Glazy

This was a CGI model, but I tried to emulate the Derek Meddings Mike Trim feel for the model. Thanks for the feedback !

This is a Spaceship and Launch Pad that I built last November for a Honey Nut Cheerios commercial. The client asked for a "near future" looking rocket for the advert, they liked the European 'Ariane 5' style of ship and gantry over the 'US/Nasa' style of craft, so using reference pics found online I built a ship and added more of a shuttle type front as 'Ariane' is only really a payload carrier and not a manned ship. I knew from the beginning that the shot would be locked off, so the gantry was pretty much just built to what the camera seen. The ship however was built in full. The final shot required a large moon and steam to be added to the shot. I provided 4 seconds worth of animation which included flashing orange warning lights and spinning radar dish, and the studio provided the moon and steam elements to the final shot. Here are some frames from the final advert, the spaceship shot opens the 30 commercial, and is only 27 frames in length, seems an awful lot of work for something that pops by so quickly but it does it's job of establishing the location of the piece. The animated Honey Nut Cheerios Bee was animated by the guys at Uli Meyer Studios in London. From what I gather the advert isn't getting shown here in the UK, but is showing in various European countries. When it appears on You Tube I'll post a link. Now this is only a fanciful TV commercial, so there's no logic why the ship would be sitting upright on the launch pad yet the astronaut is sitting at what appears to be just a control desk, and not in a reclining chair like a real rocket, he also appears to be the only member of the crew. Ship 1 Ship 2 Ship 3 Advert Frame Grabs

Yeah this was the twin Tie Fighter set. Cheers for the feedback.

For me one of my favourite craft in the Star Wars films is the Tie Fighter. The first clip I ever seen of Star Wars was the Millenium Falcon escaping from the Death Star and the Tie Fighters attacking. I just loved the design of the ship, those cool black helmets the pilots wore, and that unmistakable sound effect as the fighters flew by. And even though the following films in the original trilogy added new Imperial ships the standard Tie Fighter appeared in all 3 films as one of the main ship in the Imperial navy. This is a model I made many years ago that I recently dug out and figured I'd do a picture with. http://s8.photobucket.com/albums/a44/Glazy...nt=DSCF6489.jpg

Really nice work on this, always thought the Narcissus was a neat little ship. Nice article on Martin Bower's site where he builds some landing gear for his replica shuttle !! http://www.martinbowersmodelworld.com/html/narcissus.html

I'll try and sort one out that was taken at the time on my 35mm Camera as opposed to my Digital !!

We might as well request that this be made into the Aliens modeling forum ! Really superb work on that model !!!

Really nice job on this, like the paint work and I love that base. Cool stuff !!

Really superb work,love the weathering on the Power Loader !!!

Chhers for all the feedback !! The model I used was just the Halcyon Alien Warrior figure http://www.timemachinetoys.com/toypics/alienhalcykit.JPG

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hutt_%28Star_Wars%29 Here you go !!

I made this kit many years ago. I shot these pics on my old Yashica 35mm, I took my asthma inhaler and fired a couple of jets of it into the beam of my slide projector behind the model, then took a half second exposure of the model. http://s8.photobucket.com/albums/a44/Glazy...nt=aliens-1.jpg http://s8.photobucket.com/albums/a44/Glazy...rent=aliens.jpg

Cheers Nev, yeah I post on Starship Modeler already, not hear of that other site you mention. I may give them a look. Cheers.

Woah, this is looking really great !!

Somebody on the production team did make a physical model of the 'HMS Camden Lock', it can be seen on Henderson's desk in series 2, though it seemed a bit rough and unfinished. They make mention of this model and my Airfix mock up box on the DVD commentary, though offhand I can't remember which Episode in. I also made some of the guest ships for both seasons of Hyperdive. I made the 'HMS Camden Lock's' Shuttle Craft which is seen in both seasons,though more in the 2nd season. I also made the 'HMS Seaton Carew' which features in the Episode Assessment The British Space Station which featured in the series 2 Episode Harvest The 'Holger Danske' that was used in the series 1 episode Clare and also the 'Lemurian Freighter' from the same episode. For the episode Convoy I made the British Ships the 'HMS Purley Way' & 'HMS Gower' Shuttle Craft http://s8.photobucket.com/albums/a44/Glazy...ttle-rear-3.jpg HMS Seaton Carew http://s8.photobucket.com/albums/a44/Glazy...rent=hms_sc.jpg Space Station http://s8.photobucket.com/albums/a44/Glazy...current=ss6.jpg Space Station DVD Grab http://s8.photobucket.com/albums/a44/Glazy...base-6-grab.jpg Holger Danske http://s8.photobucket.com/albums/a44/Glazy...current=HD1.jpg Lemurian Freighter http://s8.photobucket.com/albums/a44/Glazy...rrent=bbr-1.jpg Lemurian Freighter with Cargo http://s8.photobucket.com/albums/a44/Glazy...rent=bbr1-1.jpg HMS Purley Way http://s8.photobucket.com/albums/a44/Glazy...urrent=cla9.jpg HMS Gower http://s8.photobucket.com/albums/a44/Glazy...urrent=cla8.jpg Here's a shuttle craft render I did with parts so it looked like it was made from a kit. http://s8.photobucket.com/albums/a44/Glazy...uttle-Model.jpg I must thank the guys at Qurios Entertainment also,who did a superb job of putting these ships on the screen, and creating the other ships that were seen in the show as well as the other CG FX.