darthvader073
Well-Known Member
Hi guys,
few days ago I started with my new project- the Death Star model....but only 10 cm (4 inches) in diameter.
It all started a month ago when I bought 10 cm acrylic sphere, which I intended for a project like this in near future.
My plan is to make it look like something like this:
http://www.imageshost.eu/image/zb
Since I started, I haven't took the photos from the beginning, but I'll describe what I did.
First of all, I found dimensions of the DS studio model diameter and its dish (also on this forum, in the DS Studio Scale thread). Then I determined a diameter of my laser dish, marked it on a sphere and then made a hole for it. I also made a small hole on the bottom of a lower sphere for the cables.
After that I used fine sandpaper to sand it from the inside to diffuse light better.
http://www.imageshost.eu/image/ze
http://www.imageshost.eu/image/zk
http://www.imageshost.eu/image/zD
I made a dish (which is a bit than an inch in diameter) from hard paper and a thin wire for the details.
I hot-glued it on the sphere, but from the inside ofc. Spheres are not glued together yet.
http://www.imageshost.eu/image/zP
http://www.imageshost.eu/image/zo
http://www.imageshost.eu/image/zs
http://www.imageshost.eu/image/zy
http://www.imageshost.eu/image/zC
In the next few days I'm planning to install a light source and finish paintwork. Lights would be done by scratching paint off with a needle.
Now I would ask you for advice... For the scale that small, is it even worth (and possible) putting lights on the surface without damaging its look? I think it wouldn't look that good if those small holes for the lights were too noticeable during daylight...
Tell me what you think, any advice will be helpful
Sandrino
few days ago I started with my new project- the Death Star model....but only 10 cm (4 inches) in diameter.
It all started a month ago when I bought 10 cm acrylic sphere, which I intended for a project like this in near future.
My plan is to make it look like something like this:
http://www.imageshost.eu/image/zb
Since I started, I haven't took the photos from the beginning, but I'll describe what I did.
First of all, I found dimensions of the DS studio model diameter and its dish (also on this forum, in the DS Studio Scale thread). Then I determined a diameter of my laser dish, marked it on a sphere and then made a hole for it. I also made a small hole on the bottom of a lower sphere for the cables.
After that I used fine sandpaper to sand it from the inside to diffuse light better.
http://www.imageshost.eu/image/ze
http://www.imageshost.eu/image/zk
http://www.imageshost.eu/image/zD
I made a dish (which is a bit than an inch in diameter) from hard paper and a thin wire for the details.
I hot-glued it on the sphere, but from the inside ofc. Spheres are not glued together yet.
http://www.imageshost.eu/image/zP
http://www.imageshost.eu/image/zo
http://www.imageshost.eu/image/zs
http://www.imageshost.eu/image/zy
http://www.imageshost.eu/image/zC
In the next few days I'm planning to install a light source and finish paintwork. Lights would be done by scratching paint off with a needle.
Now I would ask you for advice... For the scale that small, is it even worth (and possible) putting lights on the surface without damaging its look? I think it wouldn't look that good if those small holes for the lights were too noticeable during daylight...
Tell me what you think, any advice will be helpful
Sandrino
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