Darth Brass
Sr Member
What's the reddish section in the middle?
BTW, freaking AMAZING.
BTW, freaking AMAZING.
Building The Death Star - PRODUCTION
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PHArchivist
Master Member
That is a **** up... A thin spot in the paint.
I never noticed it before. I think I'll add more drilled light holes, plus add some more black dots to diminish and distract. But not going to repaint.
jawsmodels
Sr Member
Thats impressive Rob.
Great work.
Great work.
Gigatron
Sr Member
First - fantastic work, Rob (and to all of your little clone troopers, for the drilling work) :thumbsup
Second - on your DSLR, you can set it to Program Auto (that's where the camera makes all the decisions), but look in the manual to see if you can force the iso to 200, or the lowest native setting (on some cameras, it's 100). Since you're using a tripod, set the camera timer. At iso200 (or 100), the camera should set for a longer exposure. This will give you a nice, clean, noise-free image.
Thirdly - for your trench ports, check around for jeweler's or electronics file sets. These almost always have a square file, in them. Drill a hole to the size of the file and just use the file to square them off. Makes life a lot easier.
-Fred
Second - on your DSLR, you can set it to Program Auto (that's where the camera makes all the decisions), but look in the manual to see if you can force the iso to 200, or the lowest native setting (on some cameras, it's 100). Since you're using a tripod, set the camera timer. At iso200 (or 100), the camera should set for a longer exposure. This will give you a nice, clean, noise-free image.
Thirdly - for your trench ports, check around for jeweler's or electronics file sets. These almost always have a square file, in them. Drill a hole to the size of the file and just use the file to square them off. Makes life a lot easier.
-Fred
No need for a faster method or buying a new tool. Just buy some crappy Budlight beer and invite me over for an all-day trench session.
PHArchivist
Master Member
No need for a faster method or buying a new tool. Just buy some crappy Budlight beer and invite me over for an all-day trench session.
Any weekend...!
Spring soccer games (on Saturdays) start up on 2/18/2012, FYI...
Really good question.
A toss up, really...
PHArchivist
Master Member
Thanks, my friend...
I'll be taking some more shots (with the lights) of the front/dish area, now that I have a better camera for doing so.
I'll be taking some more shots (with the lights) of the front/dish area, now that I have a better camera for doing so.
vetteboy1982
Well-Known Member
Hey I may be retarded but you stated that your Death Star is 113 inches in diameter.....dont you mean circumference ? Now I havent seen any pictures with you in it, but 113 inches in diameter would make that 3 feet taller than the average man if it were sitting on the ground. I also dont quite understand the scale of this thing. In the movie, they mistook it for a moon.30 miles in diameter is tiny for a moon. And the shot of the super star destroyer impacting the surface shows no curvature at all..meaning that the diameter of that thing would have had to be indeed moon sized. Now our moon is some 2100 miles in diameter so even if it were half that size, thats still 1000 miles. Doesn't Mr Lucas have specs on that thing? He does on everything else. On a different note, Your work is amazing. You should be proud !
PHArchivist
Master Member
Yeah - I biffed... Diameter is the well-known 36" / three feet.
The moon of Endor dwarfed the DSII (which was bigger than DS! in both fiction and reality).
Let's just say when Puke says "Its heading for that small moon..." that 1.) he's an idiot, and 2.) they didn't realize how close they were to it (until Ben says "That's no moon...").
The moon of Endor dwarfed the DSII (which was bigger than DS! in both fiction and reality).
Let's just say when Puke says "Its heading for that small moon..." that 1.) he's an idiot, and 2.) they didn't realize how close they were to it (until Ben says "That's no moon...").
darklord1976
New Member
how is your Death Star coming? Are there any pics? I did a repro of the Palitoy Death Star for my collection. It turned out well. I never thought of making a full one though!
PHArchivist
Master Member
Haven't heard of this? What is it?
jawsmodels
Sr Member
Yeah more pics Rob!
How about one with your hasbro conversion XWing coming in for a bomb run.
:love
How about one with your hasbro conversion XWing coming in for a bomb run.
:love
torren_of_amber
Well-Known Member
Love this build, you inspired me to find an old globe to do one of my own...not nearly as good as yours but, still you inspired another D.S. build. Can't wait to see it done.
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scarf man
Master Member
PHArchivist
Master Member
Ah - thanks...
