IT'S TURBO TIME

 No I've not started a power rangers project, but have actually finished my Turbo Tank, that I started at the beginning of the scenery challenge, it certainly helped having my new work area to be able to get it finished. The three guns on the main cab are secured with magnets, the rear gun is on a large pin, all the wheels are glued in place, I could have made them rotate, but it seemed a lot of extra work for something that wouldn't make a massive difference to the model. As you may have seen with the work in progress pictures I've used plasticard 1 mm and 0.5 mm thickness for different plating, there is a lot of greenstuff parts, plus I've used some plastic rod on the original 3D filament print to get the final look I've achieved.

Below are some close ups of some of the areas.

Painting wise I used a mix of brush, sponge, paint, washes, and some drybrushing for the dust/dirt on the wheels and lower half of the vehicle. I also used a fineline pen to add some construction lines that I wasn't able to put in with the construction methods. I also used paint to add in some of the cabling lines I could see in the reference, here is a recap of what I was working from.

Very happy with what I ended up with, and with the weathering being a orange brown color it will work for both the basing on my clone wars era, and the basing on the new hope era models, so the I can use the vehicle for both. That's all for today, so until next time, stay safe, and have fun !

Cheers Dave

NOT SO INCEY WINCEY

Today I've finished the Void Spider tx-3 that was seen outside the cantina in Mos Eisley, even if it was only for a couple of seconds in the movie both original and extended version. The model is made from plasticard, foamcore, plasticrod, brass rod and lots of greenstuff, plus a filimant print dome that was originally from the Turbo Tank. If anyone want's to know specifics, please ask as I will be happy to share to help with your projects.

Painting wise I've tried to match the reference photo, the top half was surprisingly clean in the reference, which I was surprised by, but went with the reference for accuracy, even though being a taxi, I would expect it to e dirty and grimy. Below is the reference picture as a reminder.

Very happy to finally have this one done to complete outside the cantina, just need to do the incidental crates and bits, plus a big crashed ship, but that will be a project for another time ! LOL That's all for today, so until next time, stay safe, and have fun !

Cheers Dave  

ROOM TO MOVE

 This week has been mostly the life size painting kind, so I could get my work room to a point I could use, below is a picture of the corner with my desk, probably the tidiest it has ever been or will be ! ! LOL

It's had a coat of paint, and end plates fitted to make the area look tidier, I've changed the areas around as well, the left is now construction, photographing, and painting large pieces, it's the area with the best light, with the 180 degree arch light, plus the two lamps for photographs. The right is where my PC and paint storage and mixing, still got to adjust where the second paint rack fits, hopefully get that done this week, and find places to fit things as I go.

I have found a little time for modelling this week as well, and finished the second underhang on the Turbotank. This was all greenstuff, and I even remembered to take a picture before fitting the wheels on ! LOL

All the wheels are now on, and I've also finished adding all the panelling on the second side, just a set of hand ladder rungs to add to the back cab, and I'll be down to the painting to get this beast finished.

That's all for today, hopefully next week will be more models, less room painting ! LOL Until next time, stay safe, and have fun !

Cheers Dave

DECISIONS DECISIONS

 As of tomorrow there is still one month left to finish up any scenery you want to do for the challenge this year, for me I've still got several bits ongoing, need to finish the turbo tank, and I should have my desk back in my room this week, which will make working on that one a lot easier. The void spider has details on three legs left to sculpt, and then finish the painting on the whole model. Plus I'm still working my way through market street, which I have started building the next part, and painting, due to the fact that once I put them in cages, they would be a nightmare to paint, So what creatures have I done so far, a flock of Porgs, and an Oki-Poki

I've also done a Kowakian Monkey Lizard, I've gone the more unusual color scheme that was seen on Hondo's pet in the Clone Wars, rather than Salicious color

I've also got a sleeping Loth Cat

Now all of these will have cages built around them, and I'm also working on a couple more creatures as well.

This still leaves two more stalls, droid parts, and riding beast rental as well, not sure if all will be done by the end of the challenge, but it gives me something to aim for.

