Topic: Imperial Tower Update 9/15/12 - Psyclone's Customs

[Tamer]

I have re-listened to our podcast with Psyclone and am wondering if those Imperial Towers ever got the guns installed and finished?

[Psyclone]

I have re-listened to our podcast with Psyclone and am wondering if those Imperial Towers ever got the guns installed and finished?

The guns are installed on the one tower i've just been so busy lately that i haven't taken any pictures. I will soon tho, promise.

[Tamer]

I have re-listened to our podcast with Psyclone and am wondering if those Imperial Towers ever got the guns installed and finished?

The guns are installed on the one tower i've just been so busy lately that i haven't taken any pictures. I will soon tho, promise.

Scott, its good to hear from you. I can't wait to see how they turned out. I had wondered what new stuff you were working on too.

[Psyclone]

9/15/12    Turbolaser gun update on first page.

[Luke Sprywalker]

This is so beautiful! An amazing job on the construction of those guns! Can you give us a run down on what you used for fodder to build these. I know you have used wood, styrene and model bits for the huge base but what about those guns? Thanks for the update! Most impressive!

[Psyclone]

This is so beautiful! An amazing job on the construction of those guns! Can you give us a run down on what you used for fodder to build these. I know you have used wood, styrene and model bits for the huge base but what about those guns? Thanks for the update! Most impressive!

Thanks Mr. Spry.  I'll do the best I can at remembering what was used. The base of the guns are something I found in the electrical department at Home Depot and I don't know what they are called.  The barrels to the guns themselves are various PVC tubes and parts.  The muzzles are from some sort of spacecraft model kit.  The rest of it is just bits and pieces of sheet styrene and styrene doodads. Here are a couple of images before they were painted to see the parts a little more clearly.  Sorry about the size as I can't find the original photos on my computer right now.

   

[Tamer]

These look fantastic. I can't wait to see em in the Towers. It is so good to see you back around Scott. I can't wait to see what else you cook up like that great Emperor with Throne. On the front page.

[Luke Sprywalker]

Cool and thanks for sharing the WIP pics! I love seeing the build before it is painted.

[BlackThorne]

This tower is inspiring. I'm anxious to see it finished. Congrats!

[Psyclone]

These look fantastic. I can't wait to see em in the Towers.

Tamer, the guns are on the tower now.  I posted new pics on the first page of this thread.  I just posted these unfinished shots for Spry since he asked what I used to make them.

I'll post the new shots below also.  I have to clean up my threads now because a lot of my image links are now broken because of a server change.

[CHEWIE]

Those seriously look like official movie props.  Amazing work as always. 

 

[Psyclone]

Those seriously look like official movie props.  Amazing work as always. 

 

Thank you, sir.  I'm a big fan of your work, also.

[Tamer]

Wow, those are daggone fantastic!

[jlw515]

This is so beautiful! An amazing job on the construction of those guns! Can you give us a run down on what you used for fodder to build these. I know you have used wood, styrene and model bits for the huge base but what about those guns? Thanks for the update! Most impressive!

Thanks Mr. Spry.  I'll do the best I can at remembering what was used. The base of the guns are something I found in the electrical department at Home Depot and I don't know what they are called.  The barrels to the guns themselves are various PVC tubes and parts.  The muzzles are from some sort of spacecraft model kit.  The rest of it is just bits and pieces of sheet styrene and styrene doodads. Here are a couple of images before they were painted to see the parts a little more clearly.  Sorry about the size as I can't find the original photos on my computer right now.

   

The base of the gun was made from an electrical breaker. Looks to be a skinny one at that. These are snap in "Square D" breakers. It looks like the barrel of the gun was made from some PVC sink fittings.

Call me a dork, but I worked in the hardware/lumber business for 13 years. I love figuring out what people use to make dioramas!! This turbo laser is just amazing!!

Are the Cantina pics still up? There are several pictures on page 1 and 2 that don't come up when I view those pages.

Jason

[Psyclone]

The base of the gun was made from an electrical breaker. Looks to be a skinny one at that. These are snap in "Square D" breakers. It looks like the barrel of the gun was made from some PVC sink fittings.

Call me a dork, but I worked in the hardware/lumber business for 13 years. I love figuring out what people use to make dioramas!! This turbo laser is just amazing!!

Are the Cantina pics still up? There are several pictures on page 1 and 2 that don't come up when I view those pages.

Jason

Jason,

Yes, it's a breaker, thank you. I think you're right about the pvc fittings also. The Cantina image links are broken because they were stored on my .mac account which they no longer support.  I'll have to upload them elsewhere and relink the images when I have time.  Thanks for the feedback!