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I
started off with a couple of basic shapes - the main body, and the head - sizing them
and attaching them to create a body-and-shoulders with a kinda jawless
fish-face hanging out in front.
The excuse for having this over-hanging head was so that a mostly-exposed
engine could be attached behind the head.
However, way before attaching the engines,
I used plasticard to build a box to which I attached two cone-sections
- the tops to artificial sweetener bottles.
These, and the fins sticking out of them, were to be reminiscient of Boba Fett's
ship, Slave I, which I have always considered to be one of the most original
ship designs ever.
The engine was made from a contact container attached to a roll-on deodorant applicator.
A few detail parts and square-crossection Evergreen plastic sections
was the detailing for it.
Because there was still some "head" hanging down beneath the engine,
I added another contact container to be like a fuel tank.
After these major components were assembled (though the engine I uncharacteristically
left unattached until almost all the painting was done) I added more plasticard facades
ostensibly to protect certain components,
but actually to add more character to the ship.
The guns were Evergreen-plastic cylinders, angled to fit, and to which I glued
doll eyes. These doll eyes I use a lot.
They come in a variety of sizes, packaged 4 to 50 per package.
I usually snip-off the stem, using the rest for partially-exposed globes.
In this case, I just mounted them backwards, using the ribbed stem for part of
the guns.
