Building the 8' Star Destroyer (superstructures done)
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MonsieurTox
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Re: Building the 8' Star Destroyer (portside primered, lots of pics)
Thank you very much guys !
Jay : I still have some work on the starboard side, scribbing all the panel lines, cutting and gluing all the styrene chips, drilling holes and gluing the fiber optics... A lot of work to do !
Thank you very much guys !
Jay : I still have some work on the starboard side, scribbing all the panel lines, cutting and gluing all the styrene chips, drilling holes and gluing the fiber optics... A lot of work to do !
ReplicantShadow
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Re: Building the 8' Star Destroyer (portside primered, lots of pics)
WOW! Looks bitchin'!
WOW! Looks bitchin'!
propologist
Sr Member
Re: Building the 8' Star Destroyer (portside primered, lots of pics)
I really think you need to write a book on this journey you have been taken..Like everyone says it's incredible ,but i think the journey to the finish is even more interesting
I really think you need to write a book on this journey you have been taken..Like everyone says it's incredible ,but i think the journey to the finish is even more interesting
Re: Building the 8' Star Destroyer (portside primered, lots of pics)
I have to say the most ambitious project Ive seen. The part for part accuracy is scary... really. GREAT Job Juilien. The largest attempted to date!
Steve
I have to say the most ambitious project Ive seen. The part for part accuracy is scary... really. GREAT Job Juilien. The largest attempted to date!
Steve
dreaminspired
Active Member
Re: Building the 8' Star Destroyer (portside primered, lots of pics)
MADNESS!!!!!
you make us helmet makers look like hacks!
MADNESS!!!!!
you make us helmet makers look like hacks!
vaderdarth
Master Member
Re: Building the 8' Star Destroyer (portside primered, lots of pics)
Wow man, that is the most respectable SS build I've ever witnessed. You are going ten times faster than ILM and they had an entire crew working on this rig.....LOL
Wow man, that is the most respectable SS build I've ever witnessed. You are going ten times faster than ILM and they had an entire crew working on this rig.....LOL
TazMan2000
Master Member
Re: Building the 8' Star Destroyer (portside primered, lots of pics)
That is absolutely amazing. Go Julien go!
TazMan2000
That is absolutely amazing. Go Julien go!
TazMan2000
Stormtrooper
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Re: Building the 8' Star Destroyer (portside primered, lots of pics)
IMO Julien's achievement is waaay more impressive than ILM's original build. Remember he's having to anaylse and examine hundreds of film stills and behind-the-scenes pics, to identify which parts were used for the original model, made over 30 years ago... then attempt to source the donor kits which were probably stacked to the ceiling in the local model shops of the day :confused
They simply had to build a large spaceship that they could finish by adding kitbashed pieces onto it... if it looked 'right' then it went on.
Julien's having to ID each individual piece and then incorporate it into the model so that it looks like the original model from 1979. This requires a skill level far-and-beyond any skill that the ILM'ers had, if you ask me
These pics show the model to be super-clean and showing an already immensive sense of scale :thumbsup
Now, let's see some more pics, Julien... and no need to apologise! We're lovin' it!
Cheers,
John
I absolutely agree... this is IMHO the pinnacle of Studio Scale Modelling. I've been waiting for these last pics with primer, for what seems like ages... makes a BIG improvment to the overall look of the model :thumbsup
IMO Julien's achievement is waaay more impressive than ILM's original build. Remember he's having to anaylse and examine hundreds of film stills and behind-the-scenes pics, to identify which parts were used for the original model, made over 30 years ago... then attempt to source the donor kits which were probably stacked to the ceiling in the local model shops of the day :confused
They simply had to build a large spaceship that they could finish by adding kitbashed pieces onto it... if it looked 'right' then it went on.
Julien's having to ID each individual piece and then incorporate it into the model so that it looks like the original model from 1979. This requires a skill level far-and-beyond any skill that the ILM'ers had, if you ask me
These pics show the model to be super-clean and showing an already immensive sense of scale :thumbsup
Now, let's see some more pics, Julien... and no need to apologise! We're lovin' it!
Cheers,
John
Themodelshopman
Sr Member
Re: Building the 8' Star Destroyer (portside primered, lots of pics)
What a blast! It must have been a wild experience seeing that primed :cool
When finished, this will definately be the king of the hill!!!:love
What a blast! It must have been a wild experience seeing that primed :cool
When finished, this will definately be the king of the hill!!!:love
SKIN JOB 66
Sr Member
Re: Building the 8' Star Destroyer (portside primered, lots of pics)
GORGEOUS !!!
A true work of Art ! BRAVO Julien !
Fred
GORGEOUS !!!
A true work of Art ! BRAVO Julien !
Fred
Re: Building the 8' Star Destroyer (portside primered, lots of pics)
Stunning Julien!. I really hate to think how many bucks are tied up in all those original kit parts dude, but that's not the point is it, the pics speak for themselves. Primer coat really popped all those kit parts into something amazing J.
Your'e a machine mate. Best update yet!.
Stu
Stunning Julien!. I really hate to think how many bucks are tied up in all those original kit parts dude, but that's not the point is it, the pics speak for themselves. Primer coat really popped all those kit parts into something amazing J.
Your'e a machine mate. Best update yet!.
Stu
Re: Building the 8' Star Destroyer (portside primered, lots of pics)
Julien, qui est encore une merveille de voir à l'œil. J'espère vraiment qu'un jour prochain je peux à nouveau vous rendre visite et voir les progrès pour moi.
Vous êtes vraiment un homme très doué. En espérant vous voir bientôt,
le meilleur Ver Guy
Julien, qui est encore une merveille de voir à l'œil. J'espère vraiment qu'un jour prochain je peux à nouveau vous rendre visite et voir les progrès pour moi.
Vous êtes vraiment un homme très doué. En espérant vous voir bientôt,
le meilleur Ver Guy
