noelbarnes Posted October 18, 2017 Share Posted October 18, 2017 Here are the Bandai mini kits Tie Advance & Tie Fighter. I have wanted to pose these fighter together as seen in "A New Hope" for some time. I finally finished the base today and took some shots. Also gave me a chance to watch the movie again....for research purposes. For the Death Star surface I glued plastic sheet to wooden base. Drew a random pattern, scribed in all the line work, cut up two thicknesses of plastic card and glued them down, added some smaller pieces to the tops of those already down. I then primed the base with Matt Black laquer, airbrushed a mid grey to that panels, then blended in with an overall spray. I then took a light grey and randomly sprayed in panels and the like and finally finished off with a dry brush of the same grey. 23 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsairfoxfouruncle Posted October 18, 2017 Share Posted October 18, 2017 Great looking group of Tie’s you've got 👍... one doesn't realize the size difference with the wings though until they are next to eachother. Also i find it interesting that G. Lucas would use the old RAF three plane formation, that never worked quite right ? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badder Posted October 18, 2017 Share Posted October 18, 2017 A fantastic little trio and an excellent base. What about a photo-backdrop of the Death Star, or just stars, for photographic purposes? Rearguards, Badder 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunter Rose Posted October 18, 2017 Share Posted October 18, 2017 Nice work with the base, they all look great, nice work! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Wasley Posted October 18, 2017 Share Posted October 18, 2017 Looking Great,nice looking Trio and base,as for the back ground just by some coloured cardboard,blue would be nice,did see one were they made small pin holes in it and lit from the back(just an idea)I still like it as is. Cheers 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meteors Posted October 19, 2017 Share Posted October 19, 2017 Very nice! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fewr9fkr9595 Posted October 19, 2017 Share Posted October 19, 2017 Very effective nice one mate 👍🏿 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carts Posted October 19, 2017 Share Posted October 19, 2017 Love the base and the fighters look really "Movie" real. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vanoyen Posted October 19, 2017 Share Posted October 19, 2017 Great job! I love how you made the base. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goon Posted October 19, 2017 Share Posted October 19, 2017 Lovely! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dermo245 Posted October 19, 2017 Share Posted October 19, 2017 Like that a lot and the base really adds to it. Some detail in those mini-kits.... Dermot 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthony Kesterton Posted October 19, 2017 Share Posted October 19, 2017 On 10/18/2017 at 1:30 PM, Corsairfoxfouruncle said: Great looking group of Tie’s you've got 👍... one doesn't realize the size difference with the wings though until they are next to eachother. Also i find it interesting that G. Lucas would use the old RAF three plane formation, that never worked quite right ? Didn't work this time either :-) Excellent diorama esp given the size of those kits. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gimme Shelter Posted October 20, 2017 Share Posted October 20, 2017 yep, that's a 100 percenter of a gorgeous diorama I appreciate you simplifying the death star surface - too much of the chunky lego looking close up surface detail stuff rather detracts from the displayed models IMHO, so you have got it spot on for my eyes and imagination here - reminds me of the trio as they rise high above the DS surface before they jump down into the trench beautiful - ILM would probably approve too May the Force be with you, always 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob G Posted October 20, 2017 Share Posted October 20, 2017 On 10/18/2017 at 10:30 PM, Corsairfoxfouruncle said: Great looking group of Tie’s you've got 👍... one doesn't realize the size difference with the wings though until they are next to eachother. Also i find it interesting that G. Lucas would use the old RAF three plane formation, that never worked quite right ? Why wouldn't he? Apparently he stole the whole space battle sequence from The Battle of Britain... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Procopius Posted October 20, 2017 Share Posted October 20, 2017 1 minute ago, Rob G said: Why wouldn't he? Apparently he stole the whole space battle sequence from The Battle of Britain... 633 Squadron and Dambusters are the generally accepted inspirations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob G Posted October 20, 2017 Share Posted October 20, 2017 3 minutes ago, Procopius said: 633 Squadron and Dambusters are the generally accepted inspirations. Hmm, I coulda sworn that it was BoB. <shrug> I knew it was something. (I don't think about SW much any more, completely lost interest after the 4th movie was released.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Corsairfoxfouruncle Posted October 20, 2017 Share Posted October 20, 2017 Thanks for that Procopius ... Ive seen The original Star wars episode #4 almost 1000 times since 1977. Yes I freely admit Im a Geek. I have seen Dambusters a number of times as well but I’ve never realised they were that close to each other. I knew he used WW2 footage and documentaries to orchestrate some sequences but never realised it was almost a line by line duplicate. And no it wont stop me from watching the films 👍 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noelbarnes Posted October 20, 2017 Author Share Posted October 20, 2017 11 hours ago, Gimme Shelter said: yep, that's a 100 percenter of a gorgeous diorama I appreciate you simplifying the death star surface - too much of the chunky lego looking close up surface detail stuff rather detracts from the displayed models IMHO, so you have got it spot on for my eyes and imagination here - reminds me of the trio as they rise high above the DS surface before they jump down into the trench beautiful - ILM would probably approve too May the Force be with you, always Thanks for your comments. You nailed it. That was my intention...hence the title. The yflew high over the surface to get to the battle. Cheers. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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