Michka's Aliens project (10/23/12, AAR from Rock Con 2012)

[Michka]

This is a really nice thread with lots of inspiration. Where did you get that shuttle?

The shuttle is a 2001 Moonbus model from Moebius. I wanted mine to be a heavily used version so I did a whole lot of weathering. The usual way this is seem is bright white, as you would expect from the movie 2001.   

Amazing job ... I really like it ... I've been lurking on ebay for some leading edge aliens for my next diorama project but in a months time I managed to purchase just one of them ... they are really rare to find and I really envy you

I know what you mean. I got really lucky when I bought those so many years ago. The only Leading Edge model I never got was the Drop Ship. I once saw one on E-Bay assembled and not well painted with a starting bid of $500, and it went way over that.

[Miniman]

I love what you have done with the corridors. Any new progress?

Commander Viper said, please tell me your casting theses???

Just how would you do that?

[Michka]

I love what you have done with the corridors. Any new progress?

I'm afraid I've had no progress on this project lately. I haven't been in the mood to build any terrain lately, and when you're working on something like the corridor walls you need to really want it. Instead I've been working on a whole bunch of other science fiction projects including a ridiculous re-basing effort. I have a feeling I'm gonna burn out on cleaning up old minis and making new bases soon, which might be the push I need to advance this project. It doesn't hurt to see what Anpu has been doing with his Ops build.

As for casting the walls, I asked a guy last year how difficult it would be. He said it wouldn't be hard but I'd probably loose the original and cleaning up the resin pieces afterward would be a pain. Just didn't seem worth it at the time.