Topic: Galgrebaa Spaceport.

[JDeck]

      I'm starting a new thread because this is going to be an ambitious project. I'm planning to make a space station, built on a 30"x70" table. I'm just going to build one building at a time. The goal is to display a majority of my figures and vehicles in one giant modular display. The Spaceport will be based on my fictitious world of Galgrebaa, during the Imperial Era. However I will incorporate figures from other eras and universes that I think are cool.

     This is just a mock-up of a Droid workshop. Everything is held together with toothpicks, but it gives us an idea of the basic layout. Some of it is subject to change, but this is what is in my mind.
I made a Droid oil bath prop for cleaning droids and reversing dust contamination.

  The next step is to  spackle the floor and walls then sand them for a concrete look. I'm usually apprehensive about trying new products but I bought this DAP spackle with dry time indicator. I like it already. It goes on pink and turns white when it's dry. Amazing! It should be done by sundown. I'll sand and maybe add another thin layer sand put the walls up and spackle the seams.

[Darth More]

Wow, there you go! A solid selection of droid parts! I can see lots of B-A-D parts here! You realized your idea very quick! Looks awesome already!
I think your table will see a brilliant modular station! And one section/building at a time sounds like the perfect way! This is the way...

[Starchaser]

What a great concept! This is going to be a fascinating process to watch and I can already see its going to look stunning when its done. I really like the droid bath. I've used the pink to white DAP before, but not for a diorama:) But both my wife an I like it for fixing holes in our house's drywall. Glad you tried it, our experience has been positive. I will be excited to watch this project unfold.

[Tamer]

This is gonna be fun. It already is off to a great start.

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[RCWCreations]

What a great idea and love that Chopper

[JDeck]

Wow, there you go! A solid selection of droid parts! I can see lots of B-A-D parts here! You realized your idea very quick! Looks awesome already!
I think your table will see a brilliant modular station! And one section/building at a time sounds like the perfect way! This is the way...

Thank you DM! I'm keeping the interior sets simple, I'm not going to put too much thought into it, I'm just going to do it. The main focus will be the exterior because that's where most of the figures will be.
I have a handful more BAD parts coming, so I probably won't need any more. Initially I was thinking I'd make it bigger, but 1sq foot is good.

What a great concept! This is going to be a fascinating process to watch and I can already see its going to look stunning when its done. I really like the droid bath. I've used the pink to white DAP before, but not for a diorama:) But both my wife an I like it for fixing holes in our house's drywall. Glad you tried it, our experience has been positive. I will be excited to watch this project unfold.

Thank you. It'll just be build as I go. I have planned a Droid workshop, Bar/casino, docking bay, for the Slave I, maybe a truck stop convenience store. After that who knows? It'll just be an ongoing thing I guess.

This is gonna be fun. It already is off to a great start.

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Thank you. I had an epiphany. I've been very selective about what figures I buy, because most don't doesn't fit in my collection. I was basically just buying imperials, Jabbas guys and ewoks. Kind of limiting, especially with TVC being as it is, it's difficult enough to get one figure, let alone army build them. Also, you would not believe the amount of greebles and model kit parts I have, it's insane. In the world if 3d printing you can just buy whatever screen accurate thing you want, and the art of modeling is kind of dead. So I'm just going to build my own world. I don't have to concern myself with screen accuracy. So, we'll see what I come up with.

What a great idea and love that Chopper

Thank you. It's the Disney parks Chopper. He comes with his extra leg, which I thought was neat.

Right when I got home today it started raining, so I skipped the second coat of spackle, and started adding my greebles. Also Bad Mother Customs made me some signs to go in my Droid shop and throughout the Spaceport. Cool thing is, the ink is translucent, so I can backlight them!  I think I'll assemble the walls, patch the seams and paint the walls next.

[Don]

Mostly using that extruded foam? I've noticed using that drywall mud directly on foam leads to cracking and chipping (chunks of drywall falling right off the foam). Any problems with that?
I'm going to try a small building this weekend using Mod Podge on the foam first.

Your project looks exciting!  I'll be turning on notifications for this thread!

[JDeck]

Mostly using that extruded foam? I've noticed using that drywall mud directly on foam leads to cracking and chipping (chunks of drywall falling right off the foam). Any problems with that?
I'm going to try a small building this weekend using Mod Podge on the foam first.

Your project looks exciting!  I'll be turning on notifications for this thread!

Thank you, and that is correct I use bluefoam for all of my dioramas. I've had no trouble with chipping. First I sand the surface I'm going to apply the spackle to, to get a good grip. Then I'll water down the spackle slightly to get a tacky consistency. I apply the first layer thick, then sand until I see blue in spots then add a thin coat sand, repeat. I usually do three coats or more, but I might just do two for this interior.

[Don]

Sanding the surface first, and watering down the mud are things I didn't do. Salvage what I can, and learn from my mistakes. Thanks.

[JDeck]

Sanding the surface first, and watering down the mud are things I didn't do. Salvage what I can, and learn from my mistakes. Thanks.

If it does chip, just pick out the loose spackle, sand it, then go over it again and sand it down. Should work. On my Stormtrooper diorama I used air drying clay and it dried into a cracked up mess. I just sanded it down and added spackle, and it's as smooth as a baby's bottom.

[Tamer]

Those decals are awesome. Man, great to put some light behind em too.

This project is getting some great comments on Facebook.

[JDeck]

Those decals are awesome. Man, great to put some light behind em too.

This project is getting some great comments on Facebook.

Sweet! I don't have a Facebook, but we have some great comments on here.
Indeed they are awesome. I had to decipher some of what I didn't recognize just to be sure it's nothing obscene,  just bar signs and restroom and warning signs. I messaged him Easter morning with the idea of what I wanted and some examples, he responded with a few questions and the next day had it ready to print. Great service and product. It does require a white backing, because of the translucent ink, but for signs it's cool. It'll have an old-school advertising look.
Didn't get any work done today, but that was providential, because while I was napping it rained so it would have ruined any work I did do.

[JDeck]

Here is an update on my Droid Workshop. I just finished spackling and painted using Woodland Scenics watercolors. I added some lights I had still in package from Evan's Design. I made a lampshade out of a chrome plated spaceship parabolic dish. I think it was the Odyssey kit. I added the red light next to what I am going to call a trash compactor door, or It could be an incinerator/smelter door, made from the door off the AAT kit. The ventilation system is made from a Tiger tank deck and a fan from an old broken DVD player, plus a few little bits added on. The circles on the walls, what I'll call access ports for vital components, are from a millennium falcon. The light switch/control panel is from 1/12 Darth Vader chest piece.  The workbench is one of those crayon boxes from Walmart, I just flipped it upside down and put the lid on top, and painted it.

I just need to finish weathering the workbench/table, then work on the ceiling. I would like to hang my Droid limbs from the ceiling like Babu Frik's shop. Maybe have a crane mech for moving droids into the oil bath or onto the workbench.

[Starchaser]

That is amazing! All those additional parts really make this look authentic, and what a good eye you have for finding the bits you need. You should be proud of this build.

[Tamer]

Wow, talk about kicking things up a notch. This looks awesome! Man, just great work.

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