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Excellent stuff

Viktor von Domm wrote:cool choice! i like it already! and somehow that even makes a neat sense all in all too...

Thanks mate I'm very pleased indeed - let's drink to victory!

Miss Dee wrote:http://www.shapeways.com/shops/mel_miniatures

have a look there for X-Wing stuff.

Oh I know, all the pretties! Speaking of which, have you watched Rebels yet? Is totally star wars serenity

Llamahead wrote:Excellent stuff

Thanks mucker. BTW, my mate loved his dark realm counts as Dune minis! Great shout!

And so:

Yup. That would be a TIE perfectly clearing the doors. colour me very pleased

Can't say too much, but looking brilliant.

Oh I know, all the pretties! Speaking of which, have you watched Rebels yet? Is totally star wars serenity

even if not directed at me... yes... we watched today the first two episodes... i like the show very much, it has all the major ingredients of a classic star wars bunch of characters... i wonder what will happen there...
and whenever a force moment happens and that special tune comes...i get shivers down my spine...

and...

Thanks mate I'm very pleased indeed - let's drink to vic---tory!

i see what you did there...

so.... i read some weeks ago (yes around two weeks i think...) you would provide me with measurements?...


cheers, vik

No I have not. But I have watched daredevil on netflex

Heckuva a decent base for a small unit f fighters!

Camkierhi wrote:Can't say too much, but looking brilliant.

Thanks mate this is turning out to be a crazy obsession project!

Viktor von Domm wrote:

Oh I know, all the pretties! Speaking of which, have you watched Rebels yet? Is totally star wars serenity

even if not directed at me... yes... we watched today the first two episodes... i like the show very much, it has all the major ingredients of a classic star wars bunch of characters... i wonder what will happen there...
and whenever a force moment happens and that special tune comes...i get shivers down my spine...

and...

Thanks mate I'm very pleased indeed - let's drink to vic---tory!

i see what you did there...

so.... i read some weeks ago (yes around two weeks i think...) you would provide me with measurements?...


cheers, vik

Rebels is excellent. All on YouTube if you hunt for it link pm'd.

Miss Dee wrote:No I have not. But I have watched daredevil on netflex

Ohsogood!

shasolenzabi wrote:Heckuva a decent base for a small unit f fighters!

Thanks man!

So I can't stop it seems


Escape pods! They are on flexy rubber so I can wrap to the surface more easily.

I was reading this excellent article of close ups of the original models

http://slightlywarped.com/?p=52
And I realised what was wrong: there's not enough detail on the towers. Squares, patterns, etc. And to amuse myself, and in homage to the original models, I'm going to use parts from models kits - though in our case, gw


So cyclone front, backwards and some fw brass sprue. I need to do not too much, obviously, to preserve the inherent cartridge shape. However, much happier

I watched the pilot and have been looking on amazon and I just have Netflix

Yeah, as I explained on my own thread, I get the mad moods to keep thru till the idea becomes solid form.

love the mad moods!

So some detailing - much happier :

ach... bleeding good looking details... we need more rck paper mache...so that we´re able to see it all coming together after the priming!!!!! *biting nails*

Excellent! That base is looking near ready for the paint work to start!

I agree with Vic we need to see some more rock like substance applied.

Engrossing blog. Interesting to read the more detailed entries here on the blog.

Really looking forward to seeing this asteroid beasty finished!

Viktor von Domm wrote:ach... bleeding good looking details... we need more rck paper mache...so that we´re able to see it all coming together after the priming!!!!! *biting nails*

Thanks mate! I know I need to get a wiggle on! The detailing is really helping me get my head around this.

shasolenzabi wrote:Excellent! That base is looking near ready for the paint work to start!

oh, the pressure...

GiraffeX wrote:I agree with Vic we need to see some more rock like substance applied.

I did consider using sponges alternatively. But I think Monday will see rocky work!

TP^DC Deputy Manager wrote:Engrossing blog. Interesting to read the more detailed entries here on the blog.

Really looking forward to seeing this asteroid beasty finished!

