Model Build: Imperial Cruiser; Engines and canons are a must!

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Vasil Nikolov

This is where the final additions to my cruiser were added. The bottom needed to be finished with several towers needed to be added to the bottom as they contained the places for the lights.
Cannons were also on the list (4 on each side to be precise) as they were in the original schematics and last but not least was the engines.

The cannons were probably the least stressful bit to model as they would never be seen at a camera position as close to the one above this text. There was no need to have advanced shapes as the canons only needed to look like cannons from a distance.

And here you should be able to see the full undercarriage of the ship. I had highlighted it in order to make the extra parts more visible. As you can see, the ship now has its two ports as well as the protective bars on the side and the light towers. It took some time for the cubes to be re-molded, however, the task was very simple to get done. I believe that with some texturing, the model will look even better than it is.

This was the final bit of the build. The back was cut with the knife tool into two triangles, which were then rotated in the opposite way from one another. This was done by selecting the face option after right-clicking with the mouse and selecting the "face" option. This allowed me to then highlight the triangle i needed and then rotate it at the correct angle so it looks as close as the original machine did. Once this hard task was done, building the engines was easy as pie (the mathematical pie as cooking pastry is known to be a more challenging en devour).

Overall it was very pleasurable to build the ship. I found it more challenging than building the Tie fighter but I am very thankful that I had done the in-class exercises as they provided me with the correct tools and knowledge on dealing with some difficulties. Now it is time for the most anticipated model to be made. :)

PS: These pictures are from the older model, however, there main difference between them is only that the newer version is slightly more stretched sideways.