“Don’t be too proud of this technological terror you’ve constructed…”
Yeah, yeah, compared to the power of the Force it’s a tinker toy, we know. But, when it comes to replicas, the second Death Star (which is an order of magnitude more complex a model than the original), is the ultimate power in the galaxy.
The DS2 is the Mount Everest of models to create – there is no filming miniature that demands more of it’s creator, requires a stronger set of master-class skills to craft, and to have successfully completed one puts you in an small and elite club, indeed.
And The FX Company built one – from scratch.
Remember how I said we’d make good on last week’s lack of an FX Friday? Well, I hope you’ll agree this covers the tab, with interest:
The FX Company Death Star II is one of the only 1/20,000 scale, screen-accurate replicas around (see the little, tiny arrowhead-shaped spaceship in the gallery? That’s a Super Star Destroyer.) The FX DS2 is 34 inches in diameter, weighs over 100 pounds, contains some 600 soft white LEDs, uses over 2,000 linear feet of architectural styrene, has thousands of windows, and is constructed of acryllis, styrene, pine, brass and polyurethane resin. And, for those aching to blow away Aldaraan (or the cat), the Super Laser is remote-controlled!
In every possible way, this replica is over the top, including the price – $50,000 commission to own the terror of the Rebellion.
Now, the pictures:
Yeah, yeah, compared to the power of the Force it’s a tinker toy, we know. But, when it comes to replicas, the second Death Star (which is an order of magnitude more complex a model than the original), is the ultimate power in the galaxy.
The DS2 is the Mount Everest of models to create – there is no filming miniature that demands more of it’s creator, requires a stronger set of master-class skills to craft, and to have successfully completed one puts you in an small and elite club, indeed.
And The FX Company built one – from scratch.
Remember how I said we’d make good on last week’s lack of an FX Friday? Well, I hope you’ll agree this covers the tab, with interest:
The FX Company Death Star II is one of the only 1/20,000 scale, screen-accurate replicas around (see the little, tiny arrowhead-shaped spaceship in the gallery? That’s a Super Star Destroyer.) The FX DS2 is 34 inches in diameter, weighs over 100 pounds, contains some 600 soft white LEDs, uses over 2,000 linear feet of architectural styrene, has thousands of windows, and is constructed of acryllis, styrene, pine, brass and polyurethane resin. And, for those aching to blow away Aldaraan (or the cat), the Super Laser is remote-controlled!
In every possible way, this replica is over the top, including the price – $50,000 commission to own the terror of the Rebellion.
Now, the pictures:
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