Building The Death Star - PRODUCTION
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PHArchivist
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Right on.
That's why I'm gonna go forward with what I've got, and not sweat it. I'm going to try to mask a full half of the lower dome in one shot, and speckle it in one session.
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shaunsheep
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I dont think this will help but as a piece of background information its always fun to look at
PHArchivist
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PHArchivist
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Jee-zuss, am I that transparent! Come on - cut me some slack!
Well...
OK here's the deal:
Alaska Air flies out of Long Beach a 6:55 AM on Tuesday 10/13/09, flight AS547; $69.00 on-line booking.
Return flight leaves SeaTac at 6:50 PM, same day, flight AS546; $69.00 on-line booking.
So pre-taxes and fees, $138.00 round trip.
This is not only the cheapest I can find, but about the soonest, with the most time on the ground. Time at Seattle Center will be from about 11:00 to 5:30, so enough time for a decent lunch, maybe a trip up the tower, and a few beers to celebrate a successful mission!
I will call the museum in a couple of hours to confirm the content of the article. If all is as seems, I'l book.
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Come on, you've get everything you need.
Plus with the DS inside that cabinet, It would be hard to take anything substantially better than what you've got.
Still no flash allowed and you know they're not going to let you put up a tripod.
Of course a mono pod isn't so obvious. Not to encourage you or anything.
Plus with the DS inside that cabinet, It would be hard to take anything substantially better than what you've got.
Still no flash allowed and you know they're not going to let you put up a tripod.
Of course a mono pod isn't so obvious. Not to encourage you or anything.
PHArchivist
Master Member
I must have missed that. No flash?
if that is accurate and they're strict about it, that may be a deal breaker.
And Mike, yes - I do have pretty much all I need to complete the model. There are a few areas I could use some hi-res shots of (like the morth pole, and portions of the lower dome). But its not critical.
Heimidal
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I'd imagine it's pretty accurate. I'd be VERY surprised if they allowed flash.
PHArchivist
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You're on. Pics sent... Check 'em out!
darth_myeek
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For creating the lights on the DS I always imagined the dream team at ILM killing a couple of cases of beer on a Friday afternoon sitting around the DS on stools pecking away at the beast with their exacto knives... swilling a brew in the other hand :thumbsup
It may or may not have happened, but that's how I like to imagine it...
For you I'd suggest taping off straight lines to use as guides so you are not "all over" randomly. the lines on the original seem to be pretty lined up, but that may just be a trick of filming iot from a fairly large distance and my mind "lining" them up. Then cracking the aforementioned cases of beer and start pecking away
Jedi Dade
It may or may not have happened, but that's how I like to imagine it...
For you I'd suggest taping off straight lines to use as guides so you are not "all over" randomly. the lines on the original seem to be pretty lined up, but that may just be a trick of filming iot from a fairly large distance and my mind "lining" them up. Then cracking the aforementioned cases of beer and start pecking away
Jedi Dade
MsngPcs
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Well, perception is reality! :love
vaderdarth
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Rob, after looking at the higher rez pic of the DS, I believe that is precisely what the pencil lines were used for..............to follow when cutting in the light points on the surface.
Dave
PS if you have the book: Modelling a Galaxy, there is a pullout of the laser dish that is labeled DeathStar II Superlaser.............that is not the DSII, that is a hi rez closeup of the DS 1 and it is in extremely good lighting showing the section that is typically in shadow. Just thought you would like to know.
Dave
PS if you have the book: Modelling a Galaxy, there is a pullout of the laser dish that is labeled DeathStar II Superlaser.............that is not the DSII, that is a hi rez closeup of the DS 1 and it is in extremely good lighting showing the section that is typically in shadow. Just thought you would like to know.
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PHArchivist
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Rob, after looking at the higher rez pic of the DS, I believe that is precisely what the pencil lines were used for..............to follow when cutting in the light points on the surface.
Dave
PS if you have the book: Modelling a Galaxy, there is a pullout of the laser dish that is labelled DeathStar II Superlaser.............that is not the DSII, that is a hi rez closeup of the DS 1 and it is in extremely good lighting showing the section that is typically in shadow. Just thought you would like to know.
Very likely on the lines...
Modeling A Galaxy? Or Sculpting A Galaxy?
I have Sculpting A Galaxy, which has a two-page spread of the entire DS1, but I don't recall any pullouts of the DSII (or DSI as I suppose it is).
Interestingly, talking about the dish on the DSII, if you understand the differences of the dish and the surrounding area, and its distance from the DSII equator, then it becomes clearly evident that it was the DSII used in Star Tours.
I mention this merely incidentally. And I've mentioned it before, but since we're hitting around this topic now, I thought I'd throw it out there...
PHArchivist
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Well... That's probably what WILL happen on this one!
PHArchivist
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I made a little progress today...
I isolated and marked the rigth edge of the long slender rectangle just off center on the lower dome, then masked the first separation line between the top band of blocks (of the lower dome) and the next band down.
For those paying attention, you're recall I did the upper dome one band at a time, so masking the separation lines was done with wide tape, one edge of the separation line being done with the first row of locks, the other edge being done with the second row of blocks.
This tme I cut my masking tape the the thickness of the separation line itself (3mm), and taped off the entire line. It actually worked better. The 3mm thin strip of tape conforms to the compound curves just fine, and this will allow me to speckle more than one band at a time on the lower dome.
I isolated and marked the rigth edge of the long slender rectangle just off center on the lower dome, then masked the first separation line between the top band of blocks (of the lower dome) and the next band down.
For those paying attention, you're recall I did the upper dome one band at a time, so masking the separation lines was done with wide tape, one edge of the separation line being done with the first row of locks, the other edge being done with the second row of blocks.
This tme I cut my masking tape the the thickness of the separation line itself (3mm), and taped off the entire line. It actually worked better. The 3mm thin strip of tape conforms to the compound curves just fine, and this will allow me to speckle more than one band at a time on the lower dome.
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