As an aside to building R2-D2 and C-3PO, I decided to stick to the Star Wars theme and build a giant Jabba the Hut. This will also be great for my Star Wars themed party that I'm planning.

I wanted it to fit over my TV and DVD storage cabinet, so it will be built to fit around it. Jabba's plinth/thrown is made from three large boxes:

Here's the main shape of Jabba made from lots of boxes stuck together:

I bought a large reel of corrugated cardboard:

This is hot-glued on to smooth out the edges:

I also bought a lot of 1/2" foam:

And I also had these foam blocks lying around:

Here's the body of Jabba covered:

The head will be a little more tricky:

For the eyes, I got hold of these polystyrene hemispheres:

I've vacuum formed over them so that the spray paint doesn't melt the polystyrene:

And here we go with the head:

The arms are made from blocks of foam:

Looks not too bad so far, the next layer will be thin fabric to make Jabba's scaly skin:

I've covered Jabba with very thin fabric which is spray-glued onto him all over to make his scaly skin. Still have his arms to take care of:

Next he will be painted a greeny-blacky-grey with car paints:

This is the start of Salacious Crumb - the little bird-monkey creature that sits next to Jabba. He is made from a wire coat hanger frame thus far:

Looking a bit more Salacious now. I've padded him out with foam, bubble wrap and brown tape. His hands, feet and ears are made from a prototyping plastic called Polymorph. Few more things to do to him...

I've painted Jabba with car paints, he's a little bit darker than I intended, but that will have to do:

Salacious Crumb has also been painted, there are a few more details to add:

Jabba is now finished. I made Han Solo in Carbonite by printing out a big picture on about 50 sheets of A4 and sticking them all together:

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