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Star Wars Ideas and Inspiration
« on: January 19, 2012, 01:53:59 AM »
Hi folks,

An area for you Star Wars related Ideas and Inspiration...may the farce be with you! ;)


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Re: Star Wars Ideas and Inspiration
« Reply #1 on: January 19, 2012, 02:09:20 AM »
This could be the greatest thread of all time.

What if??



Lines blurred?



Obi Wan was turned?



Boba was a lady?



Darth was good?





Muppets were plentiful?



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Re: Star Wars Ideas and Inspiration
« Reply #2 on: January 30, 2012, 03:11:42 AM »
Tony Taylor's Star Wars AT-ST Diorama via the ARC forums
While this is still a work in progress Tony has provided image updates showing his progress and it is looking very interesting from what he has shared so far in his topic in the ARC Sci-Fi forum titled "Knocked out and abandoned AT-ST Chicken Walkers 2 WIP


(Click on image or html to view article.  Image source: Tony Taylor)

Not sure what scale the snap-kits are but with the modifications Tony has made to these models they certainly look convincing. 
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Re: Star Wars Ideas and Inspiration
« Reply #3 on: January 30, 2012, 04:02:02 AM »
Cool!
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Re: Star Wars Ideas and Inspiration
« Reply #4 on: January 30, 2012, 04:46:44 AM »
Nice work.

What is the manufacturer's warranty on these bad boys?  Wasn't there a recall on the "ankle joint"?  ;)
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Re: Star Wars Ideas and Inspiration
« Reply #5 on: January 30, 2012, 06:26:11 AM »
I don't quite understand the feature, strength, and weaknesses of the "Twin Ion Engine" propulsion usually associated with the "Dark Side" compared to the kind used by "the Good Guys".

But I couldn't help to wonder if it was, for example, the Rebel fighters that were built around the TIE drive......
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Re: Star Wars Ideas and Inspiration
« Reply #6 on: January 31, 2012, 09:04:11 AM »
That is a cool dio.
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« Reply #7 on: January 31, 2012, 07:24:56 PM »
Has to be the best movie franchise period.  Set the stage for everything else in my opinion.

Love the toons.  The Wall is particularly poignant.  As Austin Powers shows us, un-named evil henchmen are people too.

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Re: Star Wars Ideas and Inspiration
« Reply #8 on: February 05, 2012, 02:01:02 AM »
It appears that Tony has finished his Star Wars AT-ST Diorama


(Click on image or html to view article.  Image source: Tony Taylor)

He has created a very nice and simple little vignette/diorama that works. 
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Re: Star Wars Ideas and Inspiration
« Reply #9 on: February 05, 2012, 03:58:12 AM »
That is a winner!
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Re: Star Wars Ideas and Inspiration
« Reply #10 on: February 05, 2012, 04:01:24 AM »
Star Wars meets Tank Girl:

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« Reply #11 on: February 05, 2012, 04:05:51 AM »
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Re: Star Wars Ideas and Inspiration
« Reply #12 on: February 05, 2012, 10:19:58 PM »
Sith don't surf? Sounds kinda cute, but , as everyone knows, isn't even remotely true:



And when they don't have a board with them (TIE cargo holds are notoriously small), well, there's always the local fauna. Sith mind tricks do that for you!



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Re: Star Wars Ideas and Inspiration
« Reply #13 on: February 17, 2012, 02:44:03 AM »
From side of an F-104 supposedly:

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« Reply #14 on: February 17, 2012, 08:18:30 AM »






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« Reply #15 on: February 26, 2012, 08:38:43 AM »




 ;D
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Re: Star Wars Ideas and Inspiration
« Reply #17 on: March 05, 2012, 08:54:28 AM »


I'd like to know how it took down the Star Destroyers  ;)
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« Reply #18 on: March 05, 2012, 09:25:00 AM »


I'd like to know how it took down the Star Destroyers  ;)

The infamous "get them converging on you and duck out at the last second" tactic?  I've heard of that being used on police cars giving chase, including, if story is to be believed, four at one intersection while the pursued cut through a parking lot.

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Re: Star Wars Ideas and Inspiration
« Reply #19 on: April 11, 2012, 05:42:30 AM »
Where else does the empire store it's wine?



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Re: Star Wars Ideas and Inspiration
« Reply #20 on: April 11, 2012, 09:16:58 AM »
Wine cabinet? No way! That's a scale replica of the Trojan Walker!

When the Trojans pulled the thing into their city after the Empire left, Stormtroopers climbed out at night and opened the city's gates.


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« Reply #21 on: April 11, 2012, 03:38:23 PM »
Wine cabinet? No way! That's a scale replica of the Trojan Walker!

When the Trojans pulled the thing into their city after the Empire left, Stormtroopers climbed out at night and opened the city's gates.


A long time ago in a galaxy... quite near us, actually!
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Love it! ;D
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Re: Star Wars Ideas and Inspiration
« Reply #22 on: April 15, 2012, 02:29:37 AM »
Still like the recruitment posters.












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« Reply #23 on: April 15, 2012, 04:16:15 AM »
I'm with the Empire... :P

They had me with this one:

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Re: Star Wars Ideas and Inspiration
« Reply #24 on: April 15, 2012, 10:02:35 AM »
Luke: Is the dark side stronger?
Yoda: No, no, no. Quicker, easier, more seductive.

More seductive? He's not kidding, is he?  :icon_surprised: :-*
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