Early Christmas

Today, I got a greatly anticipated batch of 3D prints - Lego scale versions of my designs, ready to paint... fun times ahead!

Alien evolution

Marine development

Oh so pretty

And after the etching on the laser-cutter, time to bring it all together...

Drawing with Lasers

Just a quick retrospective on the last couple of days, while the Ornithopter model is being marked the cogs keep turning. After a long time of tinkering and prototyping, this week saw the final leap of faith and the commitment of my perspex cube into the the laser-cutter...

Finito!

Well, that appears to be that! My final final hand-in for my degree was today - the culmination of 3 eroding but lightspeed years. Now just the anxious waiting for results and the even more daunting preparations for, not one but two exhibitions. But I shall reward myself with a night off and a steak dinner. Monday sees business as usual! Until then, here are some shots of the final piece.

Fremen detail

rear detailing

The Ron Cobb concept and my realisation

A week in advance

Well, all the work is done - all the final bits and pieces finished, and I even built it a packing case. Now for the more mundane stuff like paperwork and presentation for next week's hand-in.

Got a studio shoot of the completed project tomorrow, looking for some tasty close-ups for the portfolio.

 

Until then, I leave you with my attempt at recreating the scene of the concept art that inspired this build.

 

Days away

So close to completion, I can almost smell it... or is that the smell of an approaching deadline? Actually, both myself and the model are in a really great place at the moment - the stress has gone and I'm enjoying these final stages. So much so in fact, that I decided to go balls-out and risk the uber-detailing, and aie carumba the difference to the feel of the model is mahusive!
To illustrate what I mean, here are a couple of pictures of the extra hydraulic cable detailing to the wing-mech and engines.

The quickening

With only a few weeks left on this project, it all appears to be coming together. Fingers crossed there are no major upsets left to deal with...