[Snail]

I'm not a fan of pop hole turrets, but this ship be jammin'.

[chief1983]

Unfortunately it may be all we have to work with right now, considering the still existing difficulty of mounting multipart turrets at odd angles.  I'm curious where the idea for that turret came from though.  Also curious to see one in place on the side of that thing

[bobbtmann]

Thanks, Snail. Here are some plans and elevations:

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[swashmebuckle]

That looks fantastic and should get in-game ASAP!  Is the final version going to be tan or gray?  Love the head-on shot especially. 

[EtherShock]

That turret looks like the main gun you'd find on a tank.

[bobbtmann]

...Is the final version going to be tan or gray?...

The final version will probably be a reduced-intensity tan. It won't be grey though, since I find using grey sucks the life out of everything

That turret looks like the main gun you'd find on a tank.

That's where I got my inspiration for the turret. chief1983, last I heard multi-part side turrets worked. Has something changed?

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[chief1983]

They might work, but they might have to be on the horizontal axis instead of the vertical one, I'm not sure.  Plus, I don't know that I've actually seen them working yet, even if they are supposed to.  When I see it I'll believe it

[Narvi]

...Is the final version going to be tan or gray?...

The final version will probably be a reduced-intensity tan. It won't be grey though, since I find using grey sucks the life out of everything
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Well, yeah, it's the Empire. It's supposed to be like that. 

[chief1983]

That's probably as much the manufacturer's choice of materials as it is the Empire's wishes.  KDY likes gray, ok.  Who knows about Damorian though.

[Black Wolf]

Oh wow. I do like the look of that. I mean, the ship itself is ugly as sin, and yet somehow the model manages to look fantastic despite that. Really good work.

[Snail]

Zoopy.

[bobbtmann]

Well, yeah, it's the Empire. It's supposed to be like that. 

True. However, there is no such thing as grey in nature. You can make things appear grey without actually making them grey. I've seen (and made) a lot of really awful paintings that were bad because of all the grey in them.

[swashmebuckle]

Yeah, as Brand-X has mentioned elsewhere, you basically can't see the color on the fighters in the battle of Yavin; the entire scene is largely black and white with major color coming only from the lasers and engine glow (and explosions ).  Some of the Mon Cal cruisers also have a lot of tan/brown on them, and they look really good in action.  Really I think anything from Star Destroyer white to medium brown could look great, as would a combination.  Now to find some good lighting settings...

[brandx0]

When looking at the visual style for Star Wars, especially colours, it's important to note that all scenes in all the movies were filmed with a blue filter over the lense, moreso in the space scenes of ESB and RotJ.  This style is something I've personally incorporated into my models

[swashmebuckle]

Don't forget that some of the blue was added in for the 2004 DVDs:

http://www.aptirrelevance.com/otscreenshots/

And has to be removed by fans to get a decent picture

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2IaUv-Q1Npw&feature=related

[Aardwolf]

Gah, why would they do that?

[Narvi]

Because the DVD restoration wasn't done by Industrial Light & Magic.

[bobbtmann]

So what was the verdict on the paint job?

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[chief1983]

I like the way it's going.  Or is that just primer? 

[MR_T3D]

excellent for the first 10 years after CW
maybe a little metal panel detail...
a little too much colour i think for GCW though

ohh, could you do up a dirty one like the classic y-wing...
with the colour that would rock