Star Wars: Spaceport Speeders

[Vongoosewink]

Hey everyone,

I've updated my blog today with my latest project, a Landspeeder repair shop for Star Wars (specifically, Tatooine.)

I've been planning on running a Landspeeder race game for some time.  Most of the Speeders are now done, so lately I've been getting some terrain ready to set the scene.  I expect the race to be a knock-down, drag-out affair, with lots of crashes and damages to the entrants, so we're going to need a 'repair shop'.  I present, "Spaceport Speeders!"  Right off the bat, I should send out a big thanks to Herb Gundt for lots of expert advice and support... thanks Herb!  And a big thanks to my wife Debs, for putting up with the mess on the kitchen table!   

Unfortunately, I did not take photos of this in-progress, there was just way too much going on, so I'll just briefly recount what wend into making it.  It's on an MDF base, and the buildings are made from various found objects.  The big tech building is a plastic Kneenex dispenser I found at Goodwill for about $2, topped with half of a plastic sphere.  It has lots of tech-stuff added from my bis box, as well as a few pieces cut off of a Star Wars micro-machine toy set.  The garage was made from wood and half of a card shipping tube for the top.  The rear power shed was a little flower planter, and I added the door and top bits from the bits box.  The textured surface was made utilizing Herb Gundt's famous 'sandstorm technique,' then painted and weathered with Doc O'Brians Weathering Powders from Mico-Mark.  Hmm, what else -- the crane was from a micro-machine 'Pod Racer' toy set, and I added lots of details from the bits box and plastic tubing, so it wouldn't look like a toy.  I added lots of fun little details, you might be able to see some of them in the close-up images, like a little droid attendant in the window, landspeeder schematics and pin-up space babes stuck to the interior walls of the garage, and lots of tools and parts around the workyard.  Oh yeah, the sign says "Spaceport Speeders" in Aurebesh, the Star Wars 'galactic common' language, and there are fonts available for free online.

Now I just need to find a box suitable to store this darned thing in!

That's about it, just a few more pieces to go, and we're ready to race!

I have taken a LOT more photos, and they are pretty big, so I'm putting them up on Imageshack rather than posting them here. 

Here's a direct link to the Imageshack slideshow:

http://img6.imageshack.us/slideshow/webplayer.php?id=shopdetail1.jpg

Or if you prefer a direct link to the gallery, click here:

http://img6.imageshack.us/g/shopdetail1.jpg/

Last, check out my blog, I have lots of pics of the Landspeeders there as well:

http://wantedforwargaming.blogspot.com/

[mattblackgod]

Very nice set of models. Well done.

[OSHIROmodels]

Looks very nice and I like the different speeders you've put together    

cheers

James

[uti long smile]

Good lord - that's wonderful!

[V]

Holy Moley thats superb... 

[Tom Reed]

That is really cool!

[Arcturus]

Superb. Speeders and Repair Shop leave me speechless. 

[Hitman]

 
That looks awesome. I have very green eyes right now. 
It is giving me a number of ideas for my own space port.
Thanks for sharing.
Regards,
Hitman
 

[dijit]

Absolutely beautiful! More, more!!!

[manic _miner]

 Great work Chris,now get back on with the Wargods stuff  .

 When I had seen your post and looked at the building I thought it was one of Herb's.Very nice.

[Whiskyrat]

The new speeders are great, looking forward to seeing photos of the race track in action.

[Andym]

Sweet.

[bandit86]

fantastic job.  I loved the tw'ilik(sp) girly poster

[white knight]

Very very well done! The attention to detail is fantatstic!

[Mr.J]

Very cool!