orthofox
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I've long been inspired by the incredible art work of Ian McQue who has been an artist for the video game industry, a conceptual artist for the new Star Wars movies and has done some truly amazing work with recently published editions of the Mortal Engines series by Philip Reeve (among many other things). If you aren't familiar with his work, just google his name and discover the grimey quasi-dystopic and well-lived-in world he has created. Thus, I was really excited to stumble upon some models of Ian McQue ships made by Industria Mechanika. I started building the Waldo last year and upon nearing completion, had the idea to build the larger Remora and then pair them together with a scratch-built docking station of some kind in a diorama. Also a fan of "build-logs," I'd like to use this thread to document my plans, morgue files of McQue images and progress photos.
These are the kits I will be starting with - both are resin models with brass photoetching components, various metallic attachments and some kit-bashed add-ons.
The vision is that these two ships will be levitating as depicted in the box illustrations, but moored to a docking station of some kind. I'd also like to enhance the diorama with some creative lighting using LEDs and a system of switches to allow the viewer to illuminate certain parts of the scene as they would like.
Onward and upward!
These are the kits I will be starting with - both are resin models with brass photoetching components, various metallic attachments and some kit-bashed add-ons.
The vision is that these two ships will be levitating as depicted in the box illustrations, but moored to a docking station of some kind. I'd also like to enhance the diorama with some creative lighting using LEDs and a system of switches to allow the viewer to illuminate certain parts of the scene as they would like.
Onward and upward!
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