Battlestar Galactica Mod

[Boddaker]

This last week was a hectic one for me, so I didn't get as much done as I had hoped. But I at least got the pods fitted to the case better.
Here are a few shots:

You can see the cardboard template I made at the bottom of the last shot for notching the pods so they fit over the back of the side panels.
The right side was a bitch because I had to work around all the ribs. Thankfully, I hadn't gotten all the ribs on the left panel yet, so
those pods went on much easier.

Doesn't seem like much, but hey- some progress is better than no progress right? If all goes better this week,
I may be able to button up the side panels by the weekend.

[The boy 4rm oz]

Great job on those pods, fantastic work so far.

[rendermandan]

those pods are looking good! +rep

[Boddaker]

Thanks a lot guys. I am starting to add some detail to the pods before I commit to gluing them to the side panels. It is easier to work with them now while I can get to the underside. Will post pics tomorrow or so.

[p0Pe]

then you just have to make som blue flames come out from the pods gl with that xD could have been neat if they were fan intakes lol

+rep^^

[Boddaker]

Ok, well I was going to post an update last night, but my server was down. But now it looks like it's up and running, so on with the update!

Got a bunch of work done on the pods over the course of last week, adding detail and basically
hacking them up! Essentially, what I wanted to do was continue the ribbing/armor motif,
but I didn't want to just glue more styrene ribs over the pods. So I came up with the idea to cut out
areas of the pods to give the impression of ribs running through them.

So I drew out my design,

...and cut it out.

Then I proceeded to add a styrene backing to the underside.

Once that was done, I started on those rows of ports seen here:

Since I didn't have any styrene tubes lying around, I figured a few pens would work just as well. Sorry Lowes!

Chopped it up,

Drilled the holes,

and glued them in. Here's a shot of the back side.

Used some glazing putty to fill in around the edges.

I was trying to figure out what I could use for the inner nozzle. After looking around in Michaels
craft store, I found these wooden beads.

Had to sand them down a bit so they would fit into the pen tubes. I stuck them onto a nail and
rotated them over the belt sander.

One more to go!

For the bigger pods, I had to find bigger pens. These are 7/16" dia. Drilled a pilot hole, then used
the dremel to rout out the rest. A bigger drill bit would crack the plastic.

Pen #2 cut and glued in place.

Pen #3 bites the dust!

While the pens were setting up, I drew out the rib sections on the larger pods.

And cut those out.

With the styrene backing in place.

After more sanding and filling around the ports, I got all four primed.

Now I can start lining out the armor pattern. I just did a quick sketch on one to show you what it will look like.

I won't be doing these armor panels the same way as before. The pods' complex curves would make it too difficult to
lay them down flat. I have a much easier method in mind, but I'm gonna leave that for next time. In the interim though, feel
free to speculate how I will do it!

[chaksq]

Nice progress I love your attention to details. I really like this show again as a friend of mine got all of the episodes and the past few days we have been watching through the show marathon style.

[Fuganater]

WOW!!! Battlestar Galactia is awesome. And even more as a PC. I'll be watching this one.

[The boy 4rm oz]

Who would have thought that pens could be so useful haha, great work so far, keep it up. +rep

[UK-Blade]

Amazing attention to detail Boddaker, soon its gonna look better than the 'real' CGI BG!!

Keep up the good work +rep