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Posted by jibber on Tuesday, October 29, 2013 10:55 AM

Thank you.

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Posted by GMorrison on Tuesday, October 29, 2013 1:35 PM

Way to go, Jibber!

Tim- gulp yes that seems to be "in the cards".

I completed research stage 1 last night. Watched the "20,000 Leagues Under The Sea" movie on YouTube. I can't say it's aged so well, but I did get extensive info on the diving suits.

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Posted by jgeratic on Tuesday, October 29, 2013 1:54 PM

GM, that diving suit could turn out to be quite colourful.  Here's why I say that after googling for images:

... and more photos from the site:

http://tomscherman.blogspot.ca/2010/05/epcot-living-seas-pavilion-nautilus.html

regards

Jack

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Posted by GMorrison on Tuesday, October 29, 2013 2:09 PM

Thank you SO MUCH for the link. I had no idea about any of this.

Ray Bradbury gave his eulogy! That really rocks!

The suit in the photo is a crew suit. Nemo's is similar, but the body suit itself is white, of course since he's the boss.

The guy at Dimensional Designs tells me the headlamp can be illuminated. I want to figure that one out.

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Posted by jibber on Tuesday, October 29, 2013 2:11 PM

Jack thats quite an undertaking, I can see any number of sub assemblies. Great subject.

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Posted by jibber on Tuesday, October 29, 2013 3:34 PM

GM sorry about posting to Jack. You have quite an undertaking and I can't wait to see it. Jules Verne was quite a futurist and left you with a real project.

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Posted by Chuck Davis on Tuesday, October 29, 2013 4:22 PM

Jibber - looks great!  Man...that was fast, and good.  I think I may have a hip glued to my horse, and that's it.

Chuck Davis

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Posted by GMorrison on Tuesday, October 29, 2013 4:24 PM

That's ok, I have a finger glued to the deck of my sailboat!

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Posted by shivinigh on Tuesday, October 29, 2013 9:34 PM

Nice work on Robby there Jibber. Haven't had much time to work on Spidey due to work and trying to get my car fixed, but have managed to get his limbs together and the seams on his legs sanded out.

Aaro amd Tim- love the Vlog. Missed watching them.

 

 

 

 

 

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Posted by jibber on Tuesday, October 29, 2013 9:48 PM

Thanks to you all, it really wasn't that fast just seemed that way. Again I can't wait to see these builds coming up.

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Posted by Gamera on Wednesday, October 30, 2013 11:46 PM

Here we so far- I think the camera washed out some detail...

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Posted by jgeratic on Thursday, October 31, 2013 2:29 AM

Gamera, looks good and I can see  shading in the faces.  Smart move on painting an exact shape to the whites of the eyes - really helps getting the iris and pupil  centered/looking in the same direction.

regards,

Jack

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Posted by Bish on Thursday, October 31, 2013 4:41 AM

Gamera, nice start on those.

I haven't even got mine out of the box yet. I have trouble enough concentrating on one build at a time. I will get to it soon though. I need to make sure I can sort the legs out.

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Posted by Gamera on Thursday, October 31, 2013 9:51 AM

Thanks guys, need to get Picard's eyes painted too. Funny, in a bit of a quandary here- I'm intending to add a little red wash to Picard's eyes to highlight the edges. I'm wondering if I should use green for the Romulan, considering her green copper based blood,  dunno how it will look- guess I can paint over it if I don't like it.  

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Posted by jibber on Thursday, October 31, 2013 1:20 PM

Gamera looks great so far, I have to admit that as much as I build I have a difficult time painting faces. I'm very impressed when people do it right. Picard was a great character and STNG was one of the best Sci Fi series ever. Nice choice in a hero.  

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Posted by jgeratic on Thursday, October 31, 2013 3:35 PM

Gamera, that's a good question you have regarding Romulan blood effecting the eye colour.  Looking at both movie and art profiles, it seems they were left portrayed as human, except for very dark iris.

