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2016/09/02 09:32:38
Subject: 38" Super Star Destroyer for Star Wars Armada (Commission)
I was commissioned to build and paint a Super Star Destroyer for Star Wars Armada. This is a resin garage kit from a company called Sith Planet and it was a beast! The mold is pretty old, ten years or so, and it's starting to show its age which means there was significant prep work involved to get it to a half-way decent state. The biggest is was the wafer-thin leading edges; all of the ones on the bottom were damaged. To remedy this, I ended up lining the entire bottom section with .015x.25" strip styrene and then filled any damaged areas with Milliput and smoothed it out. The ship was given a non-screen accurate color scheme because the studio prop is pretty much all one color and actually kind of boring looking. I also built a custom base out of MDF board and painted to resemble a cardboard ship token from the game. This model will be part of the Armada Narrative Campaign at the NOVA Open this weekend. If you're attending, swing by the X-Wing/Armada area and have a look (I will not be there because I have to work). Better pictures of the base along with lots of WIP pictures can be found here.
With the fleet she will accompany into battle:
It was impossible to get a decent picture with my photography setup so I made a quick video tour:
d-usa wrote: "When the Internet sends its people, they're not sending their best. They're not sending you. They're not sending you. They're sending posters that have lots of problems, and they're bringing those problems with us. They're bringing strawmen. They're bringing spam. They're trolls. And some, I assume, are good people."
2016/09/02 09:44:55
Subject: 38" Super Star Destroyer for Star Wars Armada (Commission)
Valkyrie wrote: Holy crap that's big! Does this thing have rules or is it more a display piece?
It has rules and a ship card and will feature heavily in the Armada Narrative Campaign at this year's NOVA Open convention. However, according to the fellow I did it for, it was primarily done for display purposes.
d-usa wrote: "When the Internet sends its people, they're not sending their best. They're not sending you. They're not sending you. They're sending posters that have lots of problems, and they're bringing those problems with us. They're bringing strawmen. They're bringing spam. They're trolls. And some, I assume, are good people."
2016/09/02 13:15:46
Subject: Re:38" Super Star Destroyer for Star Wars Armada (Commission)
