Santa got run over by an...

sh00ter

Member since
February 2003
From: Tidewater Virginia

Santa got run over by an...

Posted by sh00ter on Monday, December 19, 2005 1:05 PM

AT-AT! Rudolph the red-nosed AT-AT!!!

This was my entry in a recent group build. The snow was made with baking soda and white glue. Terrain was pink styro board insulation.

The Santa figure started as a Preiser figure fattened up a bit with Apoxie.

The AT-AT came from an old Ertl kit. It wasn't very good and took a lot of work to fill gaps, etc. The paint job was meant to resemble a reindeer with scratchbuilt antlers and a red nose up front.

I ended up putting way too much time into this one -- about 40 hours all told. Took the opportunity to test various snow and weathering techniques on the AT-AT. Santa alone took about 1 hour to modify. I'm happy with the results.

Dennis

"where plastic can be a four-letter word..."

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Mindless

Member since
December 2005

Posted by Mindless on Monday, December 19, 2005 3:23 PM

Hahahaha! That's hilarious. Best Star Wars model I've seen in quite a while. Big Smile [:D]

Very nifty. Hahaha.

I used to own one of thoes, wow, that was ages ago.

Anyway. It looks awsome. 5/5.

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Bgrigg

Member since
May 2005
From: Left forever

Posted by Bgrigg on Monday, December 19, 2005 3:51 PM

That's gre-AT-AT!

Now you need to do a companion dio of Olive.

Olive? You ask.

Olive the other reindeer! Clown [:o)]

So long folks!

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MartianGundamModeler

Member since
November 2003
From: Tennessee

Posted by MartianGundamModeler on Monday, December 19, 2005 3:54 PM

That is cool. You should try a snow dio with a snowspeader next. I tried experimenting with snow once and it didn't pan out the way I intended...lol NICE WORK!

"Some men look at things the way they are and ask ' Why?'. I dream of things that never were and ask "Why not?".--Robert Kennedy taken from George Bernard Shaw's "Back To Methuselah" (Thanks to TomZ2) http://martiangundammodels.50megs.com/index.html

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Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Monday, December 19, 2005 4:10 PM

I think your model is one of the most orginal ideas i have seen on here since i have been a member.

A+++++++++ i really like the smashed santa and the base logo and colors.

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Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Monday, December 19, 2005 4:12 PM

How about adding fur the body of the AT AT?

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philp

Member since
December 2002
From: USA

Posted by philp on Tuesday, December 20, 2005 2:11 PM

Arrgghh...

Now I will never get that FM Falcon, he was my only hope.

Wait, there is another...

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gburdon

Member since
January 2003
From: Burlington, Ontario Canada

Posted by gburdon on Tuesday, December 20, 2005 2:28 PM

Dennis;

That is a great diorama. Definitely worth your efforts.

Cheers;

Gregory

VETERAN - (Noun) - Definition - One who signed a blank cheque as: “Payable to The People of Canada, Up To and Including My Life."

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sh00ter

Member since
February 2003
From: Tidewater Virginia

Posted by sh00ter on Tuesday, December 20, 2005 3:45 PM

philp wrote:

Arrgghh...

Now I will never get that FM Falcon, he was my only hope.

Wait, there is another...

If the "another" you're referring to wears Cinnabons over her ears, you'd better look in the bag! Muahaha!

Thanks to all for the kind comments!! Wink [;)]

Dennis

"where plastic can be a four-letter word..."

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zokissima

Member since
July 2003
From: Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Posted by zokissima on Wednesday, December 21, 2005 8:44 AM

Great work. Funniest thing I've seen modeled in a while.

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klem

Member since
May 2003
From: Fall River, MA

Posted by klem on Tuesday, January 3, 2006 2:38 PM

Thats sweet man, just about fell outta my chair laughing! I love to see the imagination at work!

"We the unwilling, led by the unknowing, are doing the impossible, for the ungrateful. We've been doing so much for so long with so little we are now capable of doing anything with nothing." Unknown

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Fish-Head Aric

Member since
September 2005
From: Chehalis, WA

Posted by Fish-Head Aric on Tuesday, January 3, 2006 3:43 PM

OMG!!! That's literally to die for!

Only thing that could make it one better would be to have the Grinch riding high above!

~Aric Fisher aric_001@hotmail.com

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stipp

Member since
March 2004
From: Chulak/Jaffa Cree!

Posted by stipp on Tuesday, January 3, 2006 4:51 PM

That is so Funny!!!!!!!

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sh00ter

Member since
February 2003
From: Tidewater Virginia

Posted by sh00ter on Wednesday, January 4, 2006 3:04 AM

Ooooh! I like that idea! Wish I'd thought of it. Thanks for the comments Fish-Head!

Dennis

Fish-Head Aric wrote:
OMG!!! That's literally to die for!

Only thing that could make it one better would be to have the Grinch riding high above!

"where plastic can be a four-letter word..."

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r13b20

Member since
April 2014

Posted by r13b20 on Thursday, February 2, 2006 7:20 PM

Hahahahahahahahahahaha!!!!!!!!!! GREAT!

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Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, February 4, 2006 1:25 PM

I think this is one of the funniest christmas themed dioramas I have seen.keep up the good work.

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