This R2D2 casemod stands desk-high, and is eerily lifelike. The exhaustive build-log and message board for the project has lots of tips if you want to try something like this at home:
Several months ago while at a local gas station, I saw that the owners were throwing away one of those R2-D2 Pepsi coolers. It had been badly abused and was split down one end. Right then and there I knew I wanted to have one just like it, but this one was far too beat up. I knew if I wanted it done right I'd have to make my own, but fabricating the legs would be far too difficult, so I asked if I could have the legs from the cooler. Next I looked high and low until I found a white plastic barrel for R2's body and a weber grill for R2's head. The body's pin striping work was long and tedious. I went through 18 rolls of black pinstriping and used pics of the R2-D2 cooler to make it look just right. There were some things I couldn't match, like R2-D2's front vents, where I opted for a metallic blue. The head had come with long horizontal holes for where the grill was mounted. I patched up with sheet metal and JB Weld, then bondo'ed and sanded it down smoothly.
(via Make blog)
