Dune Melange Snooper - Finished 02/02/2011

Excellent imagination!

Your scratch built space Snooper is looking awesome!

Now what are you going to build out of that old Atari 2600?

Groovy.  Old PC stuff makes great scratch built parts.

Good Stuff

WOW!  That is a great little scratchbuild!  Points for skill but also for inspiration.  Great job!

That is flat out AWSOME!!! Really great imagination

Very Kewel .

Regards,  Rick

Man this is a true work of art. I knew these damn pc mouses were worth something.

Great stuff ! Very creative ,way to use whats on hand to come up with a great scratch build project!

That is great! Really cool build.

Hi!

Thanks for the nice comments!

And after a few weathering effects, I finished it!

I hope you like it!

Thanks for watching!

WOW!   I'm even more impressed, seeing the finished model.  It looks just great!  I don't know if you compete, but that would be a contest winner.  But even if not, this is a build that ought to be published in the online gallery and in the mag.  I think it would make a great subject for a feature, too.

Best regards,

Brad

Building something out of nothing - I have no idea what it is, but I like it anyway!

I agree with the Baron, this has to get in the magazine, be a great article about scratch building, which hardly ever comes up in the mag. this is just a very fantastic work of art that needs to be shared with the masses. It just blows me away the ingenuity and final product. Very nice indeed!

Excellent !  

Looks like it would fit right in with the Machinen Krieger Armor Fighting Suit line.

Not only is that creative,but you did a damn fine job on it as well.

This is very nice. Goes to show what can be done when a fertile imagination is melded with great modelling skills. Well done!

Great build!    Thanks for sharing!!!!

It's really great...I like it....:)

Thanks for your nice words!

Excellent work, that's one wicked looking build.

Most impressive, Barruel, in all aspects.

Based on the thread title, is this something from Frank Hebert's series? I read 'Dune'........in 1985. It's been awhile, and I never read any of the other books in the series, but the term Melange is telling me a there's a connection.  

WOW!  That thing is something else indeed.  I swear if it had an air plenum it would look like some thing out of Hammer's Slammers.  Wonderful job!

                                                                                    Pat. 

Yes, the Melange Snooper (name invented by me) is a probing device used to detect and report, in the vast deserts of Arrakis, areas with significative amounts of Melange, the most  valuable spice / drug  in the universe.

The usage of that substance makes the eyes to turn progressively blue (the eyes of Ishbad), hence the eyes of the pilot!

Thansks for the comments!

Thanks for the inspiration.

I just found a prime condition wireless mouse while bike riding.

Good excuse for me to rummage thru my spares stash !

Hmmmm..a Sci-Fi Links-Trainer?..................

very interesting subject