I had an hour free this morning so I sat down and finished the build on the Death Star trench. Nothing special about the build, just the usual blueboard and Titebond, with a few little bits of "Woodsies" (available at most good craft stores, these very useful tiny circles and rectangles save a LOT of time when scratchbuilding). Aside from the Woodsies and the bulk styrofoam packing material the whole thing is scratchbuilt. The big question now is to go with all white with gray and black details or (having re-watched the scene from the movie, which is much darker than I remember) go with a medium gray and use black and white for the details.
a pilots eye view of the trench
the right side
the left side
the entire model with the right side laid flat
In looking at it I think that I need to make the turbo-laser turrets a bit taller, they seem to be getting lost in the sauce. I am sorely tempted to add all sorts of surface detail, but this model is intended for convention use and will see some rough handling and trips in the car so I'm going to hold off for now.
Intrigued, is this one section of a longer trench to fly and fight down, or if not what's the game idea to be used?
ReplyDeleteI will post a report on the game after the Pro or Con convention on the 23rd
DeleteDude that looking great!
ReplyDeleteVery cool, I would say atmospheric, but in space......
ReplyDeleteYour game table at the con will be packed with players
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