Looking AWESOME :banana:
It may not feel like you're making progress, but the attention to detail will shine in the end result.
I knew this was a pretty good sized piece but didn't realize just how large until the shot with the drill. :eek:
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Looking AWESOME :banana:
It may not feel like you're making progress, but the attention to detail will shine in the end result.
I knew this was a pretty good sized piece but didn't realize just how large until the shot with the drill. :eek:
Thanks man! Will be posting another small :mad: update soon.Quote:
Originally Posted by Fuganater
That's what I keep saying to myself also!Quote:
Originally Posted by msmrx57
Yep she's pretty big ...
Will be starting on the standard soon making her hoover at 5 or 6 feet!
Ok, Here is the update of day 4 of the MOD Marathon.
Instead of working on the exterior hull and deflector tunnel sections, I was working on something I felt was missing untill now.
The Impulse drives were just simple pieces of foam. This cannot be !
So started to work on some simple models to see what I wanted. This is the one I finally went for.
http://asphiax.files.wordpress.com/2...pg?w=590&h=330
This is just to get a sense of size and general feel .. But its already looking better I think !
http://asphiax.files.wordpress.com/2...pg?w=590&h=330
This is the final model. It looks a bit rough but I need to sand it down and fill in the cracks with the cellulose based filler.
http://asphiax.files.wordpress.com/2...pg?w=590&h=330
Again looking better I think !
http://asphiax.files.wordpress.com/2...pg?w=590&h=330
Here you can see the reason why I needed to build the models first. I needed to cut deeply into the wingsection to get the lighting installed. This is aluminium foil and 3 seperate layers of 5 mm frosted plexi to get a good glow.
http://asphiax.files.wordpress.com/2...pg?w=590&h=330
Here you can see the layered approach to the impulse drive.
http://asphiax.files.wordpress.com/2...pg?w=590&h=330
lighting test, the glow is ok considering this is lit by a led strip and not 2 single 8KMCD RGB leds (yes they will be constrolleable!)
http://asphiax.files.wordpress.com/2...pg?w=590&h=330
Final result! Still has some light leaks but those are easily fixed .
http://asphiax.files.wordpress.com/2...pg?w=590&h=330
Until tomorrow!
Laterz
Day 5 into the MOD Marathon and I am starting to feel the strain.
Must have been working on the EURISKO for at least 39 hours the past days.
All good fun but I am getting Depron-itis and would love do something else then sticking foam to epoxy. So I did
Yesterday I worked on the right Impulse drive. Today I duplicated it to the left and created all the wiring and updated the circuit board to allow for the additional RGB leds. Will try to get a better picture tomorrow!
http://asphiax.files.wordpress.com/2...pg?w=590&h=330
I finished the design of the lower saucer but cannot finalise it as the baseplate needs be fixated to the deflector tunnel to allow for certain curves to be finished with depron.
This is by the way the first attempt ( a very miserable one I agree) to paint the EURISKO for a contest a couple of months ago. It was abandoned for more reseasch as after 5 minutes I knew this was not going to fly …
http://asphiax.files.wordpress.com/2...g?w=590&h=1051
Just a small thing. Finished the front of the EURISKO. The lower “missing” parts will be airbrushed to allow for some additional depth.
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Also did tons of other small but necessary stuff !
So with just a day left to finish all the depron work its going to be close.
Got around 8 hours left before I go on holiday for 2 weeks.
Untill tomorrow !
Laterz
Teaser ...
http://asphiax.files.wordpress.com/2...g?w=590&h=1051
The High Res Pics and the Video will be posted on my blog hopefully tonight or tomorrow!
Psssttt ...
74 High res pictures >>> here !
Some highlights !
New pics are way too small....
Either way I really like the new lights.
Adjusted ^^^
Thanks !
There are still some light bleeders but nothing a little aluminium tape cant fix!
Thanks thats much better. I have horrible internet even here at work so looking at your site is rough.
No probs !
The Video !
WOW!
Thats all.. just WOW!
:up:
Awesome job on the video mate!
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Originally Posted by OvRiDe
Thanks guys!Quote:
Originally Posted by Fuganater
There is talk of a reconstruction of the begin sequence of the voyager series using the EURISKO in the netherlands by some serious trekkies. LOL
Also a "Bon Voyage" party will be scheduled on a big LAN party to celebrate her maiden voyage. LOL again.
Next stop is teh paintjob and a final video capturing all the features like the waterreservoirs bubbling but also the laser and the fancontroller and hopefully the mouse. (if I can figure out the resin casting stuff that is ...)
seriously cool. Loved the video!
EDIT: congrats on the third rep bar :P
Ha, thanks man! Didnt see the rep bar untill you told me!
Sweet !
Back from holiday now so gonne add smalle pieces of detail work, lightproof the impulse drives and start practising the airbrush! will check in when there's something nice to report!
I often get questions about the size of the EURISKO.
Here is a picture of a Cosmos S and a DragonLord K62 case back to back for comparison.
http://asphiax.files.wordpress.com/2...pg?w=590&h=564
The Hight is about half a normal tower case !
