Welcome to my Millennium Falcon blog! I've loved the Falcon since I first laid eyes on her as a child and over the past year and a half or so I've been modeling my ideal Falcon in Maya. What began as a fun personal project soon evolved into obsession. The exterior model is complete as I write this. I'm currently working on modeling a version of the interior (I have some issues with some of the published blueprints) and soon I'd like to learn Substance Designer and Substance Painter as I texture the ship. My ultimate goal is to get everything into VR. For now I'm only going to tease the final model because showing it would ruin the fun!
Soon I will begin posting build progress and giving information about my thought process and workflow. First I feel have to give credit to those who truly inspired and fostered this build. It all started when I found this thread by user Gort on the Replica Prop Forum which contains a detailed list and reference photos of almost all of the model kits used in the 70s on the 5 foot filming miniature. This led me to Studio Scale Modelers who have tons of flatbed scans of these kit parts. I searched far and wide for reference on the RPF and found a ton of useful and inspiring threads. Here are some of my favorites:
stevestarkiller's screen accurate cockpit thread as well as his Episode VII Falcon thread and his blog
maruska's 3D printed parts thread as well as his Falcon blog
There are countless others that are all a wealth of information and other users who contribute immensely to these forums. I encourage you all to go down the rabbit hole and get lost in there for a few hours! I should note that I also found these collections of reference photos by Andre Bustanoby and David Emmerichs invaluable.
I hope you all enjoy my work. If anyone has any technical questions or general comments feel free to leave 'em. Thanks!
Nice blog. I shall look through these pages with great pleasure in the coming days.
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