My models, MY MODELS!!!! The details on my Vipers never end! by chrisisall

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My models, MY MODELS!!!! The details on my Vipers never end!

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POSTED BY: CHRISISALL
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Sunday, April 24, 2011 4:35 PM

More work done on the Vipers I hope to sell: detailed the side pipes & vents in prep for an all-new paint job & weathering...

If I can't make peeps go "OMG!!", then I will have failed.;)

And, I'll be more cashy poor!

The 6" Firefox, 6" Viper, and 12" Serenity from scratch are on my to-gorram-make list.

The laughing Chrisisall

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Sunday, April 24, 2011 4:58 PM

Make them fly

That's what a ship is, you know - it's not just a keel and a hull and a deck and sails, that's what a ship needs.

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Sunday, April 24, 2011 5:43 PM

How do you get such detail is such small areas? Magnifying glass? You must have tons of patience, and a very steady hand. As always, your diligence shows in your work.

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70's TV FOREVER

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Monday, April 25, 2011 12:28 AM

Keyser Soze didn't once say:

"People say the devil is in the details. Well I believe in the devil but the ony thing that scares me is Chrisisall's attention to detail".

Top notch work. They're looking very very nice indeedy. Your brain must get completely fried sometimes.

"The greatest invention ever is not the wheel. It's the second wheel." - Rich Hall

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Monday, April 25, 2011 12:50 AM

Thanks guys. Yeah, I wear mag glasses for tiny stuff, and yeah, my brain hurts sometimes...

The laughing Chrisisall

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Monday, April 25, 2011 12:57 AM

Great job, Chrisisall!

I don't have the patience for that kind of detail work.

I admire the dedication to your "craft"!

King of the Mythical Land that is Iowa

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Monday, April 25, 2011 12:02 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by Penguin:
Great job, Chrisisall!

Not so, Pengy!
OOOps! FRACK!
Disregard those last two pictures, I just printed up the Battlebuck pix to have in front of me, and my Viper still has too many inaccuracies...

I'm taking it back to formula.

The laughing Chrisisall

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Monday, April 25, 2011 1:30 PM

Hey, Chris!
Have you seen this site?
http://www.craftsmanshipmuseum.com/modelmus.htm

These two guys are my favorites...
http://www.craftsmanshipmuseum.com/Foran.htm (Check out his Bell H-13D Sioux M.A.S.H. Helicopter... all in BRASS!)
http://www.craftsmanshipmuseum.com/Park.htm

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Monday, April 25, 2011 1:48 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by cljohnston108:
Hey, Chris!
Have you seen this site?
http://www.craftsmanshipmuseum.com/modelmus.htm

No, but I have now! This is wold-class stuff! I'm workin' my way up.

I think Vipers are my calling in life, seems it just take me the rest of it to make a perfect one.

The laughing Chrisisall

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Tuesday, April 26, 2011 5:03 AM

Nice work. I had the Revell model way back in the 70's or early 80's. And the little Testor's paint bottles really brought it back for me.

The more I get to know people the more I like my dogs.

...and he that has no sword, let him sell his garment, and buy one. Luke 22:36

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Tuesday, April 26, 2011 1:37 PM

America loves a winner!

Those are so fake...

I want one.

" I do not love the bright sword for its sharpness, nor the arrow for its swiftness, nor the warrior for his glory. I love only that which they defend. "

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Tuesday, April 26, 2011 2:02 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by AURaptor:

Those are so fake...

I want one.

LOL! Thanks, man. But they don't look like that anymore. Too simplistic & primitive. I tore them down & started again. A new level of detail will ensue.

If this wasn't my favourite fighter craft of all time, I dunno if I could go like this on it without cashy money up front....!

The laughing Chrisisall

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Tuesday, April 26, 2011 2:05 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by Hardware:
the little Testor's paint bottles really brought it back for me.

I'm old school that way. I even use the messy tube glue instead of the new pinpoint liquid applicators.

Weapons of choice, as it were.

The laughing Chrisisall

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Tuesday, April 26, 2011 4:47 PM

Heh, I've been to this level of obsession before - remember the Dollhouse I built ?

The payoff is worth it, even if you don't make any money, just.. I dunno, having DONE it, yanno ?

Of course, I had different reasons.

-F

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Wednesday, April 27, 2011 7:26 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by Fremdfirma:

The payoff is worth it, even if you don't make any money,

SPEAK FOR YOURSELF!!!

