Oh Cool! That is a nice shot of that side. Quite rare!!!!
Oh Cool! That is a nice shot of that side. Quite rare!!!!
Wow those pics with the starfield (and laser) are awesome. Your attention to detail is insane. This whole thread is a learning experience from your impressive build to seeing what you keep finding on the original. One of the coolest SS threads ever. Your passion shows in the quality of it. So when is it going on tour...
Knocked out yet a couple more detail pieces on the dish, and it is looking appropriately flat now.
And finished off three more city blocks. And am on schedule to finish the texture finessing this week.
Will do some fun detailing (like in the last pics I posted) this weeked, and may poke a few light holes too!
Hey Rob,
I think I found much more accurate pictures of the death start for you ..
Death Star Costume - Dorkly Picture
The scale is about right. But the laser dish is too small and located too high. The trench is too big and the city scapes are all wrong. This is a very poor replica.Bigturc said:
Hey Rob,
I think I found much more accurate pictures of the death start for you ..
Death Star Costume - Dorkly Picture
If you look closely, some of the panel lines are WAY off. Schoolboy error.
Don't remember seeing denim in the original's trench section. Maybe I'm just getting old...........LOL.
For all we know, it was there. There were action figures on the Executor...vaderdarth said:
Still on schedule...
Finsihed off one more city block today. Two more city blocks left. One will be done tomorrow; the last on Saturday.
Then it is some "fun detail" and "pick up" work (odds and ends I've noticed over the globe that need a bit of work - not unlike pick up shots in a film production).
Then on to lights on Sunday!
You know.. I am going to be back in the LA area around April 8....
I smell a get together!!!Art Andrews said:
Jedifyfe said:
I smell a get together!!!Let's do it. Perfect timing to celebrate my Tenth RPF Anniversary.Art Andrews said:
And a decent percentage of lights should be done by then.
I live in LA. Well the Valley. Los Angeles county. Hmmm...
Steve
Alright - here we go. As of this moment I am oficially starting the lights!
OK - not quite as easy as I anticipated. Exacto didn't work perfectly. The tip is so fine it snaps off after a while.
I have two micro-drill bits chucked into a Dremel chuck. One is almost too big. One or maybe two turns and the hole is border-line too big. The other bit is smaller, and a few twists on the chuck is just a bout right.
But these bits will break soon enough and right now I don't have any replacements. And the last time I bought bits, I had to buy a full set of bits for about $30...
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Its also a bit challenging to get the right style - how close the lights are, patterns, density, lengths of lines of lights, etcetera.
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If the option is nothing short of getting a USW-334 like Jason's, I say don't touch it or you'll risk marring that beautiful surface. Some things are better left well enough alone - especially this masterpiece.
You know, the challenge with pics of the lights is that it requires much better photography skills - hard to capture the right look.vaderdarth said:
Anyway...
Had a good day today.
--Just about finished finessing the dish; sanding down the detail pieces that were too thick, and painting over some lines that were too heavy.
--Added in some additional details in some of the blank grey areas
--Extened the trench farther near the back
--And a few other odds and ends
From a "lights on" (room lights, that is) perspective, it is 98% done.
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You just need a tripod Rob, that will improve your photography skills 100X. Use low lighting from behind the camera and to one side, then turn the lights on the DS, snap away.
Rob, to get the pictures you want, you're going to need two "passes" or elements. Shoot the DS beauty pass, then turn off your key light and expose for the model lights. Don't change focus or stop, get the correct exposure for the lights by adjusting the exposure time. Shoot tests to determine best exposures. Then composite the two images for a final. Depending on your background, you might also want to capture a matte pass.
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