Introduction: 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!!
Supplies
Smooth masonite board or sheetrock
Titanium grey or Battleship grey paint. (color will really sepend on how dark your room is)
2x4s and framing materials. 1x2s, 1x3s, 1x4s of varying lengths. I went with the pre primed ones.
3/4 plywood for decking
Plexiglass/glass (depending on what you want to spend. I went with Glass for the big panels for a cleaner look)
LED light strips. I used the 6803 magic dream chipset because I wanted the chasing lights)
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
