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cylonchaney

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  1. Just the cockpit and a bit more work at the front and I'll have the main shape done. Still have to carve out the cockpit and canopy and add a bunch of hinges in various places and more detail. I think it's going to end up at about 16" (roughly 400 mm I think for metric types). Hopefully I can shrink it down some. For anyone thinking of picking up new skill, there's no way I would have thought I could do this a year ago.
  2. To get a better idea of scale. Haven't carved out the cockpit yet so just sat him on top. If I don't find a way to shrink it some, that's going to take some serious print time.
  3. This thing is going to be freaking huge! The Klingon ship is about the length of the DST Minimate Enterprise. The dropship is about twice as long. Once complete, I'll see if I can squish it a litte. But it's got to have room for the APC. The whole point of building it, is that it has to be able to deliver the mini-APC.
  4. I really like how this one is coming together. Still more work to go than you might think but I can tell it's going to be a good representation. Lots more detail plus 6 hinges and a fastener to design. For the cargo ramp, I'm planning to put a couple of hinges at the back. The front will be a simple twist lock disguised as some kind of detail on the bottom hopefully. Like a turnable cam. In closed position it blocks the ramp from coming down. Turn it 90 degrees and the ramp can open. Perhaps I can come up with something like slide switch or something more sophisticated. Any armchair engineers out there reading. Do you know a good method to close and lock the front of the ramp that will be easy to design and look good? All 4 weapon pods will be hinged and deployable. The canopy will open to hold a pilot (probably just one ). The cargo ramp will come down. Since the landing gear is visible when retracted, I'll probably just do deployed and flight versions. I'm hoping to do individual removable missiles. The rear pod ones may have to be just a molded block. We'll see. Anyone got any brilliant ideas for added play features that I haven't incorporated?
  5. Youtube channel Toy Polloi has a video making a space helmet for a Smurf astronaut. He uses a clear Xmas decoration you can buy online for a number of toy repairs. Might be something on his channel to create a suitable helmet.
  6. Just to give you an idea of scale, that Klingon ship is about the same length as the Minimate Enterprise. The dropship will probably gain a bit more length at the front as well. It's going to be pretty big to carry my mini APC. I mentioned this way early in the thread when it was theoretical but to carry the DST APC, the dropship would have to be absolutely huge. I'm not sure yet how I'm going to implement the hinges. But those weapon pods have to extend. That's an absolute must!
  7. Great stuff! I really like the first character, the black ninja guy.
  8. Is there a super hero with "golem" in the name? The texture looks a bit muddy, I'm thinking on purpose. And I believe there is a thing in Jewish folklore called a golem that is a mud-man brought to life in some supernatural manner. Apologies if I've got anything wrong there. No idea on the torsos. But there are some keen eyes here. I bet you get an answer. PS Perhaps some version of or similar character to https://marvel.fandom.com/wiki/Golem_(Smoke_Elves)_(Earth-616)
  9. Yes. We have Easter and chocolate eggs. Kinder eggs are not allowed in the US. They will confiscate them at the border. We are allowed them in Canada. Are you sure it's a US company? It would be funny if it really is, and they can't even sell their eggs there. https://fee.org/articles/why-these-popular-chocolate-easter-eggs-are-banned-in-the-us-despite-being-legal-almost-everywhere-else/
  10. LOL I bet my (not so) psychic powers could reveal your thoughts on this. I have concerns about working on anything where the line is active. I'd hate for DST to not make a vehicle because "Look at all these 3d printed ones they've already made". Maybe my ego is way too big there. LOL My vehicles aren't exactly burning up the internet. But I've yet to make one for an active popular property. On the other hand, maybe if one was popular enough they might make a factory one seeing that there is demand. Idk. I'd happily move forward if I thought that might be the case. Barring any feedback to support this idea I'll probably continue to try to fill holes in inactive lines though. I'm not worried that I might have killed the market for classic Vipers and Cylon Raiders. I'm pretty comfortable that DST were not about to release those but killed their project because of me. It goes the other way too. I recall when Minimates were more popular, people lamenting that they had a custom in the works and we got a factory version before they could finish. Much less of a concern with vehicles, but still. I'd hate to just finish my turtle blimp and Zach announces a new partnership and vehicle deal. LOL
  11. Stickers are up. There's another one done. Thinking about what my next project should be. I was thinking about a movie Enterprise for Admiral Kirk. Maybe a shuttlecraft. There's always the Aliens dropship project lurking in the background. I've been thinking about more wheeled vehicles. If I build myself a customizable 4 wheel base, it could be used as a starting point for a number of vehicles. I've also thought about Minimatizing some Joe vehicles starting with the HISS. My gut says shuttlecraft. The way I work, I can make a trek shipyards project. Pretty much every Federation ship has similar looking nacelles, for example. And a saucer section is quite common. Even when I was playing around there was a lot to share between the Enterprise and the Reliant. We will see what inspires me next I guess.
  12. The two kings of Minimate QCs. Perhaps some friendly competition will be sparked. Looking forward to what see what comes.
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