My 1st Star Wars Death Star Mancave

Intro: My 1st Star Wars Death Star Mancave

This was my 1st attempt at making a Star wars themed /Death Star man cave. Years earlier I had Built My man cave to be a tribute to the 80's complete with custom built rubiks cube coffee tables and 80s movie posters. I decided that I wanted something that could stand out a bit more so being that i am a Huge Star wars nerd I decided to build the Death star! I was approximately 90% complete when the flood of Harvey came thru and put 4 and a half feet of water in it making me start completely over on the Star wars Man cave 2.0 that i cover in a separate Intructable. Happy building and I hope this can help you with your projects!!

STEP 1:

needed inspiration so I used this photo since it so closely resembled the shape of my room and was from the Death Star

STEP 2: Walls

I was not fortunate enough to start out with smooth sheetrock, so I had to do something to get smooth walls! After much deliberation, I decided to cover the walls with 1/8" Masonite panels

STEP 3: Lighting

The lighting was the biggest obstacle. I cut a 20" wide section out of the sheetrock that was floor to ceiling. the lighting I used was rgb LED striplights that you can get on amazon.

STEP 4: Paint

I used a metallic battleship (almost titanium) Grey. I actually wish I would have went a shade lighter but it really depends on what pics you use for reference. The pic above was what I used but when I look at the movie the walls look lighter. Use your own judgement on the color that you want to reference.

STEP 5: The Deck

I went with a deck because I figured this would be the best way to conceal all the electronics that will run the room. surround sound reciever, and game consoles. On each end I continued the LED lighting. the light pattern was made by a buddy of mine that worked in a sign shop, same for the patterns I used on the glass in the walls.

STEP 6: Windows Into Space

these were cut into the sheetrock and will have 2 TVs mounted in them and trimmed out to look like lighted windows. I'm planning to use a dual monitor system and run a video file of outer space on each tv. I will eventually animate TIE Fighters that fly past the windows and maybe some asteroids. Below each tv is a fold out table to hold my game consoles so my son and friends can game together on the tvs

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Comments

[GeraldS]

I know this is an old post. But I’m hoping you can provide a link to your Star Wars man cave 2.0. I can’t find it through the search on the website.

[KyleR66]

I’m wondering if you ever added the tie fighter animations etc...? If you Id be very interested how it turned out and how you did it?

[jw985]

What material did you use for the light diffusion?

[Lance70]

Hey sorry it so long answering this . I havent been on in quite a while. I used a glass frost spray that is made by Rustoleum and sold at Home Depot or local hardware stores.

[GysdB]

Hi,
Looks awesome.
How did you construct the lighting panels?

[Lance70]

Hello. The big ones are glass with a decal i had made put over the front to replicate the pattern. I had it drawn up at a decal shop

[morrisona2022]

SO COOL!

[docman100]

You should enter this into a contest! it is umbelivable!!!

[sleeepy2]

That's fantastic!

[BillyC31]

Great work looks great