Studio Half Scale TOS Enterprise Scratch build

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Saw your youtube video, the masters really good. Looking forward to the next episode!
Same time, same channel, LOL
 
So Friggin' true... in order to create something realistic in CGI or anything else you need a basic understanding of how to put things togetrher, how physics works. And while I readily concede that there are soem really talented CGI people out there... there are alos alot of them that could use soem time drawing/sculpting and mdeling in the real world so. When you are working on something to "create" it in the real world you go over it a thousand times focussing on every bit of it. Your mind "knows" how it should look, and you're hands try to get there. IMHO the computer makes it too easy to do (hard to do well granted) so that the "study time" of the subject is not always there. The result shows in the final product always looking a little "off". With a decent model build if it looks "off" is usually the result of the way it was shot more that the model. There is a talent to shooting miniatures that seems to elude a lot of people, understanding the technical aspects of perspective, lighting angle, illusion of motion, are things that good artists learn drawing, painting and sculpting. Again the computer makes reasonable results in these areas too easy, but the jump to exceptional results all that much harder.

Putting the soap-box away now...

Jedi Dade
 
Jedi Dade said:
So Friggin' true... in order to create something realistic in CGI or anything else you need a basic understanding of how to put things togetrher, how physics works. And while I readily concede that there are soem really talented CGI people out there... there are alos alot of them that could use soem time drawing/sculpting and mdeling in the real world so. When you are working on something to "create" it in the real world you go over it a thousand times focussing on every bit of it. Your mind "knows" how it should look, and you're hands try to get there. IMHO the computer makes it too easy to do (hard to do well granted) so that the "study time" of the subject is not always there. The result shows in the final product always looking a little "off". With a decent model build if it looks "off" is usually the result of the way it was shot more that the model. There is a talent to shooting miniatures that seems to elude a lot of people, understanding the technical aspects of perspective, lighting angle, illusion of motion, are things that good artists learn drawing, painting and sculpting. Again the computer makes reasonable results in these areas too easy, but the jump to exceptional results all that much harder.

Putting the soap-box away now...

Jedi Dade
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The very truth.

Steve
 
As always I enjoy the lesson. It's not often you get to see a master at work; sharing techniques.

Thanks (yet again, lol), Steve
 
TRUE.
I REALLY appreciate the fact that there are still people willing to SHARE "The Art of Model Making" without making a profit. Thank you so much! :thumbsup

feek61 said:
As always I enjoy the lesson. It's not often you get to see a master at work; sharing techniques.

Thanks (yet again, lol), Steve
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The lower half of the saucer section is cast in silicone. To my surprise it only took one gallon. Tomorrow I'll lay up the mother mold. It is going better than expected. Video will be loaded in a couple of hours. Here's a picture for now.

Steve

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Mauiman said:
on page 16 of this thread this picture has some one on it that scared the wizzings out of my sister who is 6 years older then me. Made her not able to sleep wondering if he was going to come for her. but I can't place his name.

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Image credited to Steve Neill

Some times I just wished that I could just dress up like him and go in to scare my sister for scaring the sense out of me when I was getting ready for bed. Of course that is what the older sibling is for. ;)

On this build even though I am posting this from page 16 is looking great thus far. Yet more to go more to see and such but when I am finished looking I will ether edit this post or post another one. If it is not finished please keep up the good work. This is pure eye candy much like the one who is building or modifying the DMC 12 from BTTF can't remember his forum name but his avatar picture has E.T. and R2-D2 on it and I think it is ether E.T. putting a crown on or taking the crown off of R2-D2. But any ways you both are doing great on your projects. Though the one working on that DMC-12 is quite slow but yet again this is art and art cannot be rushed ;) :p

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Well This thing is looking to be a great build. Loved the tibit of the screw being the spike in the deflector dish. and I am sorry about your budget shortage on this model for the molds and such. One thing else that I can't help but to wonder the car of yours. It looks like a 1982 Pontiac Trans Am which that happens to be what K.I.T.T. (Knight Industries Two Thousand - Knight Rider Series Staring the one and only David Hasstlehoff "As I am a soldier of the Hoff I order Every one rise and salute him!") Is. If that is so I would love to see you make that car in to a K.I.T.T. car and perhaps get another 1982 Pontiac Trans Am and make it in to K.I.T.T.'s older brother K.A.R.R. (Knight Automated Roving Robot) But not with the same programming as what K.A.R.R. Had :p

This is the picture that I seen that made me go on that path.
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So yeah.

Back to the model I think this thing will be a great piece on the living room table when the little squirts are all grown up and moved out with little squirts of their own. And I also think you should go and be a model maker for ILM (Industrial Light & Magic) and other Hollywood ran physical world model making franchises.

I enjoy looking at your work's and I would love to go to your place and look at it and enjoy your growing museum of models and such. I am also glad that the Mrs let's you do this kind of thing and I hope that she enjoys looking at your works. Keep up the good work and remember like always don't rush your self to completion. Take your time and enjoy the build. Yes these are things that I must come to grasp with but I know that it is doable and you sir gives me great inspiration to go higher and greater than before.

I am finding my self writing a novel so I am going to stop.

All the best.
-Alex
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Isn't that Balok, from The Corbomite Maneuver?
 
Gels in about 2 hours. Fully cured in about 3-4 days but if you needed to you could run it today. It's tough which is one of the reasons I can get away with it so thin.

It feels fully set up this morning. De molding time is 16 hours.

Steve
 
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