Discussion: The Star Wars model building showing-off thread! - Post your pictures or kits, figures, dioramas that you've done (Or are working on) — Page 2

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One of these days I'll have some stuff to post in here.

I think he did, in AOTC. Panoramic spaceport scene where anakin and padme board a freighter to go into hiding.  There's 2 or 3 parked on left side of screen. 

After starting this thread with nothing to show of my own, I was finally able to get my old SW model collection out of storage (It needed a good dusting down!). So here it is...

First, my favourite kit: 1:6 Scale Kaiyodo Vinyl Boba Fett

I spent a long time trying to get every scratch and chip right on his armour correct including the right colour rusts. I even went to the trouble of getting the shade of paint beneath the chips correct because Boba's plates that are the same colour actually have different colour paint layers beneath different panels. Also Boba's various insignia isn't decals, it had to be hand painted.

Notice Boba's two gloves are subtelty different colours.

I was unhappy with the included vinyl cape so I cut a new one out of canvas, dipped it in glue so it went rigged then painted it.

I never glued the head at the neck joint, so it can be rotated like an action figure.

Unboxed original kit.

I'll post more kits soon.

Couple of random ones...

AMT/ERTL's 1:6 Scale Vinyl Palpatine.

Unpainted kit.

Not their best kit as the head always looked to big for me, the sculpting on the robes isn't all that convincing and it doesn't look much like Ian McDiarmid (Or look evil enough) but I got the skin tones and eyes looking pretty good.

However, AMT/ERTL's 1:48 Scale Plastic Naboo Starfighter is really nice despite being a 'snapfast' kit. Lovely chrome and detailed decals. Weathering it just enough to match the film was quite tricky.

I was very careful to get all the details in the cockpit and on R2 correct despite the very small scale.

Kit pieces unpainted.

I've also got AMT/ERTL's plastic Speederbike and Podracer but they are covered in dust and need extensive cleaning.

Next up AMT/ERTL's 1:6 Scale Vinyl Han Solo.

I kitbashed somekind of Mos Eisley power unit thing for the base.

The facial likeness isn't perfect but for an ERTL kit it's up there with the best. I was careful to refrence lots of photos of Harrison to get the skintone, light wrinkles, eyes, stuble and chin scar just right. I just had to look into a mirror for the scar as I've got one exactly the same ;-)

However the kit has a number of problems (Not least being Harrison is much skinnier) as the back pouches on his vest were missing, most of the utility belt items were inaccurate and he isn't wearing gloves despite being clearly in the Mos Eisley hanger pose. So I had to sculpt and add all those missing elements.

Also the shirt didnt fit into the trousers by a good 1/2 centimetre so I had to resculpt and remount that.

Model kit unboxed.

Finally AMT/ERTL's 1:6 plastic Stap/Battle Droid kit...

...Which I decided would look much better if I remade the Droid in a standing position.

This entailed cutting, repositioning, pinning and even remaking alot of the joints to get the Droid into a lifelike pose.

Getting the weathering 'movie accurate' was quite fun and I used graphite shavings, a cutton bud and then matte varnish to achieve it.

The trickiest thing was that the Droid didn't have a blaster so I had to scratch build one to scale out of refashioned plastic odds and ends. Then reposition all the fingers to hold the gun and touch the trigger.

The unpainted kit.

Jaitea said:

Hey Ryan.......very impressed, you should join some of the Forums, like Scale Model Addict, The Replica Prop Forum & Keeper of the Force, theres a girl (hot girl) whos making the Screamin' Boba model over at the RPF who needs to see those photos.

Excellent (really excellent) weathering on Boba & the.....what do you call that funny thing from the....ahem.....Prequels?.....oh yes, Battle Droid....

....actually bought that STAP model myself to modify the Battle Droid also,...but it's still on the sprue.

Very inspiring work there Ryan

John

Thanks, but I've not done any kits for years. Must restart one of these days (and finish that 1:6 resin Predator I never got past the bubble filling and sanding stage). I was inspired flicking through the first year of 'SF&F Modeller' issues that I also pulled out of storage. A great magazine...

If you want to post a link in that Boba Fett thread you mentioned, go for it. FYI This 1997 foldout poster magazine...

...was invaluable as it features a huge full length poster of Boba Fett showing his costume in every concievable detail. Might be able to find it on eBay. Mind you, back then I only had ROTJ on a blurry home taped VHS so I needed good photo refrences.

UGH. This is the same feeling I get when I lurk the RPF. You guys are serious talents and I really want to get into this.

Hot damn that's incredible. Amazing.

^^ Lovin' the upwards angle in the 4th shot and the lights in the last one look fantastic. Not only is model itself great but I dig the light up display base.

Is it kit-bashed from another SD model or is 100% scratch-built? Did you use fibre-optics? and is that regular SD to scale?

Incase anybody here has done them, here are a few kits that I always wanted but never did get round to buying/making (I'd love to see photos if anybody has them)...

Screamin' - Quarter Scale Vinyl Boba Fett:

AMT/Ertl - 1:6 Vinyl Vader

AMT/Ertl - 1:6 Vinyl Xizor