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Collecting => Customs => Star Wars Dioramas and Displays => Topic started by: CHEWIE on October 12, 2005, 05:38 PM
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My good friend Owen D has done it again. A couple months back we started discussing another possible project that I could commission for him to make... and we had discussed the bridge of the Star Destroyer Executor... here is the first portion of it -
(http://www.owenscustoms.com/bridgevader6.JPG)
And click here to see many more pics - http://www.owenscustoms.com/Executor.html
I've said it many times before... for those of you that want some awesome playsets to display your collection in, you should contact Owen. There's nobody better to deal with for this sort of thing.
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wow! :o thats crazy! hasbro couldn't have done a better job. that is an awsome dio/playset. owen definetley does some quality work, i recently commisioned a figure from him, i may have to look in to somthing like this!
erik
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Yep, his work is fantastic... if you like his figures, you'd love these playsets in person. They are breathtaking. The centerpieces of my collection.
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I'm going to come to your house and steal that, or better yet, I'll just steal Owen. :P
That is infuckingcredible. The detail is so astonishing, every little switch has texture and color, and it is nice and curvy.That is hands down one of the best dioramas of any kind I've ever seen. I think it may be my favorite piece of his. You are one lucky guy to own something like that. If I wasn't so damn poor I'd have Owen make me one, or try to make something like that myself, although I'd be very lucky to get it to turn out half that nice.
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I'm even more lucky that my wife lets me keep adding stuff to my collection that he's made. :)
And yeah, I've spent tons of money buying stuff from him over the past year. I'm just thankful he enjoys making things like this for other people. And it's money well spent... his prices are very reasonable.
This will be one hell of a piece to add to the photonovels. :)
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Holy crap, that is beyond awesome. I wouldn't even know how to start a dio like that, let alone have it look 1/10,000th as nice. Lucky bastard ;)
CHEWIE - do you know Owen personally? I would assume that you would have had to pick that up in person because I can't see how he could ship something like that and not have it destroyed. ???
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******* Awesome. Why can't Hasbro make something as cool as this? I'd gladly pay 50+ for it. Love the technicians in their computer trenches.
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That's worth way more than $50. If I had the money I wouldn't pay any less that $150 for something that nice. That no doubt took hours of work and paint/styrene isn't cheap.
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Damn! That is one outstanding dio. Owen puts Hasbros "work" to shame.
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Holy ****, that's sick Justin! :o
Damned beautiful... Very jealous, I am. Looking forward to seeing it in action in some of your future work...
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Yeah, it's safe to say that I paid more than $50.00 for it...
I do think though that if Hasbro made something like this, about a $50 or $60 pricetag would be fair because they could mass produce it.
Gregorbian - No, I don't know Owen personally but wish I did... He does take great care in shipping however and uses very big boxes with loads and loads of packing material. Of the 20 or so items I've ordered from him, everything has arrived in perfect condition... and I'm sure this one will too. The Imperial base and the Command Center were both similar in size to this.
JediMAC - Yep, Owen D is the man. His work is so good and I'm very glad that I am fortunate enough to have him make some of these items for me.
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Thanks everyone, I'm glad this was so well received, it was a pleasure to make and it came out very nice. Just wish I had more of the custom Imperial Techs made, I had to fill out the pit from the fodder bin. BTW this should ship nicely, its square and has no movable parts. Its a far cry from some of the projects I've sent out in the last year or so. You could probably hit it with a hammer and do nothing more than dent the paint.
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Wow. This thing is fantastic. Owen, I have a question for you...how do you get the rounded edges and slopes on the columns? Is it just a thin styrene that is easy to bend?
Keep up the great, great work.
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HOLY MOLEY!!!!
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Absolutely breathtaking!!!
This looks even better than Starconstrux.
You have topped yourself again, Owen....take a bow....
One question....will you ever do a second half?
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Wow. This thing is fantastic. Owen, I have a question for you...how do you get the rounded edges and slopes on the columns? Is it just a thin styrene that is easy to bend?
Keep up the great, great work.
Styrene is available in a lot of different thicknesses, most of what's seen in the bridge is very thick .060" (about a 1/16 of an inch thick) but the interior curves are made with sheets that are barely thicker than paper. Its just a matter of choosing between ease of use or structural needs.
Quazar- I probably won't make the other half unless someone would commission it, I tend to make very few customs for myself anymore due to lack of space in my apartment.
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Hows the ankle? That looked bad.
Kevin
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Owen, your work (on everything) is amazing, but this takes the cake. About how many hours did you spend on that bridge?
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Hows the ankle? That looked bad.
Kevin
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Whoa!! That it just freaking amazing!! That is easily the best SW diorama I have ever seen. Incredible work Owen. I don't see how you can part with something like that, I would have such a hard time doing so. Does it come apart in sections are is it permanently attached? Is there any chance you might consider molding it? I would say that about $40 of silicone should be enough. Once again, Owen that is one heck of a diorama.
