of, but why make the concrete instead of just buying something like Quickcrete that already has both parts?