Scrap-built spaceship

[Wouldchop]

Scrap-built spaceship, the frontend

The frontend still has some fibres dangling about. Time to finally fit them through the scrap with holes and make like lit "towers".

tower 1,

tower2

and tower 3,4,5& 6. (Or hairfoamcaps 3,4,5& 6)

Almost finished with the coloured bits and preparing for primer. Looking kindof like a fisherprice spaceship at the moment..

 

[Heath Norton]

This is looking really cool. Your process is very unconventional and yielding a very interesting looking ship.

Can't wait to see more.

Heath

 

[SofaKing01]

Primer primer primer!

 

[Wouldchop]

primer primer primer!

aye!

 

[SofaKing01]

Whoa!!! Very nice!

 

[Heath Norton]

Loving it! Can't wait to see more.

 

[Wouldchop]

Scrap-built spaceship, primer

Wauw, that pimer business sure is satisfying. Weather was primer-perfect, so i misted on a few layers on my balcony.



Last fibre routine.


Cutting the fibres, with lights on, is maybe even a more satisfying business. Like turning every single light on. :cool
I played around with some future parts to think of where to go next.

I like where it is going.

Lights on.

I think the fibre optics kinda worked out too. Maybe i should do more further on.

After a long time working (on and off) on this thing, primer done over the optics is a milestone for me. AND i'm pleased with the result.
I'm so stoked right now..

 

[Wes R]

Looks really good. I don't know why but it reminds me of the ships in the Dead Space video game. I never thought of trying something like this, it's a good way to clean up if you have a lot of parts around.

 

[Wouldchop]

Scrap-built spaceship, greebliefication

Here i'll post some more work in progress pics, as this part is slowy undergoing a top to bottom greebliefication.
Finding a place and "purpose" for the various parts of grey scrap on the ship is great fun.
I want to use the parts as they are but sometimes quite a bit of, well, scratchbuilding is needed.

I started on the underside. First i checked the front mounts. They're ready for the crate later on, and keep it aligned.

A few fibres, scrap of a showerhead and the cap of the primercan i used..

Some mad detailing on the side. this area will be covered by the crate. (waiting in the back)

other side, and a start on the bottom with a few pieces of led strip and greeblies

The leds build in with some scrap-freestyle.

Checking the rear mounts. I'd like the cartridge to be a big asymmetric feature here, so i build a small alu outrigger.
Some origami style folding was needed to get the planes aligned the "right" way.

This way its gonna work. The thing already looks kinda huge-landingbay-ish i think.

Now i can greeble the bottom some more, untill its time to turn it over.

A start on the top, finding a good place for the scrap laying around. i gues i have a round-tower theme going here..

This is where i left-off the sides. I can always stick something on if i find a nice piece.

The front is almost finished now.
I'm going to work on it a little more, until its time to lay it aside and pick up the separate pieces like the cartridge and the crate.

Bye for now!

 

[trooper]

pics don't work

 

[Wouldchop]

pics don't work

Thanks, fixed it.

 

[Master Tej]

Whoa, dude, I love this! At first, without paint, I wasn't quite sure about the body, but then you painted it, and I was like "magic time"! This is a supremely awesome build!

- Master Tej -

 

[Strode]

my mind is blown! that looks fantastic! holy crap....

 

[TheNylonGag]

This is looking very groovy indeed my friend

Gag

 

[SciFiPropFreak]

Subscribed!
I also have tons of scap lying around (sorted in boxes, of course ;-) ) and this might be a good way to get rid of some in a way I would feel comfortable with :-D

When first looking at the pictures in post #27 I thought you are already starting to build a dry-dock to park this thing in :eek

 

[Tobot]

Agree with the above comments about before and after paint.
I was impressed before paint and blown away after

 

[Wouldchop]

Scrap-built spaceship, the frontend

Thanks for the nice comments guys! So cool to have RPFers interested my scrap venture.

These are some pictures of the last bit i could do on the frontend.

First some construction reinforcement; initially i thought to have an open gap here, but
it feels like a bad idea to have the weakest point where torque is coming from two sides..

I quess ill have a Roger young like skybridge now.
A good source for small shapes; remote-mat. Preparing greeblies around the showerhead.
More shiny pieces like nylon ties and a drill casing. Hard to cut, hard to glue, but nice effect.

These are panels with airvents wich will cover the rest of the body once its connected to the other big build.
Sheets of fresnel-lens glued on it. It will have leds behind it lateron.
You have to give it to HP for putting effort in styling their vents. I think these look great;
a desktop and a monitor from the era computer stuff was beige and spaceshippy coloured.

The panels are roughly in place to see if i can do anything more on this piece.
I think i can shelf it for now and start on the smaller pieces.

A last shot to have an idea where this is going.

Meanwhile, on a bench not to far away..

 

[Strode]

That is one beautiful ship sir.

 

[Master Tej]

More than impressed. This needs to be in a film at some point.

- Master Tej -

 

[SofaKing01]

This is just mindblowingly spectacular!