Recent content by orthofox

Ah, the enthusiasm is still very much there for my little Pegasus. I just visited her in the dry docks last night as a matter of fact. There is just the small matter of my all-consuming job that continues to get in the way of me getting more time in on her. But I think I see some light on the...

This is seriously good. The detail and accuracy of the build is incredible.

The Second Speeder Well thanks again to all for following along on this growing improvised build. What started off as just a little knock-off kit-bashed speeder has grown some embarrassingly long legs - and which has now metastasized into a second speeder. I mean, that first one needs something...

Thank you so much, Frenkie - this has been a really fun project to improvise and let grow. Thanks for noticing! I tried to directionally brush the grass to give the appearance of wind blowing through it. Yes - you saw! The great thing about using this material is that it remains soft and...

Let's fly! After experimenting with different techniques for trying to give the speeder the appearance it was flying over my grassy field, I finally settled on the use of a 1/4" acrylic rod. The first thing I did was balance my speeder on my fingers until I found its center of gravity. If I...

Hey Sourdoh, Thank you SO MUCH for your note. And I apologize for the great dearth of activity on the Pegasus. She is still dry docked on her dedicated stand in my shop waiting for my return. When I got back from all of my work conferences, and then a hard month at work, I was really feeling...

Spectators After realizing that I would need to turn this little speeder into a larger diorama, I began to think, as some of you have as well, that this would make a really cool racing scene with two speeders racing one another in some kind of match race. Races need spectators. But being that I...

This is an absolutely stunning piece of kit-bashing / scratch-building work - a real masterclass. I love how everything just feels like it 'fits' right. Everything looks like it has a purpose. Truly, film-quality detail. It's so exciting to watch this come together.

Thanks so much for your guys' interest and comments. I'm sort of making this up as I go along - which I realize isn't everyone's cup of tea on this forum, which is completely understandable. But maybe there could be other opportunities for using some of these techniques related to some known...

I thought the same thing! They definitely look like mushrooms when there just a few of them and I take a magnified photo. I'm hopeful when I get a bunch more added in, from a distance, they'll take on more of the appearance of clusters of wild flowers. If I hate them, they'll be easy to remove...

More grass I thought I'd share a few more photos of the grass-making process for those interested. The first steps, which I did not photograph, were simply to roughly cut out a swatch of the fake fur material that will fit in the designated area - in this case, the largest rhomboid-shaped area...

Well thank you! And yeah, you sort of read my mind. I was holding the speeder over the diorama as I was working more on the rock wall last night and had the same thought: What if there was a second one and they were having a match race? And here's a spoiler - I'm already working on some...

Well this is very small payback for all that I've learned from you amazing threads, my friend -

Thanks so much. And thanks also for the tip regarding primer on foam, I absolutely did NOT know this.

Building a world... After nearing completion of the speeder, I immediately started contemplating an environment in which to place it: a diorama. In my mind, I had two general options: either something mechanized and industrial, or something very natural and bucolic. There has always been...