Jestefarean
Sr Member
These are 1/24 scale pilots meant to go with the studio scale Viper kit. While the original pilot is nice, I always wanted some more options, to include a seated female pilot, Boomer, Starbuck, Apollo seated pilots, and a standing male and female Colonial Warrior. I've planned for some time to do some different diorama's, and I needed a seperate helmet and the standing and various seated figures to be able to pull it off. I got the standing female and seated male figs a while ago (and Starship Modeler even carried them for a bit) but the seated female and standing male never made it out...till now. (finally! WHEW)
Working on painting the figures I decided to play around with lighting the helmets. They are cast in a clear resin, but I didn't have a small enough LED to insert into the helmet, so I did a test with fiber optics. I actually really like the results, though I want to try it with a yellow LED instead of the white. So...voila headlights. (now, get your head out of the gutter if you were looking for something else! )
Now...onto the figures...So...here they are! I'm still tweaking the paint job. It's still a very small subject matter, and I find every time I stare at one of them I have work I want to do...but they are getting close. Hope you like...I'm pleased...(and now I need to getb onto my Viper! )
I decided to do the head for the seated Starbuck without the helmet first, but it's held on with a rare earth magnet and I also did the seperate head for the helmet. I'd like to do Apollos seated head as well, and then a seperate Boomer pilot.
Working on painting the figures I decided to play around with lighting the helmets. They are cast in a clear resin, but I didn't have a small enough LED to insert into the helmet, so I did a test with fiber optics. I actually really like the results, though I want to try it with a yellow LED instead of the white. So...voila headlights. (now, get your head out of the gutter if you were looking for something else! )
Now...onto the figures...So...here they are! I'm still tweaking the paint job. It's still a very small subject matter, and I find every time I stare at one of them I have work I want to do...but they are getting close. Hope you like...I'm pleased...(and now I need to getb onto my Viper! )
I decided to do the head for the seated Starbuck without the helmet first, but it's held on with a rare earth magnet and I also did the seperate head for the helmet. I'd like to do Apollos seated head as well, and then a seperate Boomer pilot.
