Building The Death Star - PRODUCTION
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modeleers
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And you should be able to match those scratches & smears too - if you
decide to Kick your DS around the neighborhood for 30+ yrs.
Looking sorta Great there, Bob! (I bet you think you hot stuff)
Well, you Are!
Wow Rob, just wow! This is getting so good it is going to end up on tour somewhere... you are really nailing it.
vaderdarth
Master Member
Holy Smokes Rob, I just nearly passed out those pix look so good!!!! It never really registered with me how much better the lines were gonna make this baby look. But it sure does nail the original perfectly!!! I'm speechless!!!
I imagined that placing the lines on it would make it pop.... Good Lord was that an understament. The lines add an organized flow to the speckles which makes it look "constructed" WOW
Spectacular!
the only criticism - and I just may have missed this if you stated it before - where are the horizontal lines? Or are they part of the 2nd pass so you can make sure the alignment (horizontally) is perfect...
Jedi Dade
Spectacular!
the only criticism - and I just may have missed this if you stated it before - where are the horizontal lines? Or are they part of the 2nd pass so you can make sure the alignment (horizontally) is perfect...
Jedi Dade
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PHArchivist
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Most of the lines are vertical. There are areas heavy in horizontal, but its probably a 3:2 ratio.
Another thing too - there are sections on the model that WERE very heavy n horizontal lines that have all but completely faded away now.
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Looking awesome !
PHArchivist
Master Member
A bit more progress... Man that involved area to the left was a *****. Note I'm continuing on reducing the granularity.
MonsieurTox
Master Member
Splendid Rob, you're on the right way !!
What are you finally using to draw the lines ? A rotring rapidograph with ink or paint ?
What are you finally using to draw the lines ? A rotring rapidograph with ink or paint ?
Amazing job on the Death Star Detailing PHArchivist, I can't wait to see you do a Cloud City model next... (Hint, hint, nudge, nudge, wink, wink!!)
All I can say is WOW!!!!!!!!!!
All I can say is WOW!!!!!!!!!!
So when you finish this, what is the first planet on the hit list so I can stear clear?
Jannix Quinn
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That's so sexy my s-foil locked in the attack position. I had to cross my legs.
PHArchivist
Master Member
Thanks guys... Tox, its a Rapidograph, ink. I believe it is water-based ink. If I mess up, I can usually wipe a line about 98% - 99% clean with a wet paper towel if I get to it right away. Also using mechanical pencil.
So far, I'm simply using a 12" x 1" strip of styrene (modertaly thick, but still flexible), cut clean with a steel straight-edge and razor knife to give me a clean line. I'm lining this up with pre-existing lines, or just by eye.
Brad, I'm not using the T-shaped tool you've seen.
WOW!! Just WOW!
MonsieurTox
Master Member
Thanks Rob !
PHArchivist
Master Member
The black lines are nerve-wracking. So many of them, which increases the potential to screw up and get thme at incorret angles (veering off from a true line to the pole). It is tedius.
Also... The ink lines are quite stark.
I'm condfident they used ink on the original, and mine look pretty much like they do in the reference. But so far on mine I have just a small area with lines, compared to an overall "clean" sphere, so they stand out quite a lot.
And I'm realizing something...
Regardless how good my reference shots are, I really have no way to tell if the overall look of the lines is in league with how it should be.
This is because all my shots of the original are in a dark room (albeit with flash), shooting through glass, at a model that is scarred and faded.
All my shots of my own model are in a brightly lit workshop, with no interference between the cam and the model, and of a clean, fresh, unfaded model.
So I suppose it makes sense that the lines on mine will "pop" more so on the original.
Hardest thing for me is gauging how dark the pencil lines should be, due to fading. The ink lines on Gus' don't appear to have faded one bit (surprisingly). But the lead lines clearly have, to the point that some have been all but lost to time.
Thoughts?
Commentary?
Also... The ink lines are quite stark.
I'm condfident they used ink on the original, and mine look pretty much like they do in the reference. But so far on mine I have just a small area with lines, compared to an overall "clean" sphere, so they stand out quite a lot.
And I'm realizing something...
Regardless how good my reference shots are, I really have no way to tell if the overall look of the lines is in league with how it should be.
This is because all my shots of the original are in a dark room (albeit with flash), shooting through glass, at a model that is scarred and faded.
All my shots of my own model are in a brightly lit workshop, with no interference between the cam and the model, and of a clean, fresh, unfaded model.
So I suppose it makes sense that the lines on mine will "pop" more so on the original.
Hardest thing for me is gauging how dark the pencil lines should be, due to fading. The ink lines on Gus' don't appear to have faded one bit (surprisingly). But the lead lines clearly have, to the point that some have been all but lost to time.
Thoughts?
Commentary?
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Re: pencil lines...
a harder lead will give you a lighter looking line.
But WOW this thing is NICE! Take your time and enjoy the final stages.:thumbsup
a harder lead will give you a lighter looking line.
But WOW this thing is NICE! Take your time and enjoy the final stages.:thumbsup
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