A lovely job and I’m so impressed with what these Bamboo labs printers are achieving nowadays. Btw when it comes to pastels I’ve found that a spritz of isopropyl alcohol helps to set the pastel as your work progresses after which you can clear coat. It cuts down the time taken waiting for multiple clear coats to cure.
Don't worry about mistakes you make along the way. Remember that you are your own worst judge. Most folks wouldn't even notice anything that for you probably pops out like a sore thumb. The fact you're trying new things, new techniques and doing a darn good job of it, I salute you! Don't apologize for it! Not nearly enough of us rare breed modeler left that want to "make them glow" anymore. I love seeing ships that don't come in a conventional model box, or are rarely scratch built when I go to shows. It's getting harder and harder to "wow" the judges with kits out of a box that they have seen thousands of times (even when you light them up)! Your print came out good, and your post processing is great with FDM parts. Your lighting looks perfect, the engine flicker is awesome. Windows are uniform and well spaced, and I 100% approve and commiserate with you adding the fiber plugs for the windows to catch the light. A very painstaking process, looking at you 1:3200 Romulan Warbird... Airbrushing the panels/fade breaks up the uniformity super well and makes the rest pop! I will mention don't shy away from scrapping the modeled in parts that may print "soft" or not at all with an FDM print and replacing with greeblies and old sprue laying around, but that is up to the modeler (and yes we DO get artistic license 😎). Keep up the good work sir! Love seeing this kinda stuff! Side note, not sure how you got the engine flicker, but I have had amazing luck and ease of use by repurposing LED tea light candles for their flicker board as engine effects. They do run at a lower voltage tho, but resisting to the board to get it down to 3V isn't hard and they can power 3-4 LEDs per board no problem. Most of my builds have moved away from 9-12V power systems now and I use 5v USB exclusively at this point. It makes things so much easier for working with micro controllers that run off 3-5V and open up a whole new universe of options to play with. Not to mention, at shows, super easy to bring a few USB power banks to power all your model entries for hours and hours. No batteries or plug in cords required for most builds! (Exceptions apply depending on the amount of LEDs and effects you've built in, but they have 5V 2Amp USB chargers that work perfectly for those monsters)
Such a strange ship but a lovely and different paint job with great weathering. I wasn't really excited about this one at the start as its not my type of ship but you made me love it with your paint Job!!
The pastel work is great. Hope you are your family have a wonderful holiday🎄. Just got the word yesterday, that the commission build we talked about is back on. I will be starting that after New years. Do you think you will be going to the Chattanooga Model Con ?
Great work as always. When it came to deciding about 3D printing I chose resin vs filament due to resolution and heavy layer lines. Yours, however, looks really good. I know the filament printers have come a long way since they first came out. Are you pretty happy with the Bamboo?
@@InterstellarModeler Thanks! The Bambu printers are definitely a step up from the others and they are very user friendly. I still plan on doing some things in resin but the filament prints are lighter and easier to do large prints with.
Great build. It’s about time that someone has touched on this issue. You need to relax. You move around so nervously. Take a breath if need too.
Thanks for the concern, that's just the way I talk. I don't script out anything and just talk freely.
This is an awesome build Russ. Great job
Thanks brother!
A lovely job and I’m so impressed with what these Bamboo labs printers are achieving nowadays. Btw when it comes to pastels I’ve found that a spritz of isopropyl alcohol helps to set the pastel as your work progresses after which you can clear coat. It cuts down the time taken waiting for multiple clear coats to cure.
Thank you! And thanks for the tip!
Such talent and skill.
Thanks for the kind words my friend!
Don't worry about mistakes you make along the way. Remember that you are your own worst judge. Most folks wouldn't even notice anything that for you probably pops out like a sore thumb. The fact you're trying new things, new techniques and doing a darn good job of it, I salute you! Don't apologize for it! Not nearly enough of us rare breed modeler left that want to "make them glow" anymore. I love seeing ships that don't come in a conventional model box, or are rarely scratch built when I go to shows. It's getting harder and harder to "wow" the judges with kits out of a box that they have seen thousands of times (even when you light them up)!
Your print came out good, and your post processing is great with FDM parts. Your lighting looks perfect, the engine flicker is awesome. Windows are uniform and well spaced, and I 100% approve and commiserate with you adding the fiber plugs for the windows to catch the light. A very painstaking process, looking at you 1:3200 Romulan Warbird... Airbrushing the panels/fade breaks up the uniformity super well and makes the rest pop! I will mention don't shy away from scrapping the modeled in parts that may print "soft" or not at all with an FDM print and replacing with greeblies and old sprue laying around, but that is up to the modeler (and yes we DO get artistic license 😎).
Keep up the good work sir! Love seeing this kinda stuff!
Side note, not sure how you got the engine flicker, but I have had amazing luck and ease of use by repurposing LED tea light candles for their flicker board as engine effects. They do run at a lower voltage tho, but resisting to the board to get it down to 3V isn't hard and they can power 3-4 LEDs per board no problem. Most of my builds have moved away from 9-12V power systems now and I use 5v USB exclusively at this point. It makes things so much easier for working with micro controllers that run off 3-5V and open up a whole new universe of options to play with. Not to mention, at shows, super easy to bring a few USB power banks to power all your model entries for hours and hours. No batteries or plug in cords required for most builds! (Exceptions apply depending on the amount of LEDs and effects you've built in, but they have 5V 2Amp USB chargers that work perfectly for those monsters)
Thanks for the kind words friend!
That turned out great!
Thanks!!
Such a strange ship but a lovely and different paint job with great weathering. I wasn't really excited about this one at the start as its not my type of ship but you made me love it with your paint Job!!
Thanks brother! It was fun to do something a little different.
Looks great! I love your pastel panel lines! Really adds scale and dimension!
Thanks friend!
The pastel work is great. Hope you are your family have a wonderful holiday🎄. Just got the word yesterday, that the commission build we talked about is back on. I will be starting that after New years. Do you think you will be going to the Chattanooga Model Con ?
Thanks! Awesome, good luck with the commission. I'll see about going to Chattanooga. Merry Christmas!
Other than the upside-down Rebel Alliance symbol, very nice work!
It’s a trap! Very nice job printing and weathering the Mon Calamari ship 👍
Lol.. thanks!!
Sweet! What is the power supply?
Thank you! It's a plug in 12v power supply designed for strip lightning. You can find them on Amazon.
Kool, Great job!!!! I have been enjoying my printers as well, I have yet to light anything. I have to try in 2025. Happy Holidays!!! Cheers!
@@themodelstudent20 thanks! Wishing you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
looks amazing. Nice stand,.
Thank you ! I appreciate that!
I missed it if you said… what kind of filament? PLA or PETG?
Oh, and thanks for the pastel tutorial!
PLA.. you're welcome!
Great work as always. When it came to deciding about 3D printing I chose resin vs filament due to resolution and heavy layer lines. Yours, however, looks really good. I know the filament printers have come a long way since they first came out. Are you pretty happy with the Bamboo?
@@InterstellarModeler Thanks! The Bambu printers are definitely a step up from the others and they are very user friendly. I still plan on doing some things in resin but the filament prints are lighter and easier to do large prints with.