Blue Screen Shoot
The sun was out, I had a new model stand and it wasn’t blazing hot yet. All the elements were in place yesterday for a decent photo shoot. For those of you who don’t already know, I scratch build the… Read More »Blue Screen Shoot
Model Building
Shadow Fighter Showdown
My latest scratch built starfighter model is the K’nat fighter or as they call it in STARSTRIKERS – the Shadow fighter. While I’m building my model from plastic and Renshape, my son is building his model in Blender. He’s much… Read More »Shadow Fighter Showdown
Modeling Update
Just finished the primer coat on the GCU Griffin model this weekend. I still have some bits and pieces that need to be added, so will have to coat again next weekend. But you can start to see the general… Read More »Modeling Update
Building The Renoke, Part 9
The final stage of building a model is always the weathering. Star Wars pioneered the “Used Car” look of starships back in the seventies and since then it’s become standard for movie models. Since this model could be used for… Read More »Building The Renoke, Part 9
3-D KiV-1 Model
My son Spencer is getting real good at using Blender. He’s been iterating through models of the KiV-1 from my Star Saga Starforgers Trilogy. You might remember the plastic models I did for my book covers. He’s taken an earlier… Read More »3-D KiV-1 Model
GCU Griffin Build, Part 3
First up is boxing in the scanner body ends. This area will have lots of greeblies and strips of styrene when finished. It will be recessed inside the main body. It was important that I get the shape straight and… Read More »GCU Griffin Build, Part 3
Upcoming Model Builds for 2016
I don’t normally just build random spaceship models these days. I have a plan, as the Cylons would say. That plan is closely related to the cover art of my novels. All the cover art for the first six books… Read More »Upcoming Model Builds for 2016
Triak Starfighter Build, Part 3
All of the parts and pieces finally come together in this post. This has been a fairly quick and dirty build for me. I’ve never done a kit bashed starfighter before and in many ways it felt like cheating. I… Read More »Triak Starfighter Build, Part 3
Triak Starfighter Build, Part 2
As with any airplane model, you start with the insides. Here I used the wheel well turned upside down for the seat bucket. Then added details to the side walls as needed. In looking back at this build after I… Read More »Triak Starfighter Build, Part 2
Triak Starfighter Build, Part 1
The Triak starfighter was derived from the Two Piper design from the start of the Great War. The design goes back to the 1980s when I was still in High School. I always imagined there were dozens of starfighter designs… Read More »Triak Starfighter Build, Part 1