04-05-2011, 02:43 AM
Thanks for the welcome!
The Star Destroyer has been my all-time favorite studio model, and for me building two of them has opened up opportunities I never imagined could ever happen to me.
Now I am building a third one. This one is way more accurate in size and detail, yet I am still not 100% committed to making it exactly like the original. Like I told Charles, I'm building A star destroyer, not THE Star Destroyer.
The reason I am doing it this way is for a few reasons... First, the money. Collecting every last kit that was used to detail the original would be WAY more expensive than I am willing or able to do. Second, every star destroyer model built by ILM for the Star Wars films were completely different in details, so I always thought that gave us 'license' to detail ours as we will.
However, having said that, on my third build I thought a good and economical decision would be to have as many of the original kit pieces in the main focal areas of the ship as possible (the bridge and bridge neck, the engines, the docking bay and most of the underside of the hull, and some better known areas of the trenches). For all other details my rule is if I don't have it, can't find it or can't afford it, anything goes. And I usually fill in those gaps with parts that have the same 'feel' to the texture they create.
When I can, I will post photos on a separate thread of my progress so far in an appropriate area of this site.
The Star Destroyer has been my all-time favorite studio model, and for me building two of them has opened up opportunities I never imagined could ever happen to me.
Now I am building a third one. This one is way more accurate in size and detail, yet I am still not 100% committed to making it exactly like the original. Like I told Charles, I'm building A star destroyer, not THE Star Destroyer.
The reason I am doing it this way is for a few reasons... First, the money. Collecting every last kit that was used to detail the original would be WAY more expensive than I am willing or able to do. Second, every star destroyer model built by ILM for the Star Wars films were completely different in details, so I always thought that gave us 'license' to detail ours as we will.
However, having said that, on my third build I thought a good and economical decision would be to have as many of the original kit pieces in the main focal areas of the ship as possible (the bridge and bridge neck, the engines, the docking bay and most of the underside of the hull, and some better known areas of the trenches). For all other details my rule is if I don't have it, can't find it or can't afford it, anything goes. And I usually fill in those gaps with parts that have the same 'feel' to the texture they create.
When I can, I will post photos on a separate thread of my progress so far in an appropriate area of this site.