Sean-Khan
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glumag
Warlord
5968 Posts
| | 12/12/2005 5:25 PM |
| Trade Federation Tank [)]
check this model:
http://www.larottadikessel.it/galleria_tank.htm | |
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jedijon
Sergeant
474 Posts
| | 12/12/2005 5:35 PM |
| Wow, *looks around* I don't know if I should say this now, but I saw that round disc with the pointy part in the middle and though "Gandalf!".
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Can of the Cave Beer
Commander
2838 Posts
| | 12/12/2005 10:48 PM |
| At first I thought "Flumph". But then I remembered that no one would want that anyway.
Then I thought "Enterprise". But the pieces didn't quite add up.
I would not have guessed the Federation Tank. Which is odd, because now I can't see anything else in those parts. | |
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Darkfather
Commander
3457 Posts
Queensland, Australia
| | 12/12/2005 10:59 PM |
| I have that model built and partially painted (undercoated) sitting in my garage collecting dust. Got it for my youngest son as a Chrissy present when Episode 1 was released. Should really get to that model with a hacksaw and destroy it and make scenery out of it... one day.
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Sean-Khan
Commander
2699 Posts
| | 12/13/2005 1:39 AM |
| LOL, interesting guesses! I planned to do this in around september, but it really took ages for me to get those silicon rubbers & resins.
I thought of doing few of these for myself and then trading the rest casts. As I don't know how much there will be interest for these, I don't know yet if I'm going to buy more resin as there should still be in that store.
That's really cool model, thanks for the link, Glumag! I could have used those pics when doing the sculpt! I hunted them pretty much around, like taking photos from bad-quality video screens [:P] I guess there exists some AAT models but I hadn't seen any good in miniatures scale.
It's been really tough job, I spent about 10 hours only to think of how to share this in parts, how it acts with the grid & how will it be balanced, how to do the molds so that I don't waste too much silicon & resin. My initial investment for casting materials is about $100 and I guess I'll be able to make maybe about 7-8 tanks with it, depending on if there will be badly flawed casts. | |
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Runelord151
Underboss
1203 Posts
| | 12/15/2005 7:19 PM |
| | That is pretty sweet sean-khan. Seeing as it looks like you made moulds and it's very modular, how hard would it be for you to convert to Slave-1? IIRC it had a very similar shape to the TF Tank. | | | |
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Sean-Khan
Commander
2699 Posts
| | 12/18/2005 6:51 AM |
| quote:
Originally posted by Runelord151
That is pretty sweet sean-khan. Seeing as it looks like you made moulds and it's very modular, how hard would it be for you to convert to Slave-1? IIRC it had a very similar shape to the TF Tank.
Thanks, Runelord! It's modular only because I wanted to make a mold of it and even if I could have made one-piece mold without leaving bubble-pockets, it would have consumed huge amounts of plastic and even the mold would have been pretty large. Even now, only the cost of plastic for a single AAT is $5-$10. And, balance would have been more difficult to achieve.
I hadn't thought of the resemblance with Slave... But it's true, the general shape IS pretty similar. Still, I don't think it's similar enough that it would be worth it to make a conversion, and the scale is pretty different.
I'll be updating my page today, I'll have pictures of a painted model there then. | |
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Sean-Khan
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WakeXX
Warlord
10125 Posts
Edinboro PA
| | 12/18/2005 8:30 PM |
| | Cool,Nice work! | | | |
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md3
Sergeant
680 Posts
| | 12/19/2005 12:26 PM |
| Really Awesome work!
So, from Conception to completion how long did it take?
Now how long would it take to make a 2nd? | |
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Sean-Khan
Commander
2699 Posts
| | 12/19/2005 4:47 PM |
| Thanks md3!
Well, my estimate for the original piece is 80 hours, maybe little more for mold making. I've made it for more than half-a-year little by little, so it's difficult to estimate and that might me underestimated. Making first cast piece to ready was maybe some 8 hours. Next pieces might get little quicker, especially if I work with few pieces simultaneously, but I don't know how many pieces I'm going to complete myself. Currently I've thought of keeping 3 pieces myself, and I have an idea of making at least one a little differently - I cut a battledroid commander in half and make the top hatch open putting the officer there. It'll take a little more time. | |
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dariustad
Warlord
6322 Posts
| | 12/21/2005 3:12 PM |
| | Wow! You really put a lot of effort into that tank! Excellent! [:)] | |
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Luisjoey
Underboss
1704 Posts
Caracas Venezuela
| | 01/08/2006 12:42 AM |
| AWSOME!!! VERY AWSOME!!!
I want it now, i hope he comes in the Bounty hunters set, is one of my favorite tanks. | |
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Corim Danex
Warlord
6562 Posts
West Valley City, Utah
| | 01/08/2006 1:02 AM |
| | Very nice work, Sean-Khan. It is nice to see the various photographs on the website showing progress of the work. It looks like you did a nice job balancing it, and the paint looks good too. | |
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| | 01/08/2006 2:25 AM |
| | Wow that looks real nice painted up! | |
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Luisjoey
Underboss
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Caracas Venezuela
| | 01/11/2006 10:08 PM |
| | I´m Still very impressed for the mini, i want it together with the other battle tank that look like sea shell. I hope they come in Bounty Hunters | |
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Ragnarok
Sneak
91 Posts
| | 01/25/2006 11:49 AM |
| | are selling casts of you molds? | |
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bassman2972
Underboss
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| | 01/29/2006 8:46 PM |
| | As always Sean-Khan, you never cease to amaze me. Outstanding work.[:)] | |
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bassman2972
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| | 01/30/2006 10:52 PM |
| quote:
Originally posted by Sean-Khan
Thanks, Bassman [:)] I'm happy as I've found pretty nicely time for modelling during last weeks, I hope I can post some more stuff soon! Right now, it's D&D -time for me.
Btw, have you made something out of those casts I sent you?
Yeah, I have them put together and we're currently using them in a SW RPG game I'm in. I still love the Halo planet and Bacta tanks.[:)]
I still haven't found a good way to illuminate them yet though without wires poking out though. Still working on that. | |
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