Maybe someone with some medical background would have better insight, as copper in blood species actually do exist.   At the moment I'm too tired in to wrap my head around  "... appeared green when oxygenated in the arteries, or copper or rust-colored when deoxygenated in the veins"  and tying that in with the eye surface - lol.

regards,

Jack

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Posted by jibber on Thursday, October 31, 2013 3:43 PM

Romulans have our eyes, I would paint em the same

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Posted by Gamera on Thursday, October 31, 2013 5:25 PM

Jack and Jibber- thanks guys! Octopi have copper-based blood on Earth, guess I should look up some photos of them. The Romulans were played by human actors and actresses so they'd have to have the whole pink blood vessel thing going on even if make-up used green and yellow on the skin. I went with the green - looks sorta ok- if I don't like it when she's done- easy enough to paint over!

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Posted by NucMedTech on Sunday, November 3, 2013 1:32 PM

Hi guys, a lot of great work going on here. That Robby the Robot is great.

Even though I haven't posted much I have not been sitting idle. Here's two pics to let you all know where I'm at currently.

i110.photobucket.com/.../IMG_2191_zpsc2513ec5.jpg

i110.photobucket.com/.../IMG_2192_zpsdf9660ba.jpg

Next up is painting the face and hands, we'll see how that turns out.

-Stephen

Most barriers to your successes are man made. And most often you are the man who made them. -Frank Tyger

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Posted by jgeratic on Sunday, November 3, 2013 3:47 PM

That Solo figure is looking right on.  Can't tell if it's the lighting or your rendering, but the leather belt looks really good.

regards,

Jack

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Posted by jibber on Sunday, November 3, 2013 4:38 PM

NMT that looks amazing, very nice work.

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Posted by gregbale on Sunday, November 3, 2013 5:08 PM

Stephen, your Solo figure is looking very fine indeed.

Greg

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Posted by NucMedTech on Sunday, November 3, 2013 6:01 PM
Thanks guys, I did do some rendering but I think most of it has to do with lighting. I hope the face and hands come out just as well. I went ahead and painted the base flesh tones and then start from there. We will see how it turns out.
-Stephen

Most barriers to your successes are man made. And most often you are the man who made them. -Frank Tyger

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Posted by Gamera on Monday, November 4, 2013 7:35 AM

Yeah Stephen, nice work there on Han- looking forward to seeing his face finished.

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Posted by Tim Kidwell on Monday, November 4, 2013 7:39 AM

NucMedTech - Superb work! Are you using an airbrush or brush-painting?

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Posted by Bish on Monday, November 4, 2013 9:26 AM

Stephan, that's is looking stunning. Now how about a Chewy to go with him.

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Posted by NucMedTech on Monday, November 4, 2013 11:20 AM
Gamera, the face is what scares me. It will be my first try other than the 1/35 blobs I do for armor.

Hi Tim, I used an airbrush for most of it, then brush painted the details.

Bish, sure would be nice to have Chewie in scale with this. Unfortunately Solo will be solo, at least for now. Did you have any success getting Boba Fett?

- Stephen

Most barriers to your successes are man made. And most often you are the man who made them. -Frank Tyger

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Posted by Bish on Monday, November 4, 2013 12:06 PM

No, I missed out on that one. I am going to wait now until the new yet and watch for any that come up.

Thanks for the heads up.

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Posted by GMorrison on Thursday, November 7, 2013 3:33 AM

BUMP page 2 will not do...

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Posted by Tim Kidwell on Thursday, November 7, 2013 8:59 AM

GMorrison

BUMP page 2 will not do...

Thanks for that, GMorrison!

My seaborne adventure for the magazine is almost at an end, and then I'll begin on Conan. I know, you've all heard it before ... But I admit I'm a slow builder. On the other hand, deadlines make me get things done, and I have a deadline on this review model, so SOON!

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