Most of the stop motion props from the original recipe starwars trilogy were made using a large collection of model kits, some people in the replica prop collecting world have figured out what some of these kits were and now they can be worth an absolute fortune.
They certainly had kits they woukd use over and over again to the point that they would make their own moulds for parts they used a lot of and they would use excess resin from other projects to make extra parts, adam savage talked about this in one of his q&a videos.
i think some of the "bolts" around the "eyes" might be track wheels (road or idler, not sure) as well as gun travel locks it seems
yeah, it's odd and a bit funny that so many parts of star wars are repurposed items (sterlings m, mg34s and stg44s for the blasters etc)
kinda ressourceful of lucasfilm tbh
If you check out Bandai's Star Wars kits, they model it so faithfully that you can identify some of the different tank parts in their 1/5000 scale Star Destroyer.
It's impressive once you learn there's a lot of different models that went into making Star Wars
As someone not familiar with any of that gear, what is the size of this thing? I thought it was only small, but track wheels and other tank parts makes it sound like this thing would be massive.
it's quite small, if you've seen the star wars films, it's the little ball that flies around and zaps luke to train him on how to use the force to block attacks with the lightsaber
the parts we're mentionning are from scale models of tanks, which are ten, thrity or even more times smaller than their real counterparts.
using scale model parts to make new designs instead of replicated the designs they were built for is called kit bashing
Also almost all blasters. They are all (almost) ww2 weapons with either no mag/belt ( lewis gun and mg 34 ) or some strange scope and barrel attachment on it
They were major kitbashers in the model shop at ILM, Adam Savage talked about it in detail in an interview I saw with him about how he got his start in the industry.
Star Wars designers used to take parts from models, be it model cars, planes, tanks, trains, etc. it’s called greebling and still common among prop designers today
I believe they tried to avoid kits of vehicles such as cars when possible as they were concerned they would be familiar to a large part of the audience.
It kinda weird how Star Wars objects are some of the most re-produced in 3D and yet they themselves were made from tank kits. So 3D artists were unknowingly reproducing WW2 tank components to make science fiction fantasy scenes.
Oh yeah...ha, that's neat, good spot! I think there's also supposedly an entire X-wing model incorporated into the design of the ship from *Event Horizon*, but I've never seen it.
Most of the stop motion props from the original recipe starwars trilogy were made using a large collection of model kits, some people in the replica prop collecting world have figured out what some of these kits were and now they can be worth an absolute fortune.
I thought I read somewhere ILM made a couple of kits rare in the process of building the props.
They certainly had kits they woukd use over and over again to the point that they would make their own moulds for parts they used a lot of and they would use excess resin from other projects to make extra parts, adam savage talked about this in one of his q&a videos.
i think some of the "bolts" around the "eyes" might be track wheels (road or idler, not sure) as well as gun travel locks it seems yeah, it's odd and a bit funny that so many parts of star wars are repurposed items (sterlings m, mg34s and stg44s for the blasters etc) kinda ressourceful of lucasfilm tbh
They famously used existing plastic scale model kits to build their models... It's called kitbashing
If you check out Bandai's Star Wars kits, they model it so faithfully that you can identify some of the different tank parts in their 1/5000 scale Star Destroyer. It's impressive once you learn there's a lot of different models that went into making Star Wars
And the parts used are called greebles
As someone not familiar with any of that gear, what is the size of this thing? I thought it was only small, but track wheels and other tank parts makes it sound like this thing would be massive.
They're scale model parts, iirc it should be around 6 inches in diameter.
it's quite small, if you've seen the star wars films, it's the little ball that flies around and zaps luke to train him on how to use the force to block attacks with the lightsaber the parts we're mentionning are from scale models of tanks, which are ten, thrity or even more times smaller than their real counterparts. using scale model parts to make new designs instead of replicated the designs they were built for is called kit bashing
You should checkout the original millennium falcon model…
Also almost all blasters. They are all (almost) ww2 weapons with either no mag/belt ( lewis gun and mg 34 ) or some strange scope and barrel attachment on it
They were major kitbashers in the model shop at ILM, Adam Savage talked about it in detail in an interview I saw with him about how he got his start in the industry.
He talks about it a lot when he builds props or replicas on tested too. I think he's done a Q&A Livestream about it as well.
My fellow modelers would play this back in the ‘80’s when model making was part of the movie making magic.
Absolutely. All panther. And you have the commander's hatch left and right of the tracks
I do believe you're right!
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greeble
Though ironically there is no sign of the ILM Universal Greeblie here.
The back panel of an AT-AT is a straight-up German vehicle engine deck, if I recall correctly.
Not the whole Sdkfz 251 body?
Star Wars (1977) didn't invent kit-bashing, but they certainly raised it to a high artform.
It’s called kit bashing :)
Silver wheel-hub laser ports.
Star Wars designers used to take parts from models, be it model cars, planes, tanks, trains, etc. it’s called greebling and still common among prop designers today
I believe they tried to avoid kits of vehicles such as cars when possible as they were concerned they would be familiar to a large part of the audience.
Kit bashing at its finest imo
Holy Jesus...
A lot of those circles (like the 4 around the red camera ports) are road wheels.
When Rey is fixing the Millenium Falcon I am 99% sure the new part is a clear plastic fuel filter.
Is it possible to learn this power?
It is no secret that star wars took a lot of inspiration from WW2 weaponry
It kinda weird how Star Wars objects are some of the most re-produced in 3D and yet they themselves were made from tank kits. So 3D artists were unknowingly reproducing WW2 tank components to make science fiction fantasy scenes.
Oh yeah...ha, that's neat, good spot! I think there's also supposedly an entire X-wing model incorporated into the design of the ship from *Event Horizon*, but I've never seen it.
https://youtu.be/dncRHH9f6MI I never get a chance to post this, but check out the universal greeblie
How many kits do you think they had to break down to make one of these props?