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Fitting the kit parts to detail the metal armature (hero side). On the second pic, the parts are glued with CA. |
The metal armature has been scratched with an X-Acto to allow the kitparts to bond strongly on the alloy. A lot of nice undercut which will show up once the whole model painted. |
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The first pic is the outer left leg while the second is the inner right leg. They were detailled differently, I dont know why. The whitekit parts used on the middle legs are from a very rare and expensive OOP kit. I bought a built model then I stripped the parts and the paint off to use them on my model. |
I havent taken any pic of the feet under construction. ILM used the MPC Darth Vader's TIE Fighter kit to make the feet (lower hatch and a part of the hull cut off the lower half of the cockpit). Other parts are from 1/12 Formula one kits, 1/25 Russian tank etc...
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AT-ST stop motion model - Building the legs
The AT-ST from Empire is different from the Return AT-ST in many ways. The most noticeable thing is the legs proportions. The middle part of the legs is way longer than the one of the Return AT-ST. It makes the Empire AT-ST more graceful and delicate than the ROTJ one, but it also makes it looking weak.