Hi All,
I am glad I can finally announce the correct A4 plaque has arrived. I received a new design and I managed to send the correct one to the printer. We have arrived at a crew of 198 members! This makes me SO very proud!
http://asphiax.files.wordpress.com/2...pg?w=590&h=330
Go to the blog for the highres version with clear readible names
Ok here is me trying to be smart ! I thought of a little contest !
To make all the departments have the same numbers of starfleet personnel, I came one short.
Here’s what I did, I took a name of a very wellknown Star Trek person, figure, modelmaker or writer and hussled it up to make an anagram. That person is somewhere on this list. I wont tell you who it is or where the name is located but if you find him (oops …) You can win one of the last plaques. No matter where you are in the SOL Sector, send me the correct answer and my personal HAL9000 computer picks your name of the people that guessed righht, I’ll send it to your house !
So here’s the smart part:
To pass me the answer go onto facebook and look up the SCIFI OCD – Obsessive Creation Disorder group, click join to become a member and send me the answer in a message ! The OCD is all about SCIFI Mods, Models and Projects and has some MAJOR talent in the group! We currently have more then 50(!) SCIFI Mods !
Is this me shamelessly using dirty tricks to get you to join the group ? >>> HELL YEAH !!
(but if you can guess the answer, you definately belong there, lol)
For peeps that dont have facebook (or FacePuke as I heard the other day) click sign me up on my blog and leave me a message.
The contest ends at the 14th of november 1200 CET !
ASPHIAX
Oh yeah : Here is a hint : He is married to Lwaxana Troi, doesnt growl and does not live on Betazed ! Check the group for more hidden hints ...
Sweet I am on the list! lol I messaged you on FB :)
Yep you got it right man !
Wikipedia is your best friend is it not?
I suppose, in total volume consumed, it ain't too bad....
Here is a quick picture of the airbrush work. This is not on the EURISKO. I am just learning airbrushing so this is a fellow forum dweller who has figured out the correct process for airbrushing the depron. First I got to cover the whole EURISKO with woodglue, sand it, putty in all the little damages and then airbrush.
Its still a lot of work !
The plaque goes to William A Simmons from Shelley Indiana - US
It will be posted from the netherlands today !
Hi All,
The fact that the Cylon Resurrection NAS has been delayed by the rediculous prices if HDD's and I have started another build - 2001 - A Case Modyssey, does not mean that the work on the EURISKO is halted.
I am currently venturing into the world of airbushing and here is the first update.
Because of the softness of the depron (I would definately go with Styrene next time) it needs a lot of fixing up before the final layers of paint can be shot with the airbrush pistol.
Seems are a real bitch as i cannot use normal putty as that has a chemical reaction with depron.
http://asphiax.files.wordpress.com/2...pg?w=590&h=330
Also little bumps and dents are abundant as i have been building her for quite some time (again a lesson) I use woodglue to fill in the dents and then shoot another layer and fix her up again. Slow work!
http://asphiax.files.wordpress.com/2...pg?w=590&h=409
But al least we are getting somewhere!
http://asphiax.files.wordpress.com/2...pg?w=590&h=330
http://asphiax.files.wordpress.com/2...g?w=590&h=1051
Later!
Ok, so here's the bad news !!!!
As some of you might know i am relatively new to modding. I have been modding for exactly 13 months now and the EURISKO is my first mod. I have never done any airbrushing before. So i bought myself an airbrush and started practising , reading and so on. I used a special filling primer to get rid of the last little scratches and marks. It all started out so nice !!!
Getting the whole model taped up was a big job, took over 5,5 hours to get it perfect !
The first layer went on perfectly !
So then it was time to pull off the tape and continue to the deflector tunnel and warp nacelles! So I thought !
EPIC FAIL !!!!
The new role of tape was to strong , my test piece waxs done with a role a couple of months old and it worked perfectly and now this !!! It tears the baselayer right off!
I think I died a little there ....
So with 8 hours left to complete the build (I wanted to have it completed before midnight newyears eve) I had to sand all the troubled pieces down (no small task with depron), put them into the primer again and repaint them. I was so hoping that I will not encounter any other hurdles.
SO on my brithday at 3 in the morning it looked like this
From starship to loveboat!
The resturation is going ahead relatively ok!
You can see the damage from the sanding but maybe I can turn that into weathering like a whole bunch of Borg Torpedoes have hit.
But in the end I made it !!! With the setback of the 29th I worked almost through my birthday and all night but I made it ! She's finished!!!!
Here are my 2 mascottes , Captain Janeway (sorry kate) and the voyager sign!
More to come but first a Very BIG BEER !!!!
Here is the first picture set !!!
USS EURISKO - Intrepid Mark II Class - Finished !!!
Some highlights !
Thanks for watching and to all a Happy new year !!!!!
There will be a proper photoshoot and more posts with additions, its finished but not done !
Looks great dude!
Almost looks like you have a scale model of the thing!
This is some crazy work my friend. Great Job!
