Building The Death Star - PRODUCTION

[Pauleysolo]

Re: Building The Death Star - PRODUCTION - Dish completed 12/20/2010

Once you complete the detailing on the Arctic areas-what is left to do? You seem very close to complete on this amazing 2 year plus project.

 

[Richard_2001]

Re: Building The Death Star - PRODUCTION - Dish completed 12/20/2010

I would say lots of beer and window making comes next! It still needs tons of pretty lights shining all over the surface and the trenches.

Richard

 

[Scratchy]

Re: Building The Death Star - PRODUCTION - Dish completed 12/20/2010

Damn, that's beautiful,.... it's like looking into the "Eye of Death":thumbsup

 

[NAZGÛL]

Re: Building The Death Star - PRODUCTION - Dish completed 12/20/2010

Amazing...

 

[PHArchivist]

Re: Building The Death Star - PRODUCTION - Dish completed 12/20/2010

Once you complete the detailing on the Arctic areas-what is left to do? You seem very close to complete on this amazing 2 year plus project.

Well, all that detailing is now done. And I redid the dish, by the way - lighter.

But I am caught up in finessing the surface texture. I've learned that essentially the entire model needs more fine texture. Right now I'm about 1/4 the way done.

May sound like I'm looking for reasons to prolong this, or obsessing on minutia - but trust me when I say that the more fine it gets, the better it looks. The areas I've done (and redone) truly look the most like the original.

But other that crafting the texture (and maybe a few corrections and/or addtions to the lines), I am done with the surface detail.

Here's the redone dish and the arctic cap...

 

[Mike J.]

Looks stellar, as always.

How long has the silver tape been on there? I never noticed it 'til now.


-Mike J.

 

[PHArchivist]

How long has the silver tape been on there? I never noticed it 'til now.

On my model, probably a year, give or take a few months.

It is quite clearly there on the original as it sits today. Question is if it was there when the model was filmed. It is very difficult to tell from reference pics.

 

[Mike J.]

I remember seeing it on some of the museum pics of the original, I just hadn't noticed it on yours. Guess I'm just slow :wacko


-Mike

 

[PHArchivist]

I remember seeing it on some of the museum pics of the original, I just hadn't noticed it on yours. Guess I'm just slow :wacko


-Mike

I'm pursuing an avenue to try to determine if in fact the model bore silver strips during filming.

If not, then my running theory is that the silver is the result of tape that remained on the model after completion, and during the filming process, but has since fallen off.

 

[seven]

It is quite clearly there on the original as it sits today. Question is if it was there when the model was filmed. It is very difficult to tell from reference pics.

Reading about the History of this Prop since filming wrapped up, I would assume that what is present on the model now was also present on the model then, unless there was some 'restoration' done to it after it left ILM (not including the radardish that was lost and replaced). Since this model wasn't cared for and ended up junked, I wouldn't think that 'they' took the time to add new/more details after shooting was completed.

...But I could be wrong...

 

[PHArchivist]

No new pics to post right now.

But note in this comp that the original has a slight but noticably higher degree of contrast (panels are a bit darker).

Good news is mine is being adjusted, and will be darker.

Bad news is it takes forever...

 

[Clutch]

Which one is the real one?

 

[Guy Cowen]

Which one is the real one?

And when is the Kit coming out :lol

 

[jollyskeleton]

thats friggin amazing ya know that!

 

[Treadwell]

No new pics to post right now.

But note in this comp that the original has a slight but noticably higher degree of contrast

That's due to the photography.

 

[phil_moscowitz]

Love watching this build. Backing up to the beginning though, I have a 15" Christmas ornament that would be a great start. My questions are what size should both half's be cut down to, and what brand of grey did you use?

 

[Ewi]

Wow looks great :thumbsup

 

[SteveNeill]

And I thought I was crazy.

Great damn job.

Steve

 

[mrstubbs]

Sweet.:cool

 

[PHArchivist]

And I thought I was crazy.

Great damn job.

Steve

You don't know the half of it! What is really crazy is the process I am following now. Darkening each city block by hand-applying additional dots with pen and pencil.

BUT, it is looking much better.