Build up of Serenity by Jesuit

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Build up of Serenity

POSTED BY: JESUIT
UPDATED: Thursday, October 23, 2008 03:59
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Tuesday, September 12, 2006 4:12 AM

WARNING: PICTURES!!! AND I DUNNO HOW TO URL THEM!!!

Thought I'd share my current project with you all. I'm building the 3' version of Serenity availible online as a paper model. I've assembled everything and I've been posting regular WIPs on another board (although why I didn't think of this one, I'll never know.

So, in a nutshell, here's what's happened so far:

Dining interior (which was practically pointless)

Bow heavy

Cockpit interior (can be seen with enough light)

Full length done

Landing (magnets in engines)

Landed

Flying

Back end

One shuttle (cut in half for each side)

And now I'm up to the painting stage:

I know there's a couple here doing one of these, so let me know how they're going.

Comments welcome.

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Tuesday, September 12, 2006 5:16 AM

SHINY

Wow, that's amazing!

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I don't need a gorram back-spaceship driver!!!

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Wednesday, September 13, 2006 6:23 AM

JESUIT

Update:

Painting is a slow process.

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Wednesday, September 13, 2006 7:12 AM

CHOO1701

Quote:
Originally posted by Shiny:
Wow, that's amazing!

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I don't need a gorram back-spaceship driver!!!

what hew said: with added...whaoh. That is amazing work. And all out of paper? That is astonashing work. So much cool skill.

Now....life size?

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TRAIN!!!

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Wednesday, September 13, 2006 7:27 AM

LEIASKY

Wonderfully done. You've definitely got a great talent there!

"A government is a body of people usually notably ungoverned."

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Friday, September 15, 2006 11:30 AM

ROBINHOOD

Thats great work you\\\'ve done there!!! Seeing yours fully built has spurred me on to get mine completed too, I\\\'m wanting to add bits on all the time which kinda slows things down a bit. 3 steps forward, 2 steps back etc. Eg, the other week I took the cockpit apart so I could fit a light bulb in there, wiring etc.
I\\\'m just about to build a lighted cargo bay with staircases, supplies, might even do a little mule (The 4 wheeled type) too. Can\\\'t remember if I mentioned, I\\\'m not using paint, using my printer as a paintbrush instead. Matt finish, but with gloss fixative, it should look shiny... er.... SHINY!!!!
I\\\'ll post some picks here tomorrow hopefully.

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Saturday, September 16, 2006 7:20 AM

ROBINHOOD

Some pics of my progress so far. Its a very matt finish at the moment, and I need to put tons of detail on it yet, (Let alone build the rest of it) but when its complete I plan to spray it with either gloss fixative, or transparent gloss car laquer. Pics to follow shortly. I have to use a proxy server to get onto this site and it\\\'s stopping me posting clickable thumbnails

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Saturday, September 16, 2006 7:24 AM

YINYANG

You were busy trying to get yourself lit on fire. It happens.

WOW! That's all I can really say...

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"What the world needs now is love, sweet love -
It's the only thing that there's just too little of
What the world needs now is love, sweet love,
No, not just for some, but for everyone."

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Saturday, September 16, 2006 7:27 AM

JESUIT

I've gotten up to the wings now. Having a little trouble with them (first attempt looked messy with drybrushing) but it's nothing I can't handle, just got to mix my paints better. I'd have posted pics but lighting conditions aren't very good.

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Saturday, September 16, 2006 7:39 AM

ROBINHOOD

Well, seems the only way I can do this without a HUGE picture is to post a direct link with a space before the jpg.

http://img376.imageshack.us/img376/1921/sdark1rx2. jpg
http://img157.imageshack.us/img157/7191/sdark2hh8. jpg
http://img76.imageshack.us/img76/2703/serenityside2yh7. jpg

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Saturday, September 16, 2006 7:40 AM

JESUIT

Wow, that's better than I expected from printed details.

