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Rebel Snowspeeder
Posted by crusader_x on Wednesday, May 13, 2009 7:06 AM


http://www.firebladecomics.com/customs/snowspeeder.html

A snowspeeder I started a long time ago that I pulled out to test some effects like battle damage and using pastels.  Not nearly as detailed as it should be on the interior, nor sporting any scratchbuilt details like in modelmaniac1967's thread, I decided to share it none-the-less...

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Posted by TD4438 on Wednesday, May 13, 2009 10:31 AM
Looks good.Can you put up a few more (and bigger) pics?

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Posted by smeagol the vile on Wednesday, May 13, 2009 5:13 PM
not bad, but the figures need ALOT of work

 

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Posted by modelmaniac1967 on Wednesday, May 13, 2009 8:45 PM

The figures that came with the kit were trash, I think he did ok with what he had to work with. I wish someone would make an aftermarket resin figure for this kit... It would be greatly appreciated from us star wars modelers. I love the battle damage you did. I want to add battle damage to mine and get it painted before i lose interest. For your battle damage did you use a cutter bit in your dremel or a wire brush?

Darren

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Posted by crusader_x on Friday, May 15, 2009 2:10 AM

 TD4438 wrote:
Looks good.Can you put up a few more (and bigger) pics?


Well I tried to take shots at every angle so I'm not sure what else I would shoot that isn't already in the pics.  I also resize them to a maximum 600 pixel width to fit on my website but I do have the original pics which are very large.  Was there something in particular you wanted a better shot of?

 smeagol the vile wrote:
not bad, but the figures need ALOT of work


Indeed, I painted them a while ago and when I pulled the model out recently to do the battle damage effects I didn't consider it worth it to try to add any detail to them because they're lacking to begin with.

 modelmaniac1967 wrote:

The figures that came with the kit were trash, I think he did ok with what he had to work with. I wish someone would make an aftermarket resin figure for this kit... It would be greatly appreciated from us star wars modelers. I love the battle damage you did. I want to add battle damage to mine and get it painted before i lose interest. For your battle damage did you use a cutter bit in your dremel or a wire brush?

Darren



Agreed, I wish I had the skill set to make some new details and figures for the interior as that's really the most disappointing thing about this model.  Thanks for your comments on the battle damage, I am publishing a guide on my site soon about the battle damage techniques I've compiled.  The dremel bit I love to use for damaging is this one:
http://www.dremel.com/en-us/AttachmentsAndAccessories/Pages/AttachmentsDetail.aspx?pid=194

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Posted by Dave The Chef on Friday, May 15, 2009 4:07 AM
Finemolds are due to release a 1/48 snowspeeder soon I think - now that should be good.
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Posted by Skonch on Friday, May 15, 2009 8:58 AM

Great job there.

I really don't think it's necessary to spend fortunes on the Finecale stuff especially when something like this can be achieved using a standard kit.

Regards,

 

Jules

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Posted by aussiemuscle308 on Sunday, May 17, 2009 11:05 PM
What scale should the figures be? since they are deformed, i've never looked for replacements.
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