Bottom line: I AM making these for ME, I'm just gonna share the wealth, and hope a little wealth is also thrown my way for it.

BWAHAHAHA!

The laughing Chrisisall

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Wednesday, April 27, 2011 12:39 PM

THESOMNAMBULIST

They are awesome! The detail is incredible. I would love to see a to scale Galactica in the background there

Of course you'd need a hanger to house it but still... It'd be worth it.

Cartoons - http://cirqusartsandmusic.blogspot.com

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Wednesday, April 27, 2011 12:44 PM

THESOMNAMBULIST

CHris you ever seen these?

http://www.flickr.com/photos/jere7my/298365066/in/photostream/lightbox/

Cartoons - http://cirqusartsandmusic.blogspot.com

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Wednesday, April 27, 2011 12:51 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by TheSomnambulist:
CHris you ever seen these?

http://www.flickr.com/photos/jere7my/298365066/in/photostream/lightbox/

That's awesome! I looked at the Slave-1 & Jabba ship ones too, just fantastic!!!

I'm nearly done (like 99%). Got two like this one here, plus one with black windows (the '97 Revell kit I used as a prototype for all my finished work):

BTW, those are all new pipes on the sides; the ones as they come on the Revell kit look like toy crap, I decided.
Two months & countless hrs...

Better pix coming when 100% done & we get a sunny day here in Mass (models can be *made* to look good in controlled lighting, but natural sunlight manifests the truth of it, I find.

OMG, I feel like watchin' Serenity to get away from BSG for a spell...
Hey. I'm gonna do it!

The laughing Chrisisall

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Wednesday, April 27, 2011 1:51 PM

My girlfriend and I recently started putting models together. We were looking for something to do together on the cheap, and she likes crafty type stuff and we bought three models, a Bel Air, the Wright Flyer and a B-20something (28? 29?). They were all on sale.

Can't compare to your work, but this hobby is a lot more fun than I remember it being when I tried to build some in middle school, lol. Your Vipers are pretty awesome! The Viper may be the 2nd favorite fighter type (could tie for 1st if the Y-Wing counts as a Bomber instead of a Fighter).

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Friday, April 29, 2011 1:42 PM

Okay, done. Finally.
Comments from Colonial fans?

The laughing Chrisisall

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Friday, April 29, 2011 2:25 PM

I'm thinking of getting into models. I have some ideas for boat designs, but I don't want to build a boat until I'm sure I have it right, so I thought I'd build toy boats. I need some good construction materials that are easy to work with that won't dissolve in water. Also, of course, a remote control.

That's what a ship is, you know - it's not just a keel and a hull and a deck and sails, that's what a ship needs.

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Saturday, April 30, 2011 1:01 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by chrisisall:
Okay, done. Finally.
Comments from Colonial fans?

You missed a bit....

Very nice. Now take a break.
What's the rough length of the model? I'd guess about 300-400mm but it would give me a better idea of the scale of the finer details to know. Loving the streak marks and little areas of wear and tear.

"The greatest invention ever is not the wheel. It's the second wheel." - Rich Hall

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Saturday, April 30, 2011 6:54 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by lwaves:

Very nice. Now take a break.

By your command.

Quote:

What's the rough length of the model? I'd guess about 300-400mm but it would give me a better idea of the scale of the finer details to know. Loving the streak marks and little areas of wear and tear.

It's 280 mm (I did the conversion, heh heh).
Thanks for the thumbs up, man!!!

The laughing Chrisisall

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Saturday, April 30, 2011 10:25 AM

Better pix!!!

The laughing Chrisisall

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Wednesday, May 18, 2011 1:22 PM

King of the Mythical Land that is Iowa

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Wednesday, May 18, 2011 1:34 PM

That's great Pengy, LOL!!!
OMG!!!

The laughing Chrisisall

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Wednesday, May 18, 2011 5:47 PM

THESOMNAMBULIST

Bitchin! these be!!

Wow the detail is incredible Chris. I bet when you shut your eyes for a nights sleep you see nothing but a Kaleidoscope of Vipers!

...so which ship is next! The Death Star? Slave 1? The Bebop?

Cartoons - http://cirqusartsandmusic.blogspot.com

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Thursday, May 19, 2011 4:04 AM

For my own self, I'm thinkin' a Jupiter 2, to sell possibly a Cylon Raider...

