Almost all the model starships on the market today come from either Star Wars or Star Trek, with a few from the Battlestar Galactica reboot. Some speciality hobby stores both brick and mortar and online do offer some “vintage” kits. Even on Shapeways, the online marketplace for 3-D printed models, the offerings are almost all […]
Just before Christmas, I purchased a new router. Opened the box and the router was packaged in papier-mâché, a more environmentally friendly to all that plastic. I took one look at it and it reminded me of all those photos of jungle ruins. So I imagined that once on an alien world (of course […]
I began recreating science fiction models about two years ago for a couple of reasons. One I wanted a creative outlet that was somewhat separate from my career as a photographer, journalist and writer. That’s so I could relax and have fun. Second, as a kid in the 1960s inspired by Star Trek, the Original […]
First this is completely non-canon (so far) and non legends. I fell in love with Star Wars the moment in 1976 I saw the original trailer “the story of a boy, a girl and a universe… a billion years in the making and it’s coming to your galaxy this summer,” months before the movie was […]
So here are the results of my latest project, scratch building a couple of alien starships and then applying my photographic and Photoshop skills to put them in some star systems not too far away. Scratch building the Golden Starliner You start by going to the dentist for a teeth cleaning and scaling. 🙂 […]
Once again the Millennium Falcon is on the run. Once again in this non-canon, non-legend Star Wars Micromachines diorama, the Falcon is trying to hide out in a crater on an unnamed, uncharted minor planet at the edge of that galaxy far far away, perhaps in the mysterious “Unknown Regions.” Unfortunately for the Millennium Falcon […]
For my second diorama (the first was the Emperor Palpatine and his guards) I tackled two scenes, from different perspectives from The Empire Strikes Back. Photographed from one side, young Luke has arrived at the swamp world of Dagobah and has met Yoda. Shot from the reverse angle and using forced perspective, the frustrated Luke […]
An AT-AT on patrol in swamp, planet unknown. (Robin Rowland) Star Wars Command AT-AT photographer in the woods near my house. Now that it’s spring will be able to do more outdoor photography where appropriate (the small approx 54mm Star Wars Command figures don’t always blend into a real world setting as easily as the […]
Why did I join the snow troopers? Snow trooper patrols in cold rain after a heavy snowfall. A Star Wars Command snowtrooper figure, painted, photographed in rain after a heavy snowfall, Sony Alpha 700 Tamron 70 to 300 on macro mode.
Star Wars Unleashed “vintage” (2007) figure of Princess Leia from what is now called Star Wars III A New Hope, released in 1977 and played by the late Carrie Fisher. The Star Wars Unleashed Battle Packs were released by Hasbro between 2006 and 2008 and were roughly within the range of 54mm classic toy soldier […]
