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Author Topic: Incredible scratchbuilt Scimitar! Jason Abbadon Rolls with the punches. Member # 882 posted                       A friend of mine (Virtualscratchbuilder) on another forum jsut built....this! Final assembled model - 557 individual pieces of wood - a new record. Overhead Starboard quarter close-up Business end close-up Starboard bow quarter from underneath View down the starboard side of main hull Out past wingtip looking back at starboard side Blows my pitiful skills away! He's also built a Valdore! -------------------- Justice inclines her scales so that wisdom comes at the price of suffering. -Aeschylus, Agamemnon Registered: Aug 2002  |  IP: Logged Bones McCoy Member Member # 1480 posted                       Wow. Respect. -------------------- "Brave men are vertebrates: they have their softness on the outside, and their toughness in the middle" -Lewis Carrol Registered: Jan 2005  |  IP: Logged TheWoozle Active Member Member # 929 posted                       Yeah, what he said -------------------- joH'a' 'oH wIj DevwI' jIH DIchDaq Hutlh pagh (some days it's just not worth chewing through the leather straps in the morning) The Woozle! Registered: Nov 2002  |  IP: Logged Aban Rune Former ascended being Member # 226 posted                       Ok, now let's analyze carefully the other contents of the workshop for clues as to the details of other starships they're working on. Oh, wait a minute... Seriously, I feel bad for his wife. But that is too cool. -------------------- "Nu ani anqueatas" Aban's Illustration The Official Website of Shannon McRandle Registered: Oct 1999  |  IP: Logged Nim The Aardvark asked for a dagger Member # 205 posted                       Looks like the wood chipping machine had a case of supersonic diarrhea. Ah j/k, the model is very nice and the builder is a wonderful man. Registered: Aug 1999  |  IP: Logged DoughBoy05 Member Member # 1417 posted                       Wow! I checked out the rest of the site too. Incredible work! I build stuff out of lego so I can understand the sheer number of hours one can put in on a project like that. ( I'm on month ten of my 18th century 44 gun frigate built out of lego, its over 4 feet long and pisses my wife off thats its on top of the entertainment center ) -------------------- "Well, Sergeant? Aren't you going to say that it's bigger on the inside than it is on the outside? Everybody else does." "It's pretty obvious, isn't it?" The Doctor and Sgt. Benton, in "The Three Doctors" Registered: Oct 2004  |  IP: Logged jX Member Member # 1201 posted                       What I noticed in the background was the box for a Zenith Goldline inhaler, as I get oneevery month. With all the chemicals in wood finishing, I'm not surprised. Registered: Jan 2004  |  IP: Logged Jason Abbadon Rolls with the punches. Member # 882 posted                       The best part of his work is that he (now) models in 1:2500th scale- like myself! He even built the world's second physical model of the Son'a Battleship mine own being the very first). -------------------- Justice inclines her scales so that wisdom comes at the price of suffering. -Aeschylus, Agamemnon Registered: Aug 2002  |  IP: Logged Bernd Guy from Old Europe Member # 6 posted                       That's awesome. While it is already hard enough to reproduce the details, I wonder how it is possible to get the overall proportions right. Registered: Mar 1999  |  IP: Logged Jason Abbadon Rolls with the punches. Member # 882 posted                       Well, he finished it! The speed he scarcthbuilds in is incredible. Final Pics -------------------- Justice inclines her scales so that wisdom comes at the price of suffering. -Aeschylus, Agamemnon Registered: Aug 2002  |  IP: Logged WizArtist II "How can you have a yellow alert in Spacedock? " Member # 1425 posted                       Does he do resin casting or just straight sheet? -------------------- There are 10 types of people in the world...those that understand Binary and those that don't. Registered: Nov 2004  |  IP: Logged Jason Abbadon Rolls with the punches. Member # 882 posted                       It's wood and sheet styrene- almost completely wood though. I'd love to get my hands on that- I could super-detail it with paint and custom decals and... -------------------- Justice inclines her scales so that wisdom comes at the price of suffering. -Aeschylus, Agamemnon Registered: Aug 2002  |  IP: Logged WizArtist II "How can you have a yellow alert in Spacedock? " Member # 1425 posted                       Yeah, its nice. especially if its wood. I had assumed he'd made part and resin-cast the rest. I remember when I had time to do the fun stuff.... sigh.... -------------------- There are 10 types of people in the world...those that understand Binary and those that don't. Registered: Nov 2004  |  IP: Logged

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