This is my latest modeling creation – a Votainion Terrox starfighter from the Starstrikers Era of the Star Saga. This is one of several primary, or front line enemy starfighters the Alliance faces during the mid-war time period. This model… Read More »Modeling Update – Terrox Fighter
I’ve been doing some pre-release advertising for my new novella, Devon’s Blade. Mostly this consists of using images of my starfighter models and posting them to Twitter and Google+. I’m trying hard not to be annoying and using the imagery… Read More »Novella Pre-Release Coverage
It’s been a while since I posted a picture of the Renoke model, so here a few new ones. I’m focusing on the bridge now, adding details and installing fiber optics. I have to wire up the head lights and… Read More »Renoke Model Update
The primary starfighter of the Alliance in the middle trilogy or Starstrikers Era is the Spieron. It’s fast and sleek and well loved by pilots. I built this model in 1/48 scale out of poster board. But it’s due for… Read More »Alliance Spieron Starfighter
The primary Votainion starfighter in the Starstrikers Era is the Terrox. This twin engine, twin canon design is fast and deadly. A direct ancestor of the Twin Tube design from the early war years, the Terrox is a war tested… Read More »Votainion Terrox Starfighter
The next novella I’ll write is called K’nat Trap and it takes place between Starstrikers and XiniX. It’s about a Starstriker mission, led by Kiloe, to secure a new Votainion starfighter that has the NexGen stardrive. There are currently only… Read More »Votainion K’nat Starfighter
As with the Trogen and Swift builds, this build starts with the cockpit that will attach to a PVC pipe for the fuselage. Once again, for consistency, I used old Chuck Yeager’s Bell X-1 model from Revell as the seat… Read More »Victory Starfighter Build, Part 1
Messing around with a different angle on the KIV-3 model and I came up with the below image. I think this is much better than the passive flyby version. Now we have some visual style that grabs your attention. Which… Read More »Cover Update
I found a background image that would be striking for my novel The Blood Empress. I had the idea of shooting a KIV-3 over the desert planet of Con-One, a brief scene from the novel. My first attempt was weak… Read More »Book Cover Evolution
I’ve been thinking a lot about the covers of my novels after attending IndieReCon this past weekend. All of my SF book covers will be getting severe face lifts in an effort to make them more attractive to readers. This… Read More »Cover Concept Reveal