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Posts: 31 (07/03/09 11:07:12) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Tags : scifi, star wars, sci-fi Hey everyone. Well, I have not posted for a little while now. I have just been uber-busy with work. I still have been casting, and painting, just not as much as I would like. I am working on a huge project right now, but I want to get some more done before I start posting it up! I think some of the old timers around here will really get a kick out of it. Anyway, I thought I would share this with everyone, since I came up on the boards boasting of how the Sci-Fi theme would soon take over.... This is just a small thing I made for a friend who plays the star wars mini game. He is building a 3D mining facility board for his game, and I thought this lift tube by Bruce would look great in it! Again, this design is from Bruce on his sci-fi project page, I don't think I have done anything too original yet. Even my big project I didn't design. Well, I am 99% done with it, I just want to go back and do a little more touch up paint, it's amazing what flaws pictures bring out. Well, enjoy everyone, and as always, good and bad criticism is welcome! Hey if the baby is ugly.... R2builder By r2builder Last Edited By: r2builder 07/10/09 09:03:27. Edited 2 times.
scousey		#1	[-]
Posts: 513 (07/03/09 11:28:41) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Nicely done R2builder. I bet your mate will be well chuffed. The colours are not exactly my own cup of tea, but if your friend's mining facility calls for a bit of grime, you've almost nailed it. If it was my model I think I would have aimed for a more consistant colouration across the internal curve of the lift-shaft. However, easier said than done with the sci-fi range.
r2builder		#2	[-]
Posts: 32 (07/03/09 11:43:35) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Thanks for the comments Scousey. I was going for a beat p grimmy look. I figured anything in a mining colony/facility won't be looking too good. Hell, I'm a mechanic, and I know how shops and equipment can get.... In my friend's game, I'm not exactly sure what "they" are supposed to be mining, spice, crystals, coal!? I would like to find out and try to add alittle bit of the debris on the floor, like if was crystals, maybe try to put some ground up colored glass on the floor or what not. I am not really pleased with the yellow "lights" on the front top, I didn't realize that my paint was so sloppy, I need to go back and try to clean that up, but I was really trying to get a brighter look from it. I painted it with multiple coats of bright yellow, then topped it off with gloss varnish. But I didn't really get the look I was aiming for. I have been a mini painter for a long time, and I have to say, that it is a lot different painting Hirst plaster models than painting metal, or even plastic minis. I will get it down though! Again, thanks. My next project I want a really clean looking build and paint job. Of course it will be sci-fi, but I don't want the old used "Star Wars" look of the Falcon, I want more of an imperial clean look. I think that will be really hard to paint and get the details brought out. Well, again thanks for the feedback! R2builder
scousey		#3	[-]
Posts: 514 (07/03/09 15:21:29) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	I've recently been watching Star Trek Enterprise, and wondering what their greys and blues would look like in miniature. I really should get my finger out and try some colour schemes. It's a long time since I've glued any sci-fi together, and that's mostly because I have never managed to find a scheme I've been happy with. I also came to the conclusion that I needed to spray paint the sci-fi stuff to get anywhere near a good standard.
twistedmetal41		#4	[-]
Posts: 115 (07/03/09 15:26:36) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	alright! another mechanic...I dont feel so lonely now. LOL
ukdane		#5	[-]
Posts: 277 (07/04/09 06:58:45) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Hi R2, I've just built two of these too. - different paint scheme mind. Good job sending Fat Gamorrean some of your casts -Daney! HA: 41, 44, 45, 51, 52, 54, 61, 65, 70, 71, 75, 81, 82, 84, 85, 201, 202, 203, 205, 220, 240, 250, 270, 271, 272, 273, 281, 282, 300, 301, 302, 303, 320, 321 WS: C1233, C1236, C1243 A&K: Gravestone
r2builder		#6	[-]
Posts: 33 (07/04/09 10:04:32) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	OK, Uk, instead of gloating about your super-uber-awesome-better-than-my-paint-job , why don't you share some pics for us all to amire. I'm just playing about you gloating, I know you are not, just sarcasm. And Actually I didn't send Fat Gamorrean anything. I saw his stuff on Wizards, and in his name tag it says he lives in K-town, which is like 10 min. from me. So we actually met. Did you guys know that all those "people" on the internet are actaully real!? Who woulda' thunk it. Anyway, we have hung out a few times, and I gave him some cargo containers, then another time I gave him some doors, and some other pieces. He doesn't realize my evil and hidious plan yet to convert him to the Dark Side, the Dark Side of the Hirsts....He will turn, oh yes, he will turn, or DIE...oh, uh, sorry for the over the top spaceopera there.... He is also one of my RPG players. So that is pretty cool. I think he is trying to convert to the mini game....Well see about that later. I think I would rather build all the crap for the games, than actually play it. I know, I'm wierd like that. Well, anyway UK, WHERES THE PICS!!!!! Well, later on man. R2builder.
