Baby Yoda Phone Stand (from the Mandalorian)

So like many of you probably, I just finished watching the Mandalorian, and since there really isn't much in the way of Baby Yoda merch available, I thought I'd make something cool and useful for myself! This could make a great gift too!

Anycubic Photon Resin Printer: https://amzn.to/37QpPK8

3D Printing Resin: https://amzn.to/35Ib8aR Black Spray Paint: https://amzn.to/2FDOLbQ Assorted Craft Paints: https://amzn.to/2NfVPQ3 Chip Brushes: https://amzn.to/2NtTzVJ Scrap piece of Oak board Rocks from my backyard

I started my project by printing this baby yoda file: http://bit.ly/37RCMDD on my Anycubic Photon Resin 3D printer...if you don't have one, get one...resin printing is pretty incredible.

Luckily With Resin Prints, all you have to really do is clean it off and cure it. To do this, I first ran it through an alcohol bath, then some time in the ultrasonic cleaner with Simple Green, and Finally a rinse with water to get everything off. After drying it off, I cured it in front of a UV light for 20 mins. No sanding needed!

To make my base I just used a scrap piece of Oak board and I cut a slot in it to the phone into, then cut it down to my preferred size.

The Table Saw left some burn marks on my base so I used a belt sander to clean them up and remove the burn marks.

(Since I painted my base this was actually irrelevant, but you may have to do it if you want to have a natural wood color for your base.)

I also used the chisel to clean up the uneven surface left by the table saw by cutting the slot into my base.

I used my trim router flipped upside down with a chamfering bit as an impromptu router table to give my base a chamfer.

I originally was going to stain my base black, but since that wasn't as dark as I wanted after wiping it away, I just ended up spray painting it, which was nice cause it dried faster than the stain as well.

I made my "dirt" by painting some 120 grit sandpaper and then cutting it to size, and then gluing it down with spray adhesive.

I wasn't sure how I wanted to layout the rocks so I spent some time arranging them to figure out how I wanted it to look.

After I got that all figure out I glued down my rocks, and I used some cut off bristles from a chip brush to imitate some grass.

I Thought my dirt looked a little bit to uniform so I ended up going back in with a few different shades of brown and tan washes to make it look a little more random.

To paint Baby Yoda, it was pretty simple because I only needed to use a few colors. The main part of the coat was a tan color, and the collar and cuffs were a lighter off white. To paint his skin I used one of the lightest shades of green I had, I would have probably preferred to go just a tad darker.

To finish it off I used a brown wash and then wiped it off and let it sit in the crevices of the coat to help give it a bit more detail.

Use some hot glue to glue down the figure...and it's done!

And that's it, now we've got a wonderful phone stand that lets the little dude show off his force skills!