Gorilla said:
I'm just curious Adywan, we know that the scale for pretty much every ship is off. So let's say it were possible to fix all the dimensions, so the Star Wars universe was uniform. In your opinion, which ship from the OT is the best choice for your primary reference to change all others by? It's the amateur architect in me, I can't resist a geometry problem. ;)
BarBar Jinkx said:
Got to be the Falcon, or X-wing they are at 1:1 scale throughout (as is the N1 Starfighter for the PT) so they are the perfect reference point
I'd have to say the Stardestroyers. The bridge sections of the standard & Executor are the same size and we can see the scale of a human against the windows so we can work out scales from that. The Falcon can't really be used because there are two different scales used throughout the movies when we see it against humans and when its flying: The studio set is completely the wrong scale. It's actually too small as can be seen when they are repairing the falcon in ESB and we see Chewie in the cockpit from outside. The cockpit is about 40% smaller than it should be when we see them in the cockpit set. So to match the scale of the cockpit set and the model the studio version should be a lot bigger.
Darth Solo said:
-Although, i go for a DAMN no way on removing the Lambada shutlle from Jedi. Its the most georgious space-ship ever designed, and we get get to see the most of it Endor (i get your way of thinking, but i have seen the the shuttle with an alternitive design, so I urge you to think of some sort of of a work around when you get to Jedi). Thats just messing with the OT too much. But thats another totally seperate project from here.
I have never said i'm getting rid of the Lambda shuttle from ROTJ:R. I'm scrapping the copycat ANH opening and changing the Tydirium to a different design so its noticeably different as its supposed to be a cargo shuttle. The opening is just a rehash of ANH as it stands at the moment. It's one thing i hated when i saw the movie. Jedi really needs to get away from that . And i agree that the opening as it stands makes the Death Star look insignificant when its supposed to be more powerful. The stardestroyer just dwarfs it.
But that is all for the ROTJ:R thread once its created. I need to get through ESB:R first
A little bit of an update:
The Faux fur/ hair i was using for the Wampa just wasn't working. It started to look like a fake Halloween creature. But some good news is that i have managed to buy 3 full hides of snow white real fur. This was bloody expensive, around £350 with postage, but thanks to Janskeet i was able to afford this, but i'm now cleaned out. Yes i know its an expensive thing to buy just for a puppet, but putting all this time and effort into building it only to have it look terrible with fake fur would have been a waste of both time and money.
I still have a long way to go with the model/ set building but i am completely cleaned out and things are grinding to a halt, so any help would be highly appreciated