Progress continues on the build. Here are few more WIP pics.
I had nearly forgotten to build a couple of pieces for the lower part of the deck. I wanted a couple of control panels of sorts on the walls of the deck below where the bounty hunters will be standing. I'm not planning to go for screen accuracy, I just wanted to use some greeblies and practice making stuff. This whole build is a bit of an experiment anyway.
~ Panel #1
~ Panel #2
~ Here they are in place and ready to be primed.
Now to get this thing ready to paint. Because I'm using the pink foam (and not the cool blue foam
jtrooper found) I need to protect it from being eaten away by the spray paint, much like styrofoam. Tho that can add a cool effect if you are doing terrain or maybe a blaster scar on a wall.
~ For my primer, I am using a mixture of Gesso and Weldbond white glue. I used a 6 parts Gesso to 2 parts glue mix. Looking back, I wish I had added some black to the mixture so that it would have a grey base coat - oh well, lesson learned.
~ FYI: Not only are those little plastic stands you get from pizza fun to build stuff from, but they also make great drying stands.
~ After a couple coats, these bad boys are sitting in front of a fan getting ready for the next step.
~ Another shot of all 3 major pieces after getting primed. I also went back and filled a few of the gaps with Weldbond and brushed it smooth. That did a nice job of covering up a few of my sloppy edges
If the weather here holds up, I should be able to spray these pieces when they finish drying and be that much closer to actually animating. In the meantime, I'm trying to figure out and build the ceiling as well as the rest of my stage
Cheers!