Then again, I expected the detail on the smaller version but this is much much bigger than that

You're putting mine to shame...

Wish I thought of adding lights in mine...

I take it you're going for the BDM colour scheme?

EDIT: Oh sweet, I see we're getting removable shuttles.

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Saturday, September 16, 2006 7:54 AM

ROBINHOOD

No way, all credit to y\\\'self for the build you\\\'ve done. There\\\'s a heck of alot of detail you\\\'ve done there and in a pretty short space of time. I\\\'m just a one of those people who keep on fiddling rather than just getting on with the thing

and it\\\'ll probably take me years to complete as a result

, but yeah, I\\\'m gonna try to get as closer colour scheme as poss. Gonna alter those undercarriage pods too, make \\\'em fatter as in the BDM.
I had to take the cockpit apart to fit the light, and if the bulb ever goes... ACK!!! I\\\'m starting the Cargo bay soon. I\\\'ll post some piccies, smaller ones,

in a while.
Put some more up yourself when you\\\'ve done more of the paint job.

EDIT: Yup, removable shuttles, said was I a fiddler

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Saturday, September 16, 2006 7:59 AM

JESUIT

LEDs would probably last longer, and you could have different colours depending on the room (like a brownish colour for the cargo bay (if it's FF and not the BDM) or blue for the cockpit)

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Saturday, September 16, 2006 8:10 AM

ROBINHOOD

Yeah, LEDs last almost indefinately and white ones are pretty common now. I can see myself, at some point, removing the cockit AGAIN to do a replacement job on it

. Probably before I finish the cargo bay.
Oh, one more I forgot

http://img46.imageshack.us/img46/3549/pserenitysidejg8. jpg

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Sunday, September 17, 2006 2:23 AM

JESUIT

Update:

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Tuesday, September 19, 2006 8:38 AM

JESUIT

I really can't paint lighting...

...so the back looks messy where those lights are supposed to be.

I'm going to see what help a painting forum will give me.

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Tuesday, September 19, 2006 9:51 AM

BELUGASMOM

Oh my JESUIT she is so beautiful!!!!!!!!!What an excellent job you've done. Gorgeous.

Life is short, brutal, and unpredictable. EAT DESSERT FIRST.

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Tuesday, September 19, 2006 2:02 PM

STINKINGROSE

So, do you have any hobbies or anything?

Looks shiny!
Have you seen the Legos models somebody did?

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Thursday, September 21, 2006 1:40 AM

ROBINHOOD

Ack, haven\'t been able to get here the last few days. Very nice paintwork, looking better and better. Just got started on the Cargo bay, I\'ll put some snaps up when I get a bit more done.
Incidentally, if you get a free account on \'Second Life\', there\'s Firefly world there called \'WashTown\' with a large build of Serenity too including walk through Cargo bay, Dining area, Engine Room, Passenger and crew dorms and even a detailed cockpit

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Thursday, September 21, 2006 2:23 AM

ROBINHOOD

Gah, double post.

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Saturday, September 30, 2006 12:36 PM

JESUIT

Update:

Since I've got a lot of work thrown at me this week with starting Uni, it's had to be delayed to a weekend job. So I'm going to try and do as much as I can over the weekends. I've added the yellow engine glows and for the flaps: I don't know what I did. I orginally did it a brownish kahki colour, then drybrushed it light grey and then was going to drybrush it blue, but the brush ended up watered down and I slapped it all over before wiping it down with my thumb to see the underneath colours. Does that technique haver a name? :lol: Anyway, the pic made it look like its the colour I started off with, but its got a blue hue.

The 'fin' is yet to do but that's kind of multi coloured. :(

And note the missing leg...it unglued itself again despite the cocktail stick support.

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Thursday, October 23, 2008 3:59 AM

RIVERRED

man all of the pics where great, you did an sweet job on the firefly, very cool looking.

"You Can't Take The Sky From Me........." Firefly theme.

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