November 16, 2010

Tron Legacy Papercraft: Sam's Identity Disc

Given the fact that I have done
papercraft identity discs for every other major character in the Tron universe, you knew it was just a matter of time before I did a paper model of Sam Flynn's identity disc from the upcoming Tron: Legacy movie. ^^ Sam is the son of Kevin Flynn, the lead character in the original Tron movie. Here are some scenes of the disc in action (with some Daft Punk music for atmosphere ^^):
Unlike the previous identity discs I did, which were 1:2 scale, this identity disc is full size. Although the disc may look pretty simple, but it is actually a fairly difficult build. There are two templates in the download, one with folding guide lines and one without. In the photo is my test build of the unlined template built without any folds. If the disc is built with folds I would give the difficulty level a 4 out of 5. Building without folds, I would give it a difficulty level of 5 out of 5! The finished disc is 10" (25 cm) across and 1" (2.5 cm) thick at the widest part. The PDF templates for the disc are available here.

21 comments:

  1. This disc reminds me Xina the warrior prinsesa... is cool XD

    ReplyDelete
  2. Yes, you are right! It is shaped a lot like Xena's chakram.

    ReplyDelete
  3. I was wondering if you could do a Rinzler version.

    ReplyDelete
  4. Yeah, I have been looking into doing a Rinzler disc. It may take me a while to find some decent reference photos though...

    ReplyDelete
  5. It would be extra awesome if you could get it to split. Here's some reference photos I found.

    movie poster, dunno why it's blue on the edges http://imgur.com/LTAQn

    replica http://imgur.com/Qj1iZ

    concept http://imgur.com/Whnjd

    toy http://imgur.com/F5pCg

    ReplyDelete
  6. something else: http://www.flickr.com/photos/blackfeathers/5265852232/in/set-72157625483660379/

    good luck.

    ReplyDelete
  7. @Anon,
    Regarding the blue edges of Rinzler's disc... If you look at the movie trailers, the edges of Rinzler's disc always appear blue/white:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L9szn1QQfas
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Ay_H0p2YDk&feature=channel

    I think the edges were made blue in the movie as a clue to Rinzler's "secret" identity. ;) My guess is that promo photos and toys that were created before the movie was released are the ones that show the disc all orange. Also, other than Rinzler, the rest of CLU's henchmen appear to have all orange discs. CLU himself has a "dark yellow/light orange" disc:

    http://www.myspacetopics.com/everything/photo/2010/11/01/tron-legacy-new-poster-exclusive

    ReplyDelete
  8. I guess you're right. Strange.
    I gotta go watch this movie again.

    ReplyDelete
  9. Thank you so much for that!
    I´m dressed as Quorra on tuesday and the only thing that is missing for my costume is this disc... I had no idea where to get one from, I´m so glad i found your site :D

    ReplyDelete
  10. Excuse me but is not a post that you can give me better download link

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. I do not have any other download links available. Are you having a problem with the current link?

      Delete
  11. Hey there. I was wondering if you had the .PDO file available to download.

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. Email me at the address on my profile and I will see what I can do.

      Delete
  12. Hello, I think you did an excellent job and am very grateful that you uploaded for me and all we can do it too!

    Sorry for my bad english :$

    ReplyDelete
  13. can this thing fly like in the disc battle scene?

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. Yeah, it will fly. Flying straight is another matter. lol. :)

      Delete
  14. you should totally make a tron legacy helmet like rinzler has!

    ReplyDelete
  15. This would be epic if it could actually fly straight and was a memory storage unit too!

    ReplyDelete