[Completed] 1/350 Tantive IV Rebel Blockade Runner

[FichtenFoo]

Is this where I post this? Non-RR Vehicles seemed.... wrong. LOL!

I really want to finish something for 2011... been so otherwise occupied! So I have a deadlined kit for Wonderfest, the resin Blockade runner in 1/350 scale. It's pretty big... about 17" long. Info here:

http://fichtenfoo.net/blog/tag/rebel-blockade-runner/

[finescalerr]

Look out, folks. He's at it again .... -- Russ

[marc_reusser]

Great to see you back at it. That is one big hunk of resin!
Look forward to seeing this progress.

....and....um.....I assume you mean WF 2012....cause I think this years is already over. 

M

[FichtenFoo]

It's the US Wonderfest and it's in May. It's a huge sci-fi modeling convention in Kentucky each year. Have I ever gone though? Nope. I sux. It's not even that far, but I would need to get a hotel room and whatnot.

[JESTER]

Nice! I have a Randy Cooper Corellian Corvette kit I need to build.

I have a lot of pics I've collected of this ship, if you need any let me know.

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[FichtenFoo]

Nice! I have a Randy Cooper Corellian Corvette kit I need to build.

I have a lot of pics I've collected of this ship, if you need any let me know.

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Thanks for the offer. The kit came with a CD with 236 reference images so I'm probably good. However I'm always up for more refs... let me kow if you want me to zip up mine for ya as well. Maybe you can zip and upload them to megaupload.com.

[pwranta193]

Kentucky and Science Fiction.  Wow  - whodathunkit...

Two categories that I just don't instinctively place together...  Like Key West and Nun Convention.

Cool resin beasty!  (BTW, I'm still waiting for your shot at Schnabel design to go with the fish sub).

Paul

[EZnKY]

I even live in Kentucky and knew nothing about it!

It kinda flies in the face of your typical Kentucky stereotypes. 

[FichtenFoo]

Painting started! http://fichtenfoo.net/blog/tag/rebel-blockade-runner/



Paul: You mean LucaZ's Schnabelgun kit?

[Bexley]

Would paint really chip like that on something that's supposed to be pretty big? I mean, I don't think you'd really see visible chips, as at that scale, you're talking paint chips four or five feet across at least flaking off.

[pwranta193]

Bexley - I think in this scale those are actually asteroid dings... or ill placed satellite impact scrapes... have you seen Galaxy Quest?  Think of the their take on the classic "ooh - look at the pretty starship" scene where he scrapes it against the docking bay for about 75 meters

Fitch - yes - exactly... (his work is still some of my favorite organic meets mech) but I'm waiting for your interpretation - with that touch of the Jules Verne that I see in the Fish Sub    BTW, is the second edition of the sub still available?

[FichtenFoo]

Bexley: You should see the chips on the Studio Model used for filming. All the SW ships are pretty dinged up. It's part of the appeal.

Paul: Never considered Steampunking it... hrmmm.

[Chuck Doan]

One of the neat things about the original Star Wars was the weathering.

[Bexley]

I've seen the studio model, in person. And I thought the same thing. I would imagine anything a starship might encounter that's big enough to scrape off a 10' x 10' section of paint is going to do a little more than scratch the paint. "Space dust" or small debris might account for paint wear, but it just seems to me that the wear would appear softer, since the chips would be small, but viewed from a greater (scale) distance.

Of course, there's nothing wrong with matching the studio paint job, especially on a commission. I'm doing a similarly-scaled commission of an EVE Online freighter, but with no "studio" job to match. My first thought was to weather it like anything else, but since much of the paint wear on vehicles comes from use, it likely wouldn't be visible to the naked eye.

[JESTER]

Painting started! http://fichtenfoo.net/blog/tag/rebel-blockade-runner/

Are you going to cut out the bridge? You should add the pinup if you do!!

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