18 May 2014

Klingon Goroth's Ship

Goroth's Ship is a redress of the Klingon Shuttle which crashed in the Star Trek Enterprise episode "Broken Bow" on Earth.
design scetch by John Eaves (johneaves.files.wordpress.com)

The final design seen in Star Trek Enterprise "Bounty".

design scetch by John Eaves (johneaves.files.wordpress.com)

I bought the Klingon Goroth's Ship resin kit in 1/1400. The master is a 3D-print. A very detailed and extrem small ship! It is only 6,1cm long.

The only change I have made ​​is to insert a rod on the end of each Warp nacelle.


6 May 2014

Romulan Bird of Prey - Shades

I have added some shades on my model. They are handpainted with Vallejo Model Color:
Gunship Green 70895 (40%) + White 70951 (20%) + Glaze Medium (40%)

4 May 2014

Borg Cube - Coloration Part 2

The Borg Cube now has a nice metallic look but it is me, unfortunately, too smooth. The longer I look at the cube, the more I think it needs more depth. The cube needs shades.
For this I have made ​​a washing of Vallejo Model Color:
Black 70950 (1/3) + Glaze Medium (2/3)


3 May 2014

Borg Cube - Coloration Part 1

In the movie the base color of this Borg cube looks like a very cold gray.

screenshot by trekcore.com (Star Trek-First Contact)

Therefor, I mixed my gray with blue. To make it look more metallic, I include silver. I used Vallejo Model Air:
White 71001: 50%
Black 71057: 25%
Blue 71004: 5%
Silver 71063: 20%

The First Contact Borg Cube has many small metallic painted details.

Photo of the original studio model at Christie's Auction (st-bilder.de)

I used Vallejo Model Color: Brass 70801 and Silver 70997.
In order to put more highlights I have painted many of the pipes in Gunmetal 70863.



1 May 2014

Borg Cube

I bought the Borg Cube resin kit in 1/13715. It represents the Cube which was seen in Star Trek First Contact. The edge length of the cube is 2743m (= 9000 feet).
The model has a dimension of 20x20x20cm. I added some rods on every side of the cube. I wanted the cube gets more depth. Therefore, I cuted out some parts of the surface to glued them deepened.
design scetch by John Eaves (johneaves.files.wordpress.com)



STAR TREK Size Comparison Charts - Shuttles Part 2

Here is the part 2 of my Shuttle Size Chart Project.


PS: A special thank (and all copyright) for the picture material to: John Eaves, Drex Files, Star Trek Fact Files and Star Trek The Magazine, Starship Collection Magazine and The Light Works.

Size calculations: