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Hi Atoyer. You'll forgive me if I respectfully decline to do business with someone whom I don't know and has but a single post to his tally. In this line of work, one survives by taking all possible precautions.

My pleasure! As you can see, there's just no way that these ultra-fine antennae could have been cast successfully, and the procedure involved in doing them yourself is pretty easy and actually rather fun. The other reason that I chose that particular technique is that you can get really organic looking spines that are a perfect look for Zentradi ships. Prickly cucumbers are da best!!

Matt paints tend to be rougher (and can compromise very fine detail) so gloss/semi-gloss is optimal.

It went out today, so roughly 2 weeks. Hopefully less. Oh, and here is the addendum on how to do the ship's antennae out of stretched sprue...

Good thing I paid for "Xpress" shipping

Hi guys. I wanted to give notice that I'll be keeping the Quelamitz project open until November 1st, so for exactly 1 more week. After that, I'm shutting it down and will begin feasibility studies for the Legioss. So if you really want a Kozmic Kucumber, you've got a week to get your order in

The image above is already in jpeg format. I even saved it in RGB since the CMYK was causing problems with the Cat's Eye destructions. What are you using to try to open it?

Hiya folks! All paid orders shipped today! I would have done so a couple of days quicker had my printer not been acting up The main destruction sheet is also done and attached below. I will also produce an addendum showing how to DIY stretched sprue antennae for the hull. It's a simple affair, but important to illustrate nonetheless

Hi GarbageMan. Actually, you don't really need primer on plastic kits if you're already using hobby paints. A coat of medium/light grey paint as an undercoat for the white will be sufficient, and since paint is finer than primer, you won't have to worry about drowning out details.

This, and only this. Nothing more need be said about this ill-conceived idea.

I really need to revisit my 1/32 project...

You people scare me sometimes Anyway, back to the current ship! Behold... A Quelamitz parking lot!!! Also, i've included a quick pic to show the parts breakdown. Very simple & straightforward parts.

There wouldn't be much difference between the flagship and Queleual in terms of fabrication. What the Queleual lacks in length it compensates for in girth, and both ships are too large even at 1/5000 to fit in my pressure pot, so resin casting for the hull would be out. The only other option I could think of would be lay-up in open molds using either fiberglass or thixatropic resin. This controls the materials cost, but then labor costs shoot way up because it's a very long and elaborate process to get just a single cast. Not to mention the horrendous fumes from the polyester resin

Just a quick pic snapped through the glass of my showcase...

That ship would be quite massive, even in 1/5000 scale and honestly, I don't know if it can be made in a cost-feasible manner. Breetai on the other hand is very manageable in 1/5000. 1/72 too

Hopefully that's just due to a lag in the postal system

Details & pricing will be forthcoming, a few details still need to be ironed-out.

Actually, the thin snout makes me think of some fort of psychotic crocodile; I love it!!!

She's done! Actually, she's been done since Friday; just waiting to finalize a few logistical details but in the meantime, here are the pics!

Just the dark(er) blue parts. No storage precautions necessary; just the usual common-sense stuff

I'd wait to do the prep work til after the parts are cooked; the resin will sand much more easily and you won't have to worry about the heat damaging any putty.

The info is in the instructions.

It shouldn't really make a difference so long as the parts, once baked, are allowed to cool to room temperature. The hardening process is permanent once the parts are cooked

Yup, just do a search with the key words: Kaa-T'sai and the destructions thread should come up.

Duuuude, you have NO idea! It's after 10pm local time and I'm just packing it in for the night and that's the norm with this project. Lotsa compound curves = lotsa sanding, puttying, filling, re-sanding, re-puttying. Thankfully, I should be ready to prime by tomorrow evening and from there, things become more relaxing