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roymattblack
#1 Posted : 08 August 2017 12:12:40

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I just thought I'd post a few pics of some Star Wars dio's I made up about 30 years ago.

The vehicles etc were model kits and a toy Walker.

The setups were built with the aim of taking photo's so size didn't matter. They were broken down afterwards.

Ground cover was real moss and dirt, trees were plasticine wrapped around card tubes.
The forest lighting and shadows was done by shining bright lights through paper with slots and holes cut in it.

The planet pic was a large painting with the ship suspended in front.

The pics ended up in a photography magazine with an article about DIY special FX.

It was great fun at the time.
Bear in mind I didn't have a decent camera back then, and it was real old-school film and prints, hence the rather naff quality.

Roy.

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#2 Posted : 08 August 2017 16:40:54

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#3 Posted : 09 August 2017 10:03:50

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Very nice pictures, some great imagination. Thank you for sharing.

Mark
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#4 Posted : 09 August 2017 11:53:07

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Thanks chaps.

The speeder bike lighting was good old fashioned airbrush direct onto the printed photo. The jets on the model were covered in silver foil and a light shone directly into it to get a complete glow.
The coloured light streaks were made using a rainbow filter on the camera lens at the time.
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#5 Posted : 09 August 2017 14:57:23

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OhMyGodjust noticed this, there is lot of thought gone in to those displays, excellent work roy. Drool
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#6 Posted : 09 August 2017 15:53:13

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Some great work RoyBigGrin love themDrool Love regards PhilCool
COMING SOON =1/72 Italeri diorama`s Battle for the Reichstag and Stalingrad battle at the tractor factory 1/16 Trumpeter King Tiger with loads of extras ON THE GO= refurbishment of 1/25 Tamiya tiger 1 , amt Star trek kits and space 1999 models

So Much to Build,But What a Hobby!


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#7 Posted : 09 August 2017 20:56:06

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Speeder bike looks fantastic. It was always one of my favourite of the star wars models.
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