The laughing Chrisisall

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Thursday, May 19, 2011 5:59 AM

Freedom is Important because People are Important

Hello,

I liked the dirt/char on the first version. It looked like a well-worn, well-used piece of equipment. The second version looks cleaner.

ETA: Perhaps it's just the lighting?

--Anthony

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“If you are not free to choose wrongly and irresponsibly, you are not free at all”

Jacob Hornberger

“Freedom is not worth having if it does not connote freedom to err. It passes my comprehension how human beings, be they ever so experienced and able, can delight in depriving other human beings of that precious right.”

Mahatma Gandhi

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Thursday, May 19, 2011 6:09 AM

Hey Tony! Yeah, I softened the dirt some from the original, but it really appears dirtier in person than on these pictures.The studio model was a good deal dirtier, but that's BECAUSE dirt doesn't show up on camera as well as in person. So I tried to be true to the on screen Viper for the live viewer.
My customer said he's happy with his.

The laughing Chrisisall

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Thursday, May 19, 2011 6:25 AM

Freedom is Important because People are Important

Hello,

The limits of my own artistry were reached when I painted D&D miniatures.

Behold: The Black Knight! *dunk*

Behold: The Green Ranger! *dunk*

So, to say that your talent, skill, experience, and judgment are beyond my observational scope is to say that the sun is somewhat larger than a pebble.

--Anthony

_______________________________________________

“If you are not free to choose wrongly and irresponsibly, you are not free at all”

Jacob Hornberger

“Freedom is not worth having if it does not connote freedom to err. It passes my comprehension how human beings, be they ever so experienced and able, can delight in depriving other human beings of that precious right.”

Mahatma Gandhi

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Sunday, June 19, 2011 8:06 AM

Walked into my old Hobby Shop for the first time in about 10 years... and almost fainted when I looked at the price tags on the plastic kits!
25 to 45 bucks for kits that went for $5 to $10 when I was a teenager!

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Sunday, June 19, 2011 12:32 PM

Hey Chris, dunno if you already have your sources, but stumbled on this online:

http://www.nostalgicnook.com/battlestargalactica.html

In case you wanted to do some non-colonial works.

And here's another page on the same site with the newer BSG ships:

http://www.nostalgicnook.com/moebiusmodelkits/moebiusmodelskits3.html

-Steg

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Sunday, June 19, 2011 3:19 PM

Thanks Steggy! I haven't seen that site before, but I have most of those kits!

The laughing Chrisisall

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Sunday, June 19, 2011 3:36 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by cljohnston108:
Walked into my old Hobby Shop for the first time in about 10 years... and almost fainted when I looked at the price tags on the plastic kits!
25 to 45 bucks for kits that went for $5 to $10 when I was a teenager!

Yeah, like comics. 15 cents vs. $2.50.
I pay an average $40 for a Viper model online now. LIS Robots are still a reasonable $20...
New on-the-shelf models at my shop aren't any cheaper. It's a dwindling art, I fear. Kids like 'virtual' models these days. Pretty soon there won't be room for modely men like us to slip about at all.

The laughing Chrisisall

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Sunday, June 19, 2011 3:43 PM

Okay, now guess what I'm working on... most of what you see here is from scratch:

The laughing Chrisisall

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Monday, June 20, 2011 11:32 AM

Chris...Something for you and the boy to work on!

Lego’s Four-Foot Super Star Destroyer Executor Will Be Longest Official Set Ever Sold

On September 1, Lego will begin selling Darth Vader's Super Star Destroyer, the Executor. At 50 inches and eight pounds, it will be the longest set Lego has ever sold.

With the set you'll get Darth Vader and some of those memorable bounty hunters from the original trilogy.

"Just" $400 and this mega-model is yours on September 1.

King of the Mythical Land that is Iowa

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Monday, June 20, 2011 11:34 AM

Where the heck would we put it????

The laughing Chrisisall

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Monday, June 20, 2011 11:49 AM

Nice Jupiter 2, Chris. Is it going to be the whole ship, or a diorama of the bridge?

-Steg

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Monday, June 20, 2011 11:56 AM

I'm working on a 12" Polar Lights kit- lots of fine tuning needed! I basically replaced the lame seats & flight console, & reworked many other things. This thread has a lot of it:
http://www.therpf.com/f11/i-finally-had-make-jupiter-2-satisfy-my-inne
r-10-year-old-116899/index2.html
I got the kit cheep, otherwise I might have saved up for the Moebius 18" one that's WAAAAY more accurate interior-wise.
You a LIS fan too?

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