Barnstormer
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Thank you so much for sharing the original concept art - I LOVED the art in that series!
Obscure Ship From the Thrawn Trilogy Comic Books
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SKIN JOB 66
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You're very welcome Alex and Barnstormer !
Thank you for your interest !
Fred
Thank you for your interest !
Fred
SKIN JOB 66
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NOMAD CITY posted 5 minutes ago !
Fred
Fred
All right so I'm getting back into this Heir to the Empire project. Here almost two years later! Life sure has a way of moving on doesn't it?
So, I started in on building the HTTE Chariot LAV.
I'm partway through building my alpha model for study purposes. I wanted to get a grip on the size and angles on this thing. I have most of the body roughed out of foamcore and cereal boxes. Still a bit left to do, but I'm out of time this morning to work on it and I figured I'd post the progress. The final model will be built of plastic and kitbash greeblies.
This was a tough one to nail down the correct scale of. The drawings in the comic book seem to be a bit squishy in terms of size, though the proportions of the thing seem pretty consistent in all the drawings. I can't tell quite how the pointy front panels are meant to be, in many drawings they appear flet to the rest of the hull with the points spread wide and in others they look like they taper together. After playing around with it I decided I liked the angled in look a bit more.
I decided I wanted to be able to use this model in role-playing games so I made it with the 30mm gaming figures in mind. To account for the size of the figure bases, I had to inflate the scale a bit. But I don't think it's actually by a lot. Comparing it to the drawings, the passengers seem fairly small in relation to the vehicle so, well, it works for me and my purposes.
--Alex
So, I started in on building the HTTE Chariot LAV.
I'm partway through building my alpha model for study purposes. I wanted to get a grip on the size and angles on this thing. I have most of the body roughed out of foamcore and cereal boxes. Still a bit left to do, but I'm out of time this morning to work on it and I figured I'd post the progress. The final model will be built of plastic and kitbash greeblies.
This was a tough one to nail down the correct scale of. The drawings in the comic book seem to be a bit squishy in terms of size, though the proportions of the thing seem pretty consistent in all the drawings. I can't tell quite how the pointy front panels are meant to be, in many drawings they appear flet to the rest of the hull with the points spread wide and in others they look like they taper together. After playing around with it I decided I liked the angled in look a bit more.
I decided I wanted to be able to use this model in role-playing games so I made it with the 30mm gaming figures in mind. To account for the size of the figure bases, I had to inflate the scale a bit. But I don't think it's actually by a lot. Comparing it to the drawings, the passengers seem fairly small in relation to the vehicle so, well, it works for me and my purposes.
--Alex
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SKIN JOB 66
Sr Member
GREAT WORK ALEX, WOW !!!
I like the way you have adapted the size, it makes the damn thing a little more impressive and... brutal. Yes, that's the word. Brutal. I like it !
: )
Fred
I like the way you have adapted the size, it makes the damn thing a little more impressive and... brutal. Yes, that's the word. Brutal. I like it !
: )
Fred
SKIN JOB 66
Sr Member
Any update Alex ?
I have very recently uploaded more designs on my FB, among them original art of a hammerhead cargo that made an appearance (in a revamped version) in ROGUE ONE !
I have very recently uploaded more designs on my FB, among them original art of a hammerhead cargo that made an appearance (in a revamped version) in ROGUE ONE !
