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

WHAT'S A GORG

In my recent Market Street post, Roger asked what a Gorg was, as I said I was planning on doing a Gorg Stall, at the time I said they were a type of Amphibian /lizard, but I've done a bit more research and can confirm they are in fact an Amphibian. They come in multiple different types, and a lot of them are actually native to Tatooine, which would fit as the planet was once covered in water. Some species come from Naboo, and are imported in, which will make those more expensive, as will the rare species. Their main predator are Worrts (the creature outside Jabba's Palace, that belched).

So now we know what they are, here is my stall, the design of the stall has elements of Graga's the Gorg Monger, but I've changed bits as well, to suit my gaming, the main construct was made with plasticard, and plastic rod, the cutting board is a piece of balsa, and the fan on the top was made from plastic strip, and a bit of greenstuff.

The sign on the front say's no Gungans in Aurebesh, and yes I purposely misspelt it, as they may not know how to spell it ! LOL

Below are some of the reference pictures I used for the Gorg's

Now I need to start on some Rugs and fruit, so until next time, stay safe, and have fun !

Cheers Dave

WHAT A WEEK

 Well this week has been a total rollercoaster ride, with lots of ups and downs , so let's clear the downs out of the way, as with the warm weather my daughters car, suddenly started going through a lot of water, so thinking sensibly she asked the best thing to do, listened and has been checking every journey. Now you may be thinking why not take it straight to a garage, well before I could phone to book it in, my wife's car stopped working, and couldn't get that in until today, and all because of a mistake and overfill on oil, and being one of these new fangled cars that has a sensor for everything, has cut all power ! Hopefully will get it back soon, then can get my daughters car booked in. This ment a lot of phone calls and stopped any progress on fun stuff, ah well. On top of that, the plasterer called, and said I don't suppose I can come over two days earlier, due to a double book on another job, where the contractor booked a concrete floor for the same time as plastering ! LOL this ment having to finish the last prep jobs being crammed into a day, to be ready in time, which has caused a Fibro flare up of epic proportions, but my studio, is finally starting to look like a real room !

Next week hopefully we can get it painted ,and move the carpet delivery forward, so I can start moving things back in, and using my room again.

Now good news was I got scan results back, and my treatment has reduced fluid build up in my lung even further, without having to be manually drained, which is great, the lining this time was no different, so being positive means it hasn't increased in size. Next week I will be having X-rays of both hands in the hopes we can find what's wrong there.

Currently the Season of Scenery is half way, and nearly every one has managed to post up at least one completed piece, here is the list of everyone who expressed an interest in taking part, so check them out and what they have already done

justneedsvarnish 

spacedinosaurminis 

 rantingsfromunderthewargamestable 

lostdamnedstunted 

oldschoolworkshop 

convertordie 

thesafehole 

azazelx 

dagreenhorde 

caveadsum1471 

28mmvictorianwarfare 

kuribospainting 

periodicpainting 

thewargamingerratic

jonhobbydesk 

berserkerbladeblog 

This is everyone who left a comment on the original post, if you want to join in, as there is still time, just leave a comment below, and I'll add you to the list, or if my terrible memory has forgotten a comment elsewhere ! LOL

I did manage to find some more posters this week, which was a good result, here are some of my favourites

Hopefully next week I might actually finish something, but we'll have to see, so until next time, stay safe, and have fun !

Cheers Dave

MARKET STREET

 Around the back of the cantina in Mos Eisley in the detailed exposed diagram, there showed a shop which I made some time ago when I built the cantina, but it also showed some market stalls that you can see in this expanded picture.

Currently I'm trying to find the cloth I use to make my awnings, but in the mean time I thought I would start with the ruined building you see in the bottom right hand side of the picture. The main construction is foamboard, with a light smear of wall filler to add texture. The exposed dome framework was made from plastic strip.

Below is a close up of the wanted posters I used on this building.

I thought these would be very fitting for behind the cantina ! LOL Painting was very simple on this so was relatively quick. While I wait to make the awning at the front I've decided this will be a rug vendor, the square building at the back of the cantina will be clothes. The next two vendors will be fruit and Gorgs, and the two awnings attached to the cantina itself will be jewelry and creatures, so that should give me plenty to keep me busy, and if not there is always the front of the cantina to consider ! LOL

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

Cheers Dave

WE'RE FASTER RIGHT !

 Today I have yet another speeder (I know it's becoming a lot ! LOL), it's the M-68 from the film Solo, the model comes with a model of Han, and Qi'ra as well as the vehicle itself. This was a 3D resin print that I got from peakmodels on Ebay, they have a wide variety of models available both vehicles and figures.

The model was a great print, very little cleanup, the only disappointing part was the screen, as it was shown clear but was resin, as it was a flat screen I easily replaced it with some acetate cut to size. Even though I'm not using it as Han and Qi'ra on Correlia I went with their colors incase I ever fancy playing out their run to the spaceport, but will be using them as bystanders on my Tatooine board.

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

Cheers Dave

BOARDING PASSES PLEASE

 Today I have another Starspeeder 1000 to show, some of you may remember I painted one before in the Disney World (Florida) color scheme Starspeeder, today's version is painted in the Disney Land (Paris) color scheme, I have visited both parks and both rides so thought it would be fun to have both versions.

Some of the panel lines you see above were added with a pencil, as they did not appear on the model but were in the reference. Below is the reference picture, and also a picture of all the other color schemes, that Disney show in their diecast range.

No modifications on this 3D print, which I got from shadthelost on Ebay, the same seller I got the Turbo Tank from, The print lines were a lot better on this one I was able to do some weathering to match the reference. That's all for today, so until next time, stay safe, and have fun !

Cheers Dave

GOT LEGS !

 Over the weekend, I made some good progress on the Void Spider, and got the engine set up all built, and got all eight landing struts bent and fitted, they just need the details added and he feet, I've made one, which I need to make a mould of, to replicate 15 times ! LOL

As you can see above the front of the engine was made from a piece of foam insulation 20 mm thick, the engines were made from plastic tube, with details added in greenstuff. The details on the main body of the engines was made from plastic rod, and greenstuff. Here's a reminder of what I'm aiming for

Hopefully the feet and struts wont take too long, so I can get on with the painting, that's all for today, so until next time, stay safe, and have fun !

Cheers Dave