Hi everyone, my buddy Carl, otherwise known as carlart asked me to put this post for him in lieu of the fact that he's having technical problems logging in after being reinstated recently. While he's waiting for the issue to be resolved, he asked me to post photos and a video of his new P1...
Seahunter, again sorry if I jumped the gun but have been burned many times myself. That's why I stopped making large props. I know it's for the art of it and not the money, because it's hard to make a living off of selling licensed properties that you don't own the right to. Pred4550, doesn't...
I haven't posted here in years and just lurk but I have to comment on this. In his initial post, Gary (Shai'tan)mentions there was a need for an accessible P1 cannon, which is why he and Gene decided to create one. I find it odd that Gene and Gary came to that conclusion without calling Carl...
Great video. Thanks to all again that put this all together. I would buy the video of Mat Winston's behind the scenes footage of all the different movies he must have. Was interesting to see the video from the stills we have all seen for the past 20 years.
Carl's right, the Magics software works with triangles, and his 3D software doesn't build with them, so he had to translate the files afterward. Not that big a deal, but some of the components were downright stubborn and I had to spend some time refining them in the computer before sending them...
Fantastic painting! To help dry out silicone molds after you soak in paint thinner you can put it in an oven at 180 deg. for a few hours. Any hotter you can hurt the mold.