danimalmagic Posted March 28, 2018 Share Posted March 28, 2018 Hi all, last job before i have a break for a few weeks, this is the Halcyon Models Nostromo, a vinyl kit that has its issue but for the most part was a pretty good project. As with all vinyl kits there is a fair bit of warping so plenty of hot water dips straighten up parts. The lighting is all bespoke apart from the use of an old control card for the engine lighting, this gives it a random flickering effect, not that you will see it from the images. I have built the kit to incorporate the strip lights on the belly and the landing lights, in regard to the landing lights these were never part of the production model as the lighting was supplied from an external rig and hidden with smoke that you see in the film. The landing lights are an important part of the model and none are supplied in the kit so it was a must to replicate them though you will have to afford me some artistic license here Light rigs. Belly strip lights are quite random. The landing gear is also lighted and in the film there is a ring of lights at the top that does this. Landing Lights complete, the 5 x main landing lights are on an independent touch dimmer so they can be turned on/off and dimmed as required. For the engines i have drilled out all the holes and will fill with the appropriate size optic cable, this will all be illuminated from the LED positioned on the inside behind the optic cables. Engines done, these are on a control card that gives a flickering effect and again they are on an independent touch dimmer switch which means they can be turned on or off and dimmed independently of the other lights Touch Dimmers and DC Input. williamj, Christoffer Lindelav, LSP_Kevin and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danimalmagic Posted March 28, 2018 Author Share Posted March 28, 2018 (edited) Once painted i have weathered a little, trying to gauge this with Sci-Fi is always tough and i took lots of stills from the film but these are quite dark and grainy as you would expect so getting a balanced result was quite tough. For me less is more and you can always add more later but it is far harder to remove it if you go tooo mad:-) Landing gear and belly lights only. All lights. Engines Well that is me for a while, motorcycles to strip and clean for the silly season that will soon be upon us. Regards. Danny. Edited March 29, 2018 by danimalmagic NukerDan, ShelbyGT500, CANicoll and 9 others 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 28, 2018 Share Posted March 28, 2018 Awesome Danny !!.......Harv Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn M Posted March 28, 2018 Share Posted March 28, 2018 wow is that cool danimalmagic 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danimalmagic Posted March 29, 2018 Author Share Posted March 29, 2018 Awesome Danny !!.......Harv wow is that cool Thanks guys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Madhatter Posted March 29, 2018 Share Posted March 29, 2018 Oh that's beautiful! I love the Nostromo - its such a cool design and the lighting you've done is amazing! Great stuff Daniel LSP_K2 and danimalmagic 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazzas Posted March 29, 2018 Share Posted March 29, 2018 That's cool!! danimalmagic 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BiggTim Posted March 30, 2018 Share Posted March 30, 2018 That is seriously badass! I love it! danimalmagic 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncarina Posted March 30, 2018 Share Posted March 30, 2018 It looks the biz! Great work with the build and weathering. Cheers, Tom danimalmagic 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danimalmagic Posted March 31, 2018 Author Share Posted March 31, 2018 That's cool!! That is seriously badass! I love it! It looks the biz! Great work with the build and weathering. Cheers, Tom Thanks guys. Danny Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troy Molitor Posted April 2, 2018 Share Posted April 2, 2018 Oh man, that is super cool. Well done Danny. Troy danimalmagic 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonH Posted April 2, 2018 Share Posted April 2, 2018 Yow, that looks great! Cool, badass, and well lit. danimalmagic 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danimalmagic Posted April 4, 2018 Author Share Posted April 4, 2018 Oh man, that is super cool. Well done Danny. Troy Yow, that looks great! Cool, badass, and well lit. Thanks, badass, I like that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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