Dune Melange Snooper - Finished 02/02/2011

very interesting subject  

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?..................

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!

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. 

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.  

Excellent work, that's one wicked looking build.

Thanks for your nice words!

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

Great build!    Thanks for sharing!!!!

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

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

Excellent !  

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

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!

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

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

Hi!

Thanks for the nice comments!

And after a few weathering effects, I finished it!

I hope you like it!

Thanks for watching!

That is great! Really cool build.

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

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

Very Kewel .

Regards,  Rick

That is flat out AWSOME!!! Really great imagination

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

Groovy.  Old PC stuff makes great scratch built parts.

Good Stuff

Excellent imagination!

Your scratch built space Snooper is looking awesome!

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