X-Wing Cockpit Photomatch

Finally nailed it... I've been trying to get this particular photo to work as a photomatch for hmmm, maybe a year or two.

Full Scale ESB Falcon

off-and-on I've been working on this new version of the Falcon, accurate to the fullscale prop used in Empire Strikes Back...




update with some more details

a little bit more...

Full Scale X-wing

The last X-wing I built was based on the special effects model used for filming the battle sequences for A New Hope. Now here's a completely different version, based on the full-scale prop, over 40' long and 36' wide.

They're basically very similar, it takes a sharp eye to tell the two versions of the iconic ship apart.

here's an overlay of my geometry, showing how close it is the genuine article, filmed on the Elstree Soundstage.

How's My Driving?

got into a discussion about the visibility of the Falcon's mandibles through the cockpit window. You can't see them in any of the shots in the movies, but if the camera were further forward you would be able to. Just take a look at this image from inside the cockpit of the fullscale Falcon built for Empire.

User Wavey on the RPF said that it "would be hazardous pulling out on to the interstellar highway." I came to the conclusion that the Falcon needs this bumper sticker...

oh the fun we have...

Definitive Millennium Falcon Interior (part 4)

Definitive Millennium Falcon Interior (part 3)

just more details, of course.

plus a whole new cockpit...

somewhere between the concept of "there's always more to do" and the fact that I keep starting over from scratch, is me realizing that I'm never going to be finished...

and still more nav console details

Millennium Falcon in Docking Bay 327

The model nears completion!

Falcon Cockpit, ESB (part 2)

Added the volvo dashboard parts on the side panels there, photomatched in sketchup from some nice close-ups found of the same part on the sides of Han's block of frozen carbonite.

 

 

Echo Base Rough

Just fooling around with a few models... The X-Wing, the Falcon, and all the background elements are mine, but the snowspeeders were downloaded from the sketchup warehouse for a quick preview. The space is based on the blueprints of the Elstree Sound Stage where the interior sets of Echo Base were constructed. The extended space beyond the berths (second picture right-hand) is a rough extension of the large matte paintings that were used in those areas on the sounds stage to imply a larger space.

Mos Eisley Cantina (part 2)

Nighthawks

More work on the Millennium Falcon

Lots of small things falling into place, bringing me closer and closer to completion. Here are some renders of the little stuff I've been adding, and a video walk-through of the whole model.

Re-addressed and textured the boarding ramp so it's more accurate:

Finished off the access pit in the back starboard quarter:

Textured the blast mark on the starboard docking-ring from a movie screencap, rebuilt the forward quarter access pit from a photomatched screencap ("she may not look like much, but she's got it where it counts"), and finally added the junk under the cockpit access tube.

And a new video stitching the exterior and interior models:

Don't get cocky...

The composition popped into my head over lunch. I had all the models built, so I thought I'd give it a try. Not too shabby, even if I say so. 

Millennium Falcon: what might have been

The original designs of the Millennium Falcon was basically what we now know as the Rebel Blockade Runner, but with the current Falcon's cockpit for a nose. This version was slated to be Han Solo's ship for quite some time. The filming model was fully built, and blueprints exist for full scale shooting sets. But the flying saucer with mandibles we now know and love took its place. Below are some renders of what might have been, if that original version had made it into the final cut of the film.