Thanks pal, great that you like what you see!

And so, some cake pics, to tide you over :

They are superb. The M&M one is incredible. I bow to your family's creativity

Wow those cakes are fantastic especially the M&M one

spidey vs supes?...now where have i seen that already... well only once... cookie for those who read that book...^^

and M&M is epic... because! how did you get the pouring effect to convincing?... i need to show this to my missus... i bet my kids would love to have such a cake...usually nowadays we have epic fighting scenes of some candy against another sort...

and i think the minion cake is my favourite, because the perspective works very good so that even tho it is "just" a round cake, it still looks like a minionshaped ...cake..^^

She's very grateful to you all! The M&M is done with a plastic dowel and melted chocolate as glue. It is also darn tasty (our family chocolate cake recipe is [a] incredibly easy [b] freezable, so can be made in advance [c] insanely scrumptious)!

There's a batman on that cake too, I'll try to put up another pic but don't want to rile up the Gallery mods

Yeah, the minion's really clever, isn't it? She's smart girl Built her a new collapsable spray booth for airbrushing this lot, so she's pleased too.

And from the birthday toys, I scored 2x interesting bit of plastic:

They scream spess-sheep to me! Which way up looks better? Nice to have as generic shuttles etc for the asteroid base Cos I need a distraction, clearly

pink decoys?... lol...both sides have their merits.... but if i was forced i´d say right one... it looks a bit leaned back... and you could always argue that the little dice like structure could be the cockpit...

i would like to see that collapsable booth... as i would like to make someday one for my own needs too...

and sharing recipes is half of the fun... our family is not even by half avert towards chocolate cake^^ ...so...^^

and i figured as much it would need a guide inside the pour...

So where is the link you said you would PM me?

@ Vik: I had the same thought about the ships although I wonder if that's not too cuboid; I like back shape generally but the other one's sloped front is neat (possibly to skinny though).
Booth was made simply from a very large foldable parcel box. Pm me about recipe.

@ Dee:? Link to what?

Anyway. Actual progress!



This is just the beginning Astonishing how much mache you get through for a small area! All about the learning curve also making a wee sarcophagus with the boy, fun times

Mmmmm, M&M cakes That is fondant the Mrs uses in lieu of icing, no?

Paper towel for the paper in the papier mache? Does that work better than other paper?

Looks excellent. Can't wait to see it primed (well, finished of course, but you know how it is once the primer is on; the ugly duckling becomes the beautiful swan at that point )

The M&M cake was seriously delicious, it has to be said all gone now Sugarpaste is the order of the day, mostly.

Paper towel experiment: this was advice from our school art teachers. It's shredded paper underneath:

Trying to fund a compromise between too rough (shred) and too regular (the paper towel). The paper towel does definitely help it keep its overall shape better, though. However, it has uniform patterning (answer - use different kitchen paper) and the lines in pieces are too distinct (answer - apply it better)

Rebels is excellent. All on YouTube if you hunt for it link pm'd.

Really starting to come together mate! Looking awesome! Cant wait to see a full coat of paint on this!

Rocky and craggy, that will make a paint challenge! Oh yeah, the pressure sometimes helps make us!

MagosBiff90 wrote:Really starting to come together mate! Looking awesome! Cant wait to see a full coat of paint on this!

Thanks mate just wish I could cobble together the time to finish!

shasolenzabi wrote:Rocky and craggy, that will make a paint challenge! Oh yeah, the pressure sometimes helps make us!

I'm actively waiting for the 1 week deadline


Had a great night night playing with tiny spess-sheeps, interesting to see how the big IG -2000 ships work. One of the guys, while talking about this project, observed, "Where is the airlock? "



Right. So :




Also, some progress on its custom shuttle (counts as y wing)




Later yall!

good additions to the pinky
especially the what feels like the now cockpit?...and i see why you want it as a count as y-wing... torpedolaunchers?

and... is that airlock the inside out view of a terminator missile pod?...cool!

Those new transport shuttles are looking very slick!