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 Post subject: Re: Cobra Base.... finally
PostPosted: Mon Apr 07, 2008 8:39 am 
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Excellent work. Very awesome.

I'm definitely looking forward to this!

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 Post subject: Re: Cobra Base.... finally
PostPosted: Mon Apr 07, 2008 11:00 am 
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That looks badass J man, I can't wait to send you my money.

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 Post subject: Re: Cobra Base.... finally
PostPosted: Mon Apr 07, 2008 11:05 am 
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That is friggin hot. I would love to see more things. I also would like to know what type of plastic you are using so i get an idea of what i want to use. I subscribe to Worldworks games parts for miniature gaming and wanted to put stuff on plastic to keep it sturdy.



Honestly, I don't know what you call this plastic I use, hehe. There's a supply company here in town that I get my sign supply from for work. I had a sample and just took it to them asking for sheets of it. They never told me the name and I may actually use something else for the full production of these anyway.

I'd recommend styrene for what you are wanting to do though. It's cheap enough to buy, fairly easy to find, and would hold up very well. If there's a plastic supply company in your area, you can get huge sheets of it.

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 Post subject: Re: Cobra Base.... finally
PostPosted: Mon Apr 07, 2008 11:42 am 
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That is incredible! 8-O The PIT and Silent Castle sound like great ideas too. I second the motion for a possible Zartan base.

Awesome work guys, you have definitely done a great service for the fan community. Thank you. :-D

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 Post subject: Re: Cobra Base.... finally
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Wow! Very impressive! Great work!

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 Post subject: Re: Cobra Base.... finally
PostPosted: Mon Apr 07, 2008 3:23 pm 
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Great work, J and CJack! I'm glad to hear that this project is getting very close to becoming reality. I look forward to seeing samples of the proposed bases, and I'm still very interested in purchasing these when they become available.


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PostPosted: Mon Apr 07, 2008 4:29 pm 
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Wow! That is really impressive. I hope everything pans out and you can start making these. I'd love to get one. Where I would put it is an entirely other problem. :/

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 Post subject: Re: Cobra Base.... finally
PostPosted: Mon Apr 07, 2008 7:05 pm 

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Looks awesome...dare I say, better than the cardboard version,

Great job on getting the project to see the light of day...you both deserve recognition just for that!

I would also be interested in one of these when they become available.


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 Post subject: Re: Cobra Base.... finally
PostPosted: Mon Apr 07, 2008 8:44 pm 
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Nice work! Looks really nice!


I like the overall look of this playset, except that I would want the actual rocket missile to be 3D...a real toy.
It still looks nice as a background, but if the rocket was real it would look good and also be functional.

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PostPosted: Mon Apr 07, 2008 10:27 pm 
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Stone wrote:
Nice work! Looks really nice!


I like the overall look of this playset, except that I would want the actual rocket missile to be 3D...a real toy.
It still looks nice as a background, but if the rocket was real it would look good and also be functional.



Hehe, one thing at a time. Who knows what might be down the road! :-)

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 Post subject: Re: Cobra Base.... finally
PostPosted: Mon Apr 07, 2008 11:14 pm 
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That looks really nice. I can't wait to see what you can do with your own designs :D

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 Post subject: Re: Cobra Base.... finally
PostPosted: Tue Apr 08, 2008 1:00 am 
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More photos, now with the console put together. Ok, I didn't quite get the console to look it's best. I was attempting something and it didn't quite work out. But like I was saying, this one is the first and I'm just trying out some things to see what will look best for the full "production version". I'll be actually customizing this one as my own personal version. The seats obviously isn't exactly like the original and the gaps I'll be filling in with putty. I'll probably be painting up some things and adding various other ideas to it too, but for now it's helping me figure out what I gotta do. I pretty much know now too. It's just no point in taking this one back apart since it'll be obvious on the next one.

So on with the pictures:


This image you can see a few mess ups that happened from trying some stuff out. The main reason why this one if the first one. Pretty much it's the one I'll kick around if I have an idea. Actually I've even dropped it, hehe, but it's held up fine from even that. But what you are seeing in the inside of the elevator, showing how I did even keep detail down inside.
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Here's the over all shot of the base.
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This gives you a shot of the console. Note the experimental seats. I'm going to try some other ideas with them too. I want the seats to be niser than the original and look like something you's want to sit in.
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Just another angle of the console.
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Here you can see how I've even recreated the screws. Or rather matched them as close as possible. This is the one that holds the rocket. I actually put the rocket on the outter part of the "launch section" rather than the inner part like the original. I just like the looks of it there better.
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Another shot of the seats. The figure's don't sit perfectly in the seats so I'll be do some alterations. This is just something I was trying out.
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 Post subject: Re: Cobra Base.... finally
PostPosted: Tue Apr 08, 2008 2:36 am 
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Very nice. I am also glad to see this project making it to the production stage. I was worried there for a while, but again, very nice job, and thank you for your hard work and time. Count me in to the many, many that will be purchasing one.


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 Post subject: Re: Cobra Base.... finally
PostPosted: Tue Apr 08, 2008 5:51 pm 

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how long did that take to assemble (it is the plastic one, right?)? any chance of an instruction sheet for it?

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 Post subject: Re: Cobra Base.... finally
PostPosted: Wed Apr 09, 2008 4:00 pm 
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how long did that take to assemble (it is the plastic one, right?)? any chance of an instruction sheet for it?



Well that's the thing. Due to the changes in making it out of plastic, I'm not sure I can just send it unassembled. The way I'm looking at it right now, I'll have to fully build it and ship it to everyone that wants it. I really wouldn't want to send it and someone have a problem building it. It's the print work that's jacking the price up right now, and even if I was to send it unassembled it wouldn't lower the price. So that's also another reason I'd rather send it fully built. I'd know that it's built as it should be and I could trouble shoot the line up issues myself if there were any, plus I'd just feel better that people are getting more for their money by not having to build it. CJack and I are not tacking in building charges. It's just all material cost. Of course we're still hammering away at that cost trying to get it as low as possible before we actually name the cost.

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