More progress. Getting parts breakdown working…and pieces hollow well enough for possible lighting. Sizing for various scales works out to be:
1/72 = 10.585394″ long
1/144 = 5.2927″ long
1/350 = 2.18″ long
1/1000 = .7621″ long
1/2256 = .3387″ long
Exciting! Still need to work out cockpit pieces, wing joints and engines…oh and all the paneling…
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You may recall an earlier post about this guy. I’ve been doing a little work, on and off and starting to get a good idea about parts breakdown… Thankfully this is more of a simple design, more angles and surfaces as opposed to complex curvatures…
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My second Blacksun Cylon Raider!! This one took a while to finish up, though. It was a pretty straight forward build. The only real mod was that brass piping was used for the cannons. Decal wise, I originally wanted to make some that reflected the standard colorations. I even went so far as to print off some of ZOIC’s ortho renderings to lay over. But there are just too many darn curves on the kit and it would have taken more effort than I cared to put forth…SO, I did some digital camo decals. They were actually designed for a number of 1/72 aircraft (A-10, F-15, F-16, MiG-29 & Su-27) and the first test print was used to cover this Raider. Not too shabby.
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She’s done and I christen thee, The Silver Tongue!
Painted with Champagne Gold, Bare Metal Silver and Insignia White. Tons of scrap decals were added and a fair bit of weathering. I’m quite pleased with the results.
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Primed the 1/350 kit parts so you can see the detail a little more clearly now…
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So, the year in review! How about that! Plenty of people do this and to be honest, it’s a bit of a motivator to make 2012 fucking awesome, too!
SOOOOOOOO, what happened this year, other than all the cool posts on this blog?? 
January saw the re-development of my thesis project, turning it into a full blown awesome-ness of fiber optics. The subsequent months saw the development of some nifty prototypes…
As part of the whole thesis thing my Max/MSP (computer programming) skills reached a new level…although it’s a practice that has slide down a slight slope recently.
Finished off a successful thesis project. Make happy good time fun go round.
Graduated with an MFA. That’s pretty cool.
I finished a number of masters for model kits….lessee, 1…2…3…uh, 4….5 (which the parton jilted me out of $300 on)….6…7….or so 
I learned how to work in 3D modeling to create models for 3D printing. See previous line.
In May I purchased my first and very own upright bass! I had wanted one for years and finally made it happen. Its my instrument. There is an emotional connection there, something about hitting the right note out of thousands of fractions of frequencies (often enough anyway) that resonates…makes feel good things happen…
I also got a job @ Spertus, fresh from the MFA-hatchery and it’s a 2 year commitment. To be honest, at first I felt a little yuppie-ish, something I sometimes strive not to be. After some thought I came to realize that
A) its an image control thing and not worth the effort
B) its a job that I enjoy and probably would have seeked out had the opportunity not presented itself at the time
C) its a job during a time when jobs are hard to get
D) I alone determine my attitude at the job/towards the job. I definitely come to it with more of ‘art project’ mentality than a “office task list” kinda thing
Moved into a 2 BR apt with TONS OF DIRECT SUNLIGHT!!! way awesome. sunrise to almost sunset through the windows. beautiful.
Pissed off a downstairs neighbor who is a bit too sensitive when it comes to normal human habits of movement. (comes with 2nd floor livin’ pal!)
Got another job as adjunct professor at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, teaching a course in the FilmVideo&NewMediaDept. The course is akin to a history of New Media course but with far less canon work and more obscure/rare bits of art. Way cool once more. Actually, more than that. I feel tremendously lucky to have been approached about this position. This is something that I’ve wanted to do for years now, teach at the university level. Being a teaching artist is what I want to do. This is the first stepping stone that feels sturdy enough to do a jig on.
More happened, of course, but I’m out of gas for this list…
On to 2012? What to expect? More job? More models? More music? More teaching? Might get a thing at the Hyde Park Art Center….also going to apply for a summer residency program at CCBPA….we’ll see!
Woot Wooooot!!!!!
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As of yet this is an un-named vessel…but a lot of work has gone into it so far.
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Got a bit more work done on the side trench lips. I figured while I was doing the same thing on another unmentionable it might be a good idea to do this one as well. Should also have my domes in the next couple weeks.
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Not to be confused with Gozanti Prime from Enterprise!!!
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The little Gozanti prints have arrived!!! The 1/2256 turned out fantastic!! The 1/4222? Not so much…half of the body shell didn’t print so it will have to be filled and sanded. Oh well. The 1/350 I’m excited about because the print should turn out pretty decent. I learned a new trick in Sketchup that will hopefully help with fixing bad files…look out for that in early January.
Also spent a little more time on the 1/4222 Interdictor; a few panels here and there, dome priming, sanding…the usual.
ALSO finished the master for the 10k Dreadnaught!! It needed some paneling, priming and a little bit of work on the engines. Good to go!
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more structural and detailing work!
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Finally got my Lambda inserts!!! MAN I’m happy with these!!! They FIT perfectly….they look AWESOME when LIT…i cant WAIT to get STARTED on this KIT!!!!!!!
Also….I started another master: 1/4222 Interdictor Cruiser…it’s proving to be a quick little bugger…
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