ILM X-wing photos

[Ging]

Ging, that photo gives us a look at strange new stuff - to me at least. The tall tower in the trench, the rough x-wing maquettes... Thanks.

It's possibly a mock up, put together possibly for use as a photographic storyboard sequence ? . Note the little model man as well in the bottom corner.

Would be interested to hear any opinions ?

 

[Robiwon]

Would like to see more of that X-Wing mock up too. Might be fun for a quick and dirty build.

 

[Ging]

Would like to see more of that X-Wing mock up too. Might be fun for a quick and dirty build.

Here you go. Not a photo shop expert so you might be able to adjust the contrast.

 

[MonsieurTox]

Wow very interesting stuff, thanks for sharing ! :thumbsup

 

[Guy Cowen]

It's possibly a mock up, put together possibly for use as a photographic storyboard sequence ? . Note the little model man as well in the bottom corner.

Would be interested to hear any opinions ?

Its great to see some of your collection hit the boards mate, your old MF cockpit drawing still has pride of place in my living room :love

Best Guy

 

[Ging]

Its great to see some of your collection hit the boards mate, your old MF cockpit drawing still has pride of place in my living room :love

Best Guy

I will post some more up. I doubt I have anything that will add more to the knowledge base on what's known.

Working on one photo that might be interesting :love

 

[Keiko]

Good eye bud, thanks for the heads up!

lee

http://picasaweb.google.com/ninareid/Models#5308731709535229474

Hopefully this worked - this should be the shot of the X wings diving toward the Death Star from the 1977 cut. Here you see Red Leader's underside.

I'll post some more caps of interest shortly.

 

[Keiko]

Seems it worked...

A few more non-Special Edition shots:

http://picasaweb.google.com/ninareid/Models#5308731708233383714

Underside of Red 1 again.



Filming of Pyro Red 1:

http://picasaweb.google.com/ninareid/Models#5308731887626636146

Second Filming of Pyro Red 1:

http://picasaweb.google.com/ninareid/Models#5308731891641132178

 

[Keiko]

Red 4 miniature as seen in the 1977 cut:

He's the first X wing shot down after the TIEs arrive - this scene is immediately after Red Leader's line of "Watch it, you've got one on your tail".

http://picasaweb.google.com/ninareid/Models#5308731880036432338
http://picasaweb.google.com/ninareid/Models#5308731887091127186
http://picasaweb.google.com/ninareid/Models#5308731887091127186

 

[Keiko]

And finally, a few construction shots of the miniature that I think we're calling the Red 6 pyro, also taken from the Empire of Dreams DVD.

http://picasaweb.google.com/ninareid/Models#5308732045242058162
http://picasaweb.google.com/ninareid/Models#5308732052535843138
http://picasaweb.google.com/ninareid/Models#5308732052758604386

And a last cap of Red 3 in the original cut:

http://picasaweb.google.com/ninareid/Models#5308731706589572498

Hope someone finds these interesting.

Cheers.

 

[Qrest Fourstar]

I do!

 

[Robiwon]

Thanks, nice to see some life still exists in this thread!

 

[Colin Droidmilk]

For anyone who doesn't realise there are stacks of high res photos of the 1/24 Red 3 over at modelermagic, there are. Piles of them.

 

[Ging]

Two more never seen before of pyro models

 

[Colin Droidmilk]

Cheers, man, those two pyro shots are fabulous! You know, these photos of yours show the pyro up in a pretty damn good light. Since they're unpainted in these shots, there's no sub-hero paintjob, leaving the eye free to enjoy the wonderful form of the models. Even the wider-open wing configuration looks great in its own right. These photos mean I'm going to be happy enough with the wing positioning on my V3. Anyone know if the more closed-up look of the heroes was a limitation of the armature, or was it a deliberate aesthetic choice?

 

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These are incredible production shots of the pyro models being built. Thank you so much for posting more of these here.

I think the angle on the hero wings was more a function of the fit of the armature to the fuselage, the sides of which acted as a stop for the "L" brackets that held the wings.

What's interesting is that there's a good bit of variation of maximum wing angles among the 4 known hero models, which is another reason to believe that construction probably had more to do with what we saw on screen than aesthetics.

 

[mslz22]

Yes, thanks for those pics, I can really notice the "thick" wings in these pics, which is what i tried to emulate in the V3....again great pics...

 

[Ging]

I will post some more. I have scans of them on the PC but as some I've sold to other collectors I need to ensure any I post I still own.

 

[Colin Droidmilk]

Can't wait...

 

[Ging]

Some more. If anyone is interested in these I am selling a few of these on my site to fund further purchases.

Polaroid of a Xwing.....over to someone to identify

Some more pyros