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

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 

fantorical

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