MPC's Imperial Star Destroyer
Recently I put together a small shooting stage so I can do some product photography. That now makes it easier to photograph some of the few surviving models and miniatures I built way back in the day.
This is the old 1980 MPC model kit of the Imperial Star Destroyer from Star Wars. Initially I bought the model to incorporate into a shadow-box diorama of an Imperial Repair Base. Unfortunately the kit itself really sucked and I ended up spending a whole lot more time than planned detailing it to better represent the 8' ILM filming miniature. Halfway into the project I got hired on at an animation and visual effects studio and never did get back to finishing the diorama.
Since then, the model's been lugged around from move-to-move, getting more and more banged up, collecting dust, disintegrating from abuse....so I decided to use it while it's still in one piece to inaugurate the new stage, and give the ol' ship a little respect.
Copyright © 2012 by Craig Paup. All rights reserved.
Any use, printed or digital, in whole or edited, requires my written permission.
MPC's Imperial Star Destroyer
Recently I put together a small shooting stage so I can do some product photography. That now makes it easier to photograph some of the few surviving models and miniatures I built way back in the day.
This is the old 1980 MPC model kit of the Imperial Star Destroyer from Star Wars. Initially I bought the model to incorporate into a shadow-box diorama of an Imperial Repair Base. Unfortunately the kit itself really sucked and I ended up spending a whole lot more time than planned detailing it to better represent the 8' ILM filming miniature. Halfway into the project I got hired on at an animation and visual effects studio and never did get back to finishing the diorama.
Since then, the model's been lugged around from move-to-move, getting more and more banged up, collecting dust, disintegrating from abuse....so I decided to use it while it's still in one piece to inaugurate the new stage, and give the ol' ship a little respect.
Copyright © 2012 by Craig Paup. All rights reserved.
Any use, printed or digital, in whole or edited, requires my written permission.