Moldy Crow scratchbuild - WIP

[starving4rtist]

This is my first time working with styrene or doing any sort of scratchbuild, but I'm really enjoying it so far (and learning lots).

There isn't much reference material out there, so I'm making up a lot as I go:

 

[Randy13]

Wow, this is some great detail. Keep up the good work.

 

[Judge Spartan]

This is your first time doing this? That's crazy detail! Keep up the great work...

 

[cayman shen]

Wow, that looks about, say 1000 times better than my first (as yet incomplete) scratchbuild!

 

[Sluis Van Shipyards]

Looks great so far! I may do this one next too.

 

[Tsophika]

I love the Crow. Looks like a great build so far!

 

[Underdog]

Nice build work there. Milleniumfalsehood did a great card model version of that. Do you mind if I send him your photos?

 

[Contec]

I love moldy crow...sad they did not keep it for the other games in the series

 

[Sluis Van Shipyards]

I love moldy crow...sad they did not keep it for the other games in the series

Yeah the sequels gave us a ship that looks like the Crow was rear ended by a podracer.

 

[PetarB]

This looks fantastic. Great work in styrene!

What's the scale you're working on?

I love building from video games, it gives you opportunity to 'fill in the blanks'.

 

[tek2graphics]

This is beautiful!! Can't wait to see more!

 

[xingshen]

Very cool subject!

Looking good so far

 

[Ray22]

Once you go scratch you never go back, really nice job on this looks like your a pro on your first try.

 

[Millenniumf]

Wow! Nice work!

I'm a big fan of the Crow myself, and I created a CG model of it a few years ago. I was trying to be as accurate as possible to the in-game cinematics:

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h...d/Paper Models/DarkForcesloadingscreennew.jpg

I have turned it into a paper model; that might have been helpful in your scratchbuild.

Regardless, excellent work!

 

[Hackcore]

Woah nice start! I built a Crow a couple years ago. What´s the scale of your Crow?



Star Wars DARK FORCES Moldy Crow mastered by Stefan Hacker

 

[starving4rtist]

Thanks for all of the nice comments everyone! It means a lot coming from this community of amazing artists.

As for the scale, I'm not really sure I decided to make it 9" long and just figured out everything else from there.

...which brings me to my question for all of you: Does this scale look correct, or do the seats/person look too large?

 

[starving4rtist]

Took a break from the ship to build an R2 unit. Unfortunately it's too large to use as a part of this project...but still fun to make! :cheers

 

[Contec]

what about one of the r2d2 from the Micromachine sets ?

 

[LastBattlestar]

Nice build so far. I think the seats/figure look correct and the Astromech is great! For a first scratchbuild, I think you are rolling along quite nicely.

I included a droid into my Storm Crow build, but the model is 1/35 hence the smaller figures.

HWK290E STORMCROW scratch build by Mike Niejalke

'General Jaxun' offered quite a lot of detail on the Moldy Crow in my build thread if you are interested:

Last Battlestar's Studio Scale Moldy Crow - Resin Illuminati

Mike

 

[starving4rtist]

Thanks LastBattlestar! I found your model while looking for Moldy Crow references - very cool!

Build continues slowly, and as always, I'm learning lots as I go: