Topic: Mos Eisley Cantina

[Psyclone]

I'm starting a new thread for my Cantina project.  This has been in the works for some time now and I just got around to updating it recently. It's just about  ready for the final paint and then I'll begin working on the interior furniture and whatnot.  

The layout is obviously not screen accurate and there are reasons for this.  Some are intentional and others were mistakes.  Back when I started this project a few years ago I intended on making the "vintage" version using the layout design in the Star Wars Technical Journal . After the basic layout was created I then decided to adopt some of the details from the later interpretations including the dome with hitching rings.  Anyway, instead of starting over and redesigning the entrance I decided to just do what I could with what I had.  After I was finished I didn't mind how it turned out as much as I thought I would.

There are plenty of things I would change, other than the layout, if I ever made another one of these.  I would definitely  change the materials because I mostly used floral and hobby foam which is insanely expensive. Toward the end of the project I switched to Home Depot foam board insulation which was much cheaper. Also, I'd go with a different texture if I had it to do again. Actually, it might bug me so much that I redo the texture for this version but if I did it wouldn’t be for a while.

Here are some of the new photos.  You can see more info on my website which is in my signature.



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





UPDATE 10/11/10

Cantina Chair



UPDATE 10/12/10

More chairs













1/19/11 Update

Here are some new images of the drink dispensers and bar area...

[CloneSniper78]

Dude, that is sweet! Is it 1/18 scale or 3 3/4" scale?

[Psyclone]

Dude, that is sweet! Is it 1/18 scale or 3 3/4" scale?

Thanks, I'm glad you like it.  It's for 3 3/4" figures.

[wraithnine]

thats looks superb already!   dang its gonna be stonking when its finshed!

[hangarbay94]

WOW! not seen a diorama this exciting for a while now, plus great to see you back again!

[Art deWhill]

  now this is a huge project!
looks fantastic! love the details seen so far and the texture & layout. And to me making something screen accurate is not the point (though this can be a intention, too), making something that could be right out of the movie is far more exciting, and your dio definitelly is an exciting one!

[B.R. Steel]

Looks great.  What did you use for the dome portion?


For those interested, and quite possibly everyone who's posted here knows this anyway; but 3.75" scale is about 1/19 scale--so most folks probably wouldn't notice the difference when mixing items of 1/18 and the 3.75" (1/19) scales.  Six foot guys are just a quarter inch shorter in 3.75" scale.

[Psyclone]

Looks great.  What did you use for the dome portion?

For the dome I used a 10" diameter craft foam ball.

[hemble]

Brillant work mate can't get any better then that.

Ron

[CloneSniper78]

Yes, 72 divided by 18 equals 4. So a 6' tall 1/18 scale man would be 4" tall. So a 3 3/4 scale guy is close to 1/19 scale. 72 inches divided by 19 equals 3.789, and that is pretty darn close to 3.75. I like to buy 1/18 scale vehicles for 3 3/4 figures because it looks more realistic. Also 1/18 scale figures are usually cheesy looking. This mostly pertains to military/G.I.Joe figures and vehicles. For example I recently bought a 1/18 scale Bradley fighting vehicle for my Joes because Hasbro doesn't make any armored vehicles that look the right size. They're all small even for 3 3/4 scale. I guess it's not that Hasbro doesn't know what they're doing it's that they are trying to cut costs. Which is so lame because it's not like they're going out of business or anything. If they started making more realistic or slightly bigger vehicles more people would buy them!

[FialaFernbrugg]

very impressive
your cantina looks absolutely movie accurate
can't wait to see it with figures

[darknsour]

Wow!!!

That is very cool!!


Can't wait to see it when it's done!!

But it looks  great as is!!

Rich

[Psyclone]

Thanks to all on the comments so far.    This baby has been a long time coming and I'm happy it's in the last stages.  What's left is the bar area, center part of the roof and roof doodads, doors, windows, furniture, decorations, figures and final weathering.  I think I will be adding lighting to it as well but I'm going to wait until I finish everything else first.

[CloneSniper78]

Can't wait to see it finished. Sorry everyone for the rant about different scale figures.

[LostBoy]

This looks very good!

Are you in possesion of all the figures for this "baby".
I try to wait still for the next batch of pics!