Moderator Froggy the Great Posted June 14, 2007 Moderator Share Posted June 14, 2007 This is The Tardis, the time machine used in the BBC show Doctor Who. I made it using a Chessex dice cube as a base, then adding styrene and plasticard to suit. Construction took about an hour and a half, and the painting took about 45 minutes. Tara, the non-canonical Companion, is on a US penny, for some idea of scale. The Tardis model is 70mm from floor to top of the light, or just about 3.25" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voladilk Posted June 14, 2007 Share Posted June 14, 2007 Very cool. Now is it bigger on the inside than it looks? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Versutus Vulpes Posted June 14, 2007 Share Posted June 14, 2007 Wicked cool Froggy... I can hear that "wooorsh-vum wooorsh-vum wooorsh-vum" sound of it fading away. S'funny - but when I watched the show as a kid - it was on a B&W TV... I was very surprised later in life to see that the police box is actually blue. (And you nailed the shade of blue as well I might add). Now then... Where is the Tom Baker mini? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator Froggy the Great Posted June 14, 2007 Author Moderator Share Posted June 14, 2007 If you have a Tom Baker mini you want to give me, I would be very interested in painting it. I'm not all that impressed by the Harlequin (and its descendants) model. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kristof65 Posted June 14, 2007 Share Posted June 14, 2007 Very nice froggy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattmcl Posted June 14, 2007 Share Posted June 14, 2007 Nice! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dargrin Posted June 14, 2007 Share Posted June 14, 2007 Ah this brings back many drunking late night movie watching over my friend's house. Welll done. WATCH OUT FOR THE BAD SPECIAL EFFECTS!!!! Is there anything (other then glue) keeping that pitch in the roof? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator Froggy the Great Posted June 14, 2007 Author Moderator Share Posted June 14, 2007 I actually made the angled styrene sections for the roof. The pieces are fairly exactly fitted there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Versutus Vulpes Posted June 14, 2007 Share Posted June 14, 2007 If you have a Tom Baker mini you want to give me, I would be very interested in painting it. I'm not all that impressed by the Harlequin (and its descendants) model. Hmmm... This could be an interesting test of greenstuffing... It would be fun just trying to get the 'fro... The scarf would be easier of course. Hmmm... Looks like I will need to do some mini shopping to find a suitable base. Gimme a few weeks and I'll see what I can do Froggy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alisandra Posted June 14, 2007 Share Posted June 14, 2007 Okay Now I want to See VV make a Tom Baker Dr. Who...... This is too Perfect Froggy, The blue is Spot on! I wish I could say more but I think I am wondering off into a Semi Fan Girl Squee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prophet Posted June 16, 2007 Share Posted June 16, 2007 Ingenious. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eastman Posted June 16, 2007 Share Posted June 16, 2007 I like the TARDIS. I think I'm going to have to make one if I ever paint the old minis made for the FASA Dr. Who RPG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beowulfthehunter Posted June 17, 2007 Share Posted June 17, 2007 Never been a fan of Dr. Who, but your ability to make wierd and cool things out of absolute crap is darn near amazing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.Wizard Posted June 18, 2007 Share Posted June 18, 2007 That is way cool. A possible next step would be to use dry-transfers for the lettering and a mini-LED at the top. Really cool use of a Chessex container. I was just thinking: because the container is transparent, you could light the windows easily as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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