That's one of the reasons motivating me to work on another version to make it into a more realistic diorama.īandai Star Wars 1/144 scale Millennium Falcon and its Desert Base DisplayĪ key gripe for me is that the Desert Base Display is smaller than the Millennium Falcon In fact, it does the exact opposite and makes the entire vignette look toy-like. To me, the base does nothing to suspend disbelief and increase realism in the Millennium Falcon vignette piece. That's the plan anyway.Īt this angle, Rey can be seen through the cockpit while BB-8 is hidden from viewįrom the get-go I had had my reservations about the small size of the Desert Display Base provided by Bandai. My plan for this future version is expected to involve a different basecoat hue, an installed LED lighting system as well as airbrushed paints instead of water decals for the colored panels. I'm saving the Han Solo and Chewbacca miniature figures for a landed version of the Falcon which I hope to work on eventually. Even then, only Rey is visible as BB-8 is mostly hidden in the cockpit while Finn sits obscured behind the Lower Hull Turret. Let's have a look then my take on the Falcon with its water decals, paint job, panel lining, and weathering effects.īandai 1/144 scale Millennium Falcon from Star Wars: The Force Awakens Īlthough I had painted the entire cast of 1/144 scale figures, in the end I only used Rey, BB-8 and Finn for the final photo shoot. A replica of the iconic spaceship as seen in Star Wars: The Force Awakens, the Bandai plastic model kit is chock-full of movie accurate details fantastically rendered even at this scale. Having begun more than four years ago, the project initially gathered momentum then faltered inevitably got shelved and like a shy phoenix it was tentatively resurrected before the current stay-at-home exile saw the 1/144 scale Millennium Falcon finally completed.
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