As the title suggests I've been trying to decide some choices as well, one of them being what type of shuttle to do ? Now obviously the first one we ever saw was the Lamda class shuttle in Return of the Jedi

we then got the larger sentinel class in the extended version of a new hope

Rogue one gave us the two different size cargo shuttles, and Director Krennic's personal shuttle

the series Obi Wan Kenobi gave us a Inquisitor shuttle

Then the series Andor gave us the ISB shuttle

plus there are multiple shuttles from the clone wars that pop up from time to time

These are the cannon ones, there are lots more in the expanded universe as well ! The decision was which one to do, taking into consideration space, availability, building, price, and only picking one. Really liked the cargo shuttle in Rogue One, but would be a massive piece, and the only 3D print I've seen was over £1000, a couple of years ago I got what was listed as a Legion scale Lambda shuttle, which was tiny, at some point I will paint it up for background shots, recently I found this one

This will hopefully be arriving this week, so decision made, as it was the only one I could find without scratch building, so will add this to the list of trying to get done by the end of the challenge as well ! LOL That's all for today, so until next time, stay safe, and have fun !

Cheers Dave

SUPER COMMANDO'S

 No scenery today, as I really needed to finish my other Father's day present before my son thought I didn't like them. I've been quietly working on them since I got them, but being me chose a more complex scheme than the standard plain white, as I really wanted to paint them in the security colors that were seen in the Bad Batch series, on the base of professor Hemlock, the standard troops all have grey markings, the commander has darker grey and yellow, which is quite striking in my opinion.

Below is a reference picture to show what I was working from.

Glad to get these finished, and back on to some more scenery this week. Had some results this week, I have been signed off from Respitory  as I am down to 2 cm of fluid in my lung, and they will monitor my scans done by Oncology, incase it starts to increase again. Oncology might have found what's wrong with my hands, it may be a side effect of my INV treatment which is causing swelling in the joints and severe pain, so I've had my latest treatment delayed while I go through a course of steroids to combat the problem. I've noticed increased movement in my hands in 4 days, so a great sign for me.

That's all for today, so until next time, stay safe, and have fun !

Cheers Dave

DON'T COME BACK WITHOUT AT LEAST ONE MEILOORUN !

 For the next stall I've created a fruit vendor set up, for reference I looked at the fruit seller in the Phantom Menace, and also the frit seller that you see in the Mandalorian series, to get the original feel, but also the diverse fruit from the later one.

These were all made from a mix of plastic rod, and greenstuff, painting wise I tried to match to the reference on both the stands and the fruit, below is the reference I used to make these.

Still haven't come across the cotton material for making the awnings, so that will be a job for another time. I've got reference pictures for the next three stands now, being Droid parts, small creatures for sale, and riding beasts for rent, but they make take some time to do. That's all for today, so until next time, stay safe, and have fun !

Cheers Dave

SNUG AS A BUG IN A RUG

Continuing on with Market street, this week I've finished the rug displays to go in the front of the ruined building. I would have liked to get the canopy done at the same time, but as yet still can't find where my cotton material for doing them has gone, with everything being out of my room at the moment ! LOL Hopefully soon, then I can get on with a lot of unfinished bits, plus photograph with proper backgrounds.

The stands were made from balsa wood, and the rolled up rugs were plastic rod, with a layer of greenstuff over them, with texture added. The texture comes from the reverse side of a piece of leatherette, shown below.

The opened rug, was a piece of greenstuff rolled out, and textured with a piece of breeze block which has a great airated texture

So what's the grand plan with all these bits, this !

No not the entire city, I know I'm mad, but I'm not criminally insane ! LOL No I want to be able to do sections of the city, so if you look top right you can see the cantina, and it's surrounding streets, or you have the large grey Imperial compound, that would be bigger than a 6 foot by 4 foot board. Then you have the rusty rebel transporter and surrounding streets on the left, and I've already done the transporter. Ideally I would like to be able to have all the sections, but storing that would be insane, so having bits I can use again and again, with some characterful pieces will do. So this should keep me busy for quite some time ! LOL

That's all for today, so until next time, stay safe, and have fun !

Cheers Dave