Galileo		#7	[-]
Posts: 606 (07/04/09 10:36:03) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Hmm... I read the title and thought of Star Trek turbolifts - they are remarkably similar I wouldn't fret the paint job too much - the camera magnifies the errors. I'm certain it looks great in person. G-- It's NOT denial. I'm just very selective about the reality I accept. -- Calvin (Calvin and Hobbes)
ukdane		#8	[-]
Posts: 279 (07/04/09 11:32:09) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Hi R2, Steady guy, I didn't diss your paint scheme at all. all I said was that I too had just build the same lifts (great minds think alike) and was just pointing out that the difference was that I had a different paint scheme. That's all. No gloating. I'm new to model building, and am pretty crap at painting minis, and my HA pieces, hence why I couldn't criticise another persons work. You want to see one- sure: You can see more of my sci-fi work in progress here (most is still unpainted) Sorry if you took offence R2, it wasn't meant like that at all. -Daney! HA: 41, 44, 45, 51, 52, 54, 61, 65, 70, 71, 75, 81, 82, 84, 85, 201, 202, 203, 205, 220, 240, 250, 270, 271, 272, 273, 281, 282, 300, 301, 302, 303, 320, 321 WS: C1233, C1236, C1243 A&K: Gravestone
r2builder		#9	[-]
Posts: 34 (07/04/09 11:57:40) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Sorry UK, I thought the smileys and that I said it was sarcasm was enough to infer that I was joking with you. I know you weren't being mean or anything, I was just playing around, hence the smileys and that I said it was sarcasm. Sorry didn't mean to offend you in thinking that you had offended me...stoopid keyboards don't really let in the "joking voice"...I took no offence by what you said all is good mate. You have always provided very good feedback on all my pictures and builds. And I hope that you will continue to do so... I like your build, nice and clean. Also the paint is very cool. I like the datails on the inside of "the door arch" pillar thing. Are the two bigger "circles" on each one a different color, or are they all the same color, and is just a camera trick? They look blue and blue-green. What do you cast with? I use some not-so-good-stuff here in Germany, but I finally found someone to ship me MERLINS MAGIC!!!! I can't wait to try it, but it will take a month to get to me. Slow Boat to China is the cheapest way to ship it. Wow, I checked out your site! Very cool indeed. Very clean looking. Keep up the great work and thanks for sharing your pics! I always need new ideas, and inspiration. That is the great think about the boards, everyone has different tastes, likes, ideas, and ways to do things, and no one is WRONG in what they do, but we can share and learn from each other, and take our hobby to the next level. I really like your builds, it gives me some great ideas for my next project paint job. Again, thanks for sharing, and sorry for the joke and friendly sarcasm not coming through clearly. Cheers UKdane! Oh, and Galileo, thank you also(and everyon else) for the kind words. I do agree that the pics bring out and magnify the imperfections, but that is the problem with being a perfekshunist, you always fret the details. (spelling error wuz a joke). And while I do think it looks good in person, I know it can look even better (I hope) with a little more work. Again, thanks everyone! R2builder Last Edited By: r2builder 07/04/09 12:07:19. Edited 2 times.
ukdane		#10	[-]
Posts: 280 (07/04/09 12:10:39) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Thanks R2, I read that it was sarcasm, but just wanted to make clear, that I wasn't criticising. You're right we do all learn and inspire each other, heck I took your idea for the detention center, and adapted it. To answer your questions. The two big circles are in fact the same colour, it's a trick of the light that they look different. The "base" colour is actually darker than in the pics too. I cast with "stone plaster" bought from Panduro Hobby (it's a little stronger than regular PoP). Thanks for your kind words about my site. It's actually not very pretty, and a bit of a mess. I just wanted somewhere to upload and host pics as easily as possible. I need to sort through it, and get it more presentable. -Daney! HA: 41, 44, 45, 51, 52, 54, 61, 65, 70, 71, 75, 81, 82, 84, 85, 201, 202, 203, 205, 220, 240, 250, 270, 271, 272, 273, 281, 282, 300, 301, 302, 303, 320, 321 WS: C1233, C1236, C1243 A&K: Gravestone
Klingbeil		#11	[-]
Posts: 1942 (07/04/09 13:06:08) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	@R2 - you turbo lift is really.. REALLY dirty.. like something you'd find in a junk yard @UKD - yours belongs on the star ship enterprise or something. waaaaaaaay too clean -Klingbeil-
willypold		#12	[-]
Posts: 299 (07/04/09 13:11:34) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Me too! I built a turbolift for my sci-fi arena. It can be seen in several pictures in that old thread, but the best view is probably this: I guess I end up somewhere in the middle, dirt-wise, but then I have a bunch of reliable cleaning bots running the facility!
