sci-fi
Triak Starfighter Build, Part 5
Weathering This is one of my favorite steps in modeling. I love making a model look like it just came out of the real world where it has lived a long and hard life. Weathering sounds like it should only… Read More »Triak Starfighter Build, Part 5
Writing Update, December 2015
As 2015 winds down I thought I’d update you all on my writing adventures. 2014 and 2015 saw me producing two novels and two novellas. The novellas (Devon’s Blade and The Blood Empress) have been published as ebooks on Kindle,… Read More »Writing Update, December 2015
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
Terrox Starfighter Build, Part 2
Continuing with the Terrox build, we start to focus on detailing. I started with the hidden area between the missing engine covers and the fuselage. I used some F-104 bits in silver and various bits of scratch plastic to add… Read More »Terrox Starfighter Build, Part 2
Thoughts on The Force Awakens
*** Beware, SPOILERS ahead. You have been warned. *** The Good Bits First off I want to declare two things up front. One, I was 12 when Star Wars came out in 1977, now I’m 50. So, long time fan… Read More »Thoughts on The Force Awakens
Bad Girl As A Hero
Can a villain be a hero in her own story? This is the central premise of my novella, The Blood Empress. Empress Nykostra is the ruthless leader of the Votainion Empire and the prime instigator in the war with the… Read More »Bad Girl As A Hero