spacewolf Posted March 31, 2019 Share Posted March 31, 2019 (edited) Hey all, it's been a while. A change in work and becoming a 'daywalker' (regular day job) has had me in a building funk for a while and stalled my participation in the multi eng group build. I've been going a bit stir crazy wanting to build, all kinds of kits and idea's but the Muse just wouldn't inspire. I had picked up a couple of resin Star Wars kits from JPG Productions and was just cleaning them up when Bandai announced their new Star Destroyer kit. JPG had done a small Jedha city to go with the tiny SD Bandai had brought out... Painted up with the SD it looks good (pic snagged from Britmodeler, artist handle 'Goon')... Talking with Jimi I asked him if he was bringing out a bigger scale Jedha city to go with the new SD.. he said he had no plans so I suggested it might be a neat idea and did a bit of number crunching for him... I had pre-ordered the SD and was going to try building the city for my kit, but then he challenged me to do it as a master for a possible kit ! Before I knew it there were plastic chips and glue fumes everywhere.. the Muse had bitten with a vengeance !! Here I go again ! Edited March 31, 2019 by spacewolf LSP_Kevin, BiggTim, cib2265 and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacewolf Posted March 31, 2019 Author Share Posted March 31, 2019 Of all the SW movies I like the first 3 (IV, V, VI) but the rest were not up to the originals, though I followed along. Rogue 1 on the other hand was amazing, a throwback to the original movies with a darker, edgier angle that impressed me big time ! The first shots we see of the city are stunning... The SD hovering over it gives one a sense of awe and trepidation .. Studying the few shots we actually see and a few blogs/ artists impressions and using the small scale version as a guide I got to work. MikeC, Coneheadff, LSP_Matt and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacewolf Posted March 31, 2019 Author Share Posted March 31, 2019 I sketched out the general shape of the city proper and cut some sheet to size. The city is low in the middle and raised at both ends so I experimented with some old milliput however I really wasn't happy with the result.. Setting it aside I started on the walls.. a base edge cut to shape with vertical flat plates all cut from 1/16th and put together with super glue.. I wasn't being exact to the small one.. just getting a general shape.. BloorwestSiR, Tnarg, BiggTim and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacewolf Posted March 31, 2019 Author Share Posted March 31, 2019 Outer plates were added to make a sloping outer wall.. Another layer was added inside to create a ledge for the city 'plate' And then the external structure detail was begun.. BloorwestSiR, Tnarg, Christoffer Lindelav and 7 others 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacewolf Posted March 31, 2019 Author Share Posted March 31, 2019 Before I knew it I had half the cities wall done !! So I'm off to the races... follow along if you wish and see what nuttiness I get up to !! Cheers Vaughn mustang1989, LSP_Kevin, Tnarg and 16 others 19 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted March 31, 2019 Share Posted March 31, 2019 Been missing this kind of imagination and high end modeling Vaughn. Amazing to say the least!! BiggTim, spacewolf and BloorwestSiR 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Ray Posted April 1, 2019 Share Posted April 1, 2019 Vaughn, that is an outstanding project, and you have made a great start! BloorwestSiR, spacewolf and BiggTim 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tnarg Posted April 1, 2019 Share Posted April 1, 2019 This shows true creativity and imagination at work. Thanks for giving us a seat at the table to see this happen. I agree with your assessment of Rogue One... I could hear the same voices in those fighter pilot sequences as I heard back in 1977 when I saw the real first star wars movie in the theater 17 times. OK, we all have our obsessions. But when they cut to Princess Leia at the end of Rogue One it just blew me away. Here was the real story before the first one. (Ignore most of the others, "not the droids / movies you were looking for"). Tnarg BiggTim, BloorwestSiR, spacewolf and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troy Molitor Posted April 1, 2019 Share Posted April 1, 2019 Me too! Great to see you in action again Vaughn. BloorwestSiR and BiggTim 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacewolf Posted April 5, 2019 Author Share Posted April 5, 2019 On 3/31/2019 at 5:31 PM, Out2gtcha said: Been missing this kind of imagination and high end modeling Vaughn. Amazing to say the least!! Thanks my friend !! BiggTim and BloorwestSiR 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacewolf Posted April 5, 2019 Author Share Posted April 5, 2019 On 3/31/2019 at 7:24 PM, LSP_Ray said: Vaughn, that is an outstanding project, and you have made a great start! It is an interesting change and challenge. Now to see if I can pull this off !! BiggTim and BloorwestSiR 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacewolf Posted April 5, 2019 Author Share Posted April 5, 2019 On 3/31/2019 at 7:58 PM, Tnarg said: This shows true creativity and imagination at work. Thanks for giving us a seat at the table to see this happen. I agree with your assessment of Rogue One... I could hear the same voices in those fighter pilot sequences as I heard back in 1977 when I saw the real first star wars movie in the theater 17 times. OK, we all have our obsessions. But when they cut to Princess Leia at the end of Rogue One it just blew me away. Here was the real story before the first one. (Ignore most of the others, "not the droids / movies you were looking for"). Tnarg Nods !! Having the back story bring in Tarkin and Leia... the way we see Vader in his prime... the perfect lead in to 'A New Hope'... plus the darker grittier story that shows the desperation of the rebels and the brutality of the Empire... It's the only Disney era SW film I like. BloorwestSiR, Alain Gadbois, Tnarg and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacewolf Posted April 5, 2019 Author Share Posted April 5, 2019 Ok, Glad to have all of you along for the ride. Things have been moving at a rather fast pace... I got going on the other side.. The outer sloped panels on and top edges sanded.. Detail added LSP_Kevin, mustang1989, coogrfan and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted April 5, 2019 Share Posted April 5, 2019 Amazing work as always, Vaughn! Kev spacewolf, BiggTim and BloorwestSiR 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacewolf Posted April 5, 2019 Author Share Posted April 5, 2019 Jimi had asked if I could overlap the edges of the join to hid the seams so I used the detail to do just that.. If this does make it into a kit hopefully it will help make the modelers job easier. Cap stones added to the castlelations... BloorwestSiR, cib2265, Out2gtcha and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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