Author Topic: Rampant SciFi: UD 30/3 Belters (Infinity & Battle Droids) FINISHED (Read 22278 times)

Malamute · « **Reply #165 on:** March 09, 2023, 12:37:52 PM »

Lovely job, looks superuberlush.

Elk101 · « **Reply #166 on:** March 09, 2023, 04:40:09 PM »

That looks good, straight out of a Bad Batch episode.

Silent Invader · « **Reply #167 on:** March 10, 2023, 12:00:58 AM »

Thanks chaps - I’m afraid I didn’t get to watch Bad Batch

Silent Invader · « **Reply #168 on:** March 10, 2023, 02:16:56 PM »

John Eaves - a model maker and illustrator with an extensive movie pedigree - did the concept drawings for the mining settlement in John Carpenter’s Ghosts of Mars. For example:

As luck would have it, I chanced upon his blog, which has entries from 2009 and 2010 that discuss the brief and their execution.

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The buildings were to have the look that they were dropped from a mold and have a gritty adobe type finish. John’s [Carpenter] point on the designs of things was distinguishing different places by the shadows they cast.

https://johneaves.wordpress.com/2009/09/01/art-of-john-carpenters-ghosts-of-mars-day-one/

https://johneaves.wordpress.com/2010/10/01/john-carpenters-ghosts-of-mars-the-art-of-part-2/

DivisMal · « **Reply #169 on:** March 10, 2023, 11:45:29 PM »

I love that terrain. And the link to the blog reveals very nice food for the model builder!

Silent Invader · « **Reply #170 on:** March 11, 2023, 02:03:40 PM »

Thanks and yes, John Eaves is inspiring

Silent Invader · « **Reply #171 on:** March 11, 2023, 04:47:57 PM »

Some terrain progress that has further distracted me from painting Belters.

The WIP Corporate Security Office, which means I’m getting ahead of myself as I don’t yet have any CorpSec minis ……

The plan is to link together a few buildings for alleyways etc. Next steps will be a little bit of filling and then adding sand texture, followed by cabling and wiring.

Obvs a CorpSec office needs holding cells (though I don’t plan to detail the interiors).

An idea of how the various buildings will interlink:

Malamute · « **Reply #172 on:** March 11, 2023, 08:43:22 PM »

I really like that

OSHIROmodels · « **Reply #173 on:** March 11, 2023, 09:33:14 PM »

Me too

Major_Gilbear · « **Reply #174 on:** March 11, 2023, 11:49:34 PM »

Looks like a good start, and those resin extras are a nice touch.

Quote from: Silent Invader on March 11, 2023, 04:47:57 PM

[...] though I don’t plan to detail the interiors [...]

I think a few bits and pieces to suggest the building's use - like the holding cells, or a front desk - is fine, and adds to the narrative of it. Too much though, and it limits play if nothing else.

FreakyFenton · « **Reply #175 on:** March 12, 2023, 12:38:03 PM »

Great in progress shot. And I think it looks good!

Silent Invader · « **Reply #176 on:** March 12, 2023, 05:47:03 PM »

Thanks folks.

It’ll be branded as the CorpSec office so will be clear what it is. I’m not planning to play inside buildings so cell railings are just to segregate whatever minis might be parked in there.

Small amount of progress today. Sanding with 100 grit paper to round off a few square edges, then smearing on of pre-mixed Knaupf wall filler to fill gaps and reinforce weak areas.

I expect I’ll make a few more similar buildings….

Workshop
Cantina
Fuel Station

…… for the nucleus of a mining settlement.

Malamute · « **Reply #177 on:** March 12, 2023, 06:46:33 PM »

Looking great. Liking it very much

Elk101 · « **Reply #178 on:** March 12, 2023, 06:52:23 PM »

That works really well, I like it.

Codsticker · « **Reply #179 on:** March 13, 2023, 04:07:25 AM »

Wonderful stuff- great idea to use Eaves illustrations for inspiration.

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