jbmallus		#13	[-]
Posts: 139 (07/06/09 07:45:49) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	S3: Expedition to the Barrier Peaks has these very structures in the dungeon.
r2builder	Small update-06-07-09	#14	[-]
Posts: 36 (07/06/09 08:38:54) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Here is a pic or two from my bud's building for his SW mini game. He calls it the mining colony uplink station. He will be bringing it by tomorrow, so I will take a couple of photos of them together. Here is a link to his 3D terrain, in case anyone is interested. http://forums.gleemax.com/showthread.php?t=1015676 R2builder
morkhdull		#15	[-]
Posts: 64 (07/06/09 10:31:15) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Hey guys... All these constructs are fine... I imagine that each starship or each moonbase don't belong the same "home maid". Anyway, as I allready said, Sci-fi themes aren't my main subject of interest. But, when I saw these "turbo lift", it remember me the big laser gates in Star Wars episode I, while Darth Maul fights Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan... Do you ever try to place two of these structures one in front of the other ? I'm curious to see what would be the result So... Up to your molds and your plaster, guys... And "May the Force be with you"
willypold		#16	[-]
Posts: 300 (07/06/09 12:58:28) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Interesting and creative use of some of the blocks in the uplink station!
r2builder		#17	[-]
Posts: 41 (07/10/09 09:17:11) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Well, I went back and modified my paint job somewhat. I do agree that it was kind of dark, and perhaps too dirty looking. I added in some corrosion spots and silver flecking, you can't really see the silver too much in the pics. I also took some pics of Fat Gamorrean's uplink station and my turbo lift together. I tried to match his rust look and color as much as I could from the pics that I had. I have to say, I think they go pretty darn good together. Let me know what you guys think! Thanks. R2builder
darkitect		#18	[-]
Posts: 151 (07/10/09 17:24:06) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	The rust effect adds so much more character to the piece. Good job!
Andadas		#19	[-]
Posts: 725 (07/10/09 19:33:17) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	R2, nice build. If you are one who just wants to show off his pieces, and doesn't want input on how to make them better, or our opinions, then please skip anything after this sentence and move on after "R2, nice build". If you are one who wants an opinion, and realize that this is just my opinion and you can take it however you want, but that I wouldn't bother commenting if I didn't want to try to help you... then keep reading I think you should have your buddy show you how he painted his... The sci fi pieces are very hard to paint and have them look good. Drybrushing just doesn't look too good on them IMO. Your piece definitely looks better from a further vantage point. It is painted just fine, I'm not saying it is terrible... but it just doesn't look real. It looks "off" somehow. It is a hard piece to look good I think... I think it is the blues and yellows that don't do it for me... they look out of place when what I want to see are crisp lights and uniformly painted walls. Maybe a wet blend would look better? Willypold's paint looks very nice... your friends looks "dirty" but pretty good IMO. Again, please don't take this as a "your paint job sucks"... it doesn't. I can see you put a lot of effort into it and I could certainly do no better... I guess I am only commenting to help you make it look better. Like I said above, if you don't want to hear "it could be better" or "my opinion" please forget you read this... but I really am trying to help, not hurt. Andadas Doing Hirst Arts block in Life Size blocks...
r2builder		#20	[-]
Posts: 42 (07/10/09 22:09:19) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Darkitect, thanks for the kind words! Anadas, thanks to you too. I don't spend my time making, gluing, painting, and posting pictures on the forum to say Hey everyone look at how awesome I am at this hobby! I do post my stuff to get feedback, crtisisim, and advice from everyone! I have been a member of the Forum since December, and I was lurking a couple of months before that. One thing that I have seen here that you don't find in too many other places, that here there are no flamers! I do mean the mean ones that just bash everyone. Aside from a few friendly jabs, and little sarcarsm, everyone here is pretty awsome about being very helpful and friendly! So Anadas, I DO NOT take your advice or opion to be anything other than a way to try to help me out!! That is why I put my pictures up, if I didn't want honest feedback, then why make them public? This is only my second "compleated" project, and I'm sure that my stuff will get better the more I do. I'll bet anything that Da Vinci's first painting looked nothing like the Mono Lisa or The Last Supper! Also Anadas, almost every thought and opion that you have about this piece, I feel the exact same way! I do think it looks "good" in away. You can tell the paint just wasn't slapped on, it was applied with care. But it still doesn't look quite "right". And you are right about drybrushing on the Scifi stuff. I don't think it really looks that good. I did buy some weathering powder, so I hope that can really add the flair I'm looking for! Again, thanks, i appreciate that you took the time to look at my pics, and spent some time actually "looking" at them, and spending the energy to actually think about my stuff giving me good honest thoughts about how I can improve Oh, by the way though, next time I expect you all to bow to me and bask in all my glorious painting awsomeness!!! No, really thanks a milllion Anadas! Respectfully, R2builder

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