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Thanks for the info...just for fun you should photograph it from the end (behind IG-88) with two differnt set ups of figures. Than you can flop one half in Photoshop and put them togehter to make one big bridge photo. That's what Lucas does!
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Check out www.owenscustoms.com at the link that says "My Bloody Foot" - he had a bloody accident not too long ago.
I don't know if he'll be able to make molds of any of that - I am pretty sure it's already been shipped... and I kind of think if he did, he would deserve well over $40.00 for it. And I'd never make bootleg copies of the work he's made for me.
When I get this, I'll be sure to take some extra pics of it too, and will do a flip pic to make one large bridge in a photonovel down the road.
Great work as always Owen.
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my jaw dropped on my keyboard, it's awesome owen ! all your customs and playsets are topnotch, very professionnal (i can't help thinking about the imperial base you made for chewie)
thanks for sharing guys,
you're lucky chewie ;)
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I don't know if he'll be able to make molds of any of that - I am pretty sure it's already been shipped... and I kind of think if he did, he would deserve well over $40.00 for it. And I'd never make bootleg copies of the work he's made for me.
I was referring to the silicone cost to make a mold of something like that, not what I think he deserves for his work. What ever you paid for it, it was worth every penny for sure!
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Gotcha. I have no idea how that stuff works... I've looked at it online some, but still don't think it would ever be something I would have the courage to try.
If anyone really, truly wants something like this, you really should contact Owen... think of all the figures you buy, the extra junk you really don't need, the pizza, beer, porn (you sickos), etc. Something like this is well worth every penny. :)
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Hows the ankle? That looked bad.
Kevin
The foots good, I was actually working on this when I did that. I must have hit a nerve cause I've had a numb area on the top of my foot since it happened but it seems to be getting smaller and smaller with each week.
Thanks again everybody. As to molds, I'm certain that making one would be far too problematic and costly. There could be products that I'm unaware of, but to do a mold with RTV rubber would probably be over 200$. I'm not sure if this is the silicone you're thinking of MasterYogurt or not.
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You are a Master Owen.
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Ok, this might belong in the customs section, but every once in a while a custom comes along that is just too good to not show here... something that would be wonderful if Hasbro were to make.
Another year goes by... and another severe lack of good playsets for us to display our figures in. But what if SAGA surprised us with something like this custom playset? How much would you be willing to pay if TRU carried it?
This particular one was made by www.owenscustoms.com, who I commissioned to make it for me, along with dozens of other playsets and vehicles the past year and a half.
Just wondering what kind of interest there would be in something like this... I know we get people wanting to get an AT-TE or something, but then they say they'd only pay $30.00... well, if you're gonna be that tight, keep dreaming and quit complaining.
Thoughts on this, or similar sized playsets?
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That's amazing. I don't know Hasbro could do something like that. You'd think they could talk someone into taking a playset as an exclusive, something big and sure to generate traffic.
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Freakin' Amazing! That piece is just perfect. Owen should go into buisness.
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I don't buy Hasbro's playsets, because they are all crappy (in my opinion) and unrealistic. However I would definitely buy this, because its realistic and to-scale more or less. That is something I'd love to have in my collection. If Hasbro was to make this, they would probably stick a huge, ugly firing turbolaser right in the middle of the set, or some sort of "force power" crane.
The Executor bridge doesn't need any of that. It doesn't need any more that what Owen put into it. Its perfect.
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I see this topic got moved. I understand that... but I'm shocked that there were "complaints" about it. Some people don't come to the customizing section, which is why I posted the latest pics in the SAGA section to show the kind of playsets that Hasbro could do. Sorry for causing any problem.
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It looks really nice, Chewie. I think the thread read like Hasbro was making a new Star Destroyer playset when in the TSC section (hence some frustration on the readers' part).
For me, I guess I'm looking to the Attakus pieces (though expensive) to be my source for figure display backdrops.
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(http://cheesebuerger.de/images/smilie/konfus/n050.gif) "Infuckingcredible" is right! (Heehee ... awesome word Ryan! 8))
This thing blows my mind. Just a beautiful piece. Well done Owen! (http://cheesebuerger.de/images/more/bigs/c011.gif) (http://cheesebuerger.de/images/midi/konfus/e030.gif)
I do think though that if Hasbro made something like this, about a $50 or $60 pricetag would be fair because they could mass produce it.
I agree. I don't think I'd pay any more than that though (heck, I can't really afford $50 either but I'd make it work. ;)).
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Thanks Jared, I didn't mean to confuse anyone or piss anybody off. Maybe if it could been changed to "What if Hasbro made this?" as the topic name, it wouldn't have needed to be moved. I was hoping more of the non-customizers would see it (as most of the hardcore customizers were already familiar with it), but it looks like that won't happen.
I would love for Hasbro to make this, even though I already have it. I just think it would do pretty well with collectors, and might pave the way towards some more similar diorama-esque playsets.
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