The Imperial Shipyards
Imperial Creative Engineering => Dioramas => Topic started by: DarkKnight4516 on February 23, 2014, 10:58:56 AM
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Hey guys,
Were starting a start up diorama company on indiegogo! Were going to specialize in larger scale dioramas and environments for 3.75" figures.
Space trees is our first endeavor for the business but we have been making customs for years.
There endlessly customizable and expandable, as well as perfectly to scale.
Hope you guys will take a look and help us get up and running.
http://igg.me/at/twelfthparsec/x/6311184 (http://igg.me/at/twelfthparsec/x/6311184)
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Wow, I can hear the ROTJ guys cheering from here! Awesome idea and we will definitely promote this. On the front page!
I would love to do an interview with you on this for our podcast called Custom Action Figure News if you folks get a chance.
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I'm starting to see a wonderful trend starting here.
Those look great!
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I'm starting to see a wonderful trend starting here.
Those look great!
Ain't that the truth. It would be cool to see some playset type businesses get set up.
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This is great. I think we would all be dead by the time Hasbro made this.
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Wow, I can hear the ROTJ guys cheering from here! Awesome idea and we will definitely promote this. On the front page!
I would love to do an interview with you on this for our podcast called Custom Action Figure News if you folks get a chance.
Sounds great ! We'd love to be on. Just let me know then when, where, and how.
Looking forward to it!
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Defo be up for this! Its about time I restarted my Ewok village custom!
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This is great. I think we would all be dead by the time Hasbro made this.
Aint that the truth
Some people have been wondering what future expansions hold for space trees , so we posted a small sneak peak future section.
Expansions - Multiple size trunk post sections to scatter the levels of your platforms, will also include bridge spacers so your sections will still connect.
Leafy tops - Canopy sections to cover your tree tops with foliage.
Staircases - Wrap your trees with a heightening staircase.
AND MUCH MORE!
I also attached a new picture to show a better idea of scale for the platform area. The ewok shown was wicket originally so he was a little small to get a good idea. Heres a picture with a regular size ewok.
(http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f115/CTtamer/CTtamer105/treehuttscaleshot_zps7fd3201c.jpg)
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Time for another front page update.
And hey folks we are going to be interviewing Dark Knight 4516 on an episode of CAFN in about two weeks!
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Wow. This is mega impressive! I would love to see this available to purchase. Do you have any videos or tutorials of your work?
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Wow. This is mega impressive! I would love to see this available to purchase. Do you have any videos or tutorials of your work?
Barry, you can see a bit of video here on his campaign:
http://igg.me/at/twelfthparsec/x/6311184
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Wow. This is mega impressive! I would love to see this available to purchase. Do you have any videos or tutorials of your work?
They are available to purchase
Heres the link if you would like to purchase one.
http://igg.me/at/twelfthparsec/x/6311184
Its a start-up type business so as long as we get off the ground with this campaign much more is to come!
As for tutorials or videos. There is a video showcasing the product features on the page listed above where you can purchase.
Maybe I can start a new thread with some of my original customs but i would have to get quite a few pictures taken first. Ill get working on it.
Were almost 50% of the way there guys! lets keep going! The sooner we reach our goal the sooner we can get you your trees!
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Glad to hear you are halfway there!
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I got my order in even though I am mainly just an TESB Guy. I just think we have to support things like this as we whine all the time we don't get playsets now is the time to put your money where your mouth is folks!
And on that note take a lookee here:
http://www.imperialshipyards.net/SMF/index.php?topic=9025.msg170315#msg170315
for this:
(http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f115/CTtamer/CTtamer001/podcasttwelfthparsec_zps73cc161e.png)
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Does George know about this ? :-\
Two Words come to mind...L** S***. Be Very careful.
BTW Your work is Very Cool !! ;)
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Hey guys and gals!
Were almost at 75% to goal !!!
Lets keep those donations coming!
The sooner we reach goal the sooner we can start printing.
So remind your friends if you can , get the word out ! :)
And a BIG thank you to everyone who has already donated!
http://igg.me/at/twelfthparsec/x/6311184 (http://igg.me/at/twelfthparsec/x/6311184)
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That is great news. Not much further to go now!
Wouldn't it be cool if by podcast time next week you are at your goal of 100%.
Look for ISY to share this again in various forms over the next few days.
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These look execellent.
Ron
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I'm not into podcasts but I listened to this one and I am totally impressed! My order is in already, so I am even more impressed.
One suggestion I would like to see available is some sort of market stall for use with my SW and Indy figures.
Good luck guys.
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I agree, a market-stall would be wicked-cool. In fact, I was just drawing up a 3-level market-place for my "Mos Alerna" setting and was trying to figure out what sort of kiosk designs I could manage...
I downloaded the podcast earlier and plan to sit down and listen to it tonight, given that I want to accomplish something similar.
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Glad you guys are liking the podcast. That reminds me, I need to go get my lifetime 10% off perk.
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Hey everyone,
Thanks to everyone for helping us reach our goal.
Only 7 days left to order your set so get to it if you havent yet and have been wanting to.
But if you need another reason to, lets sweeten the pot.
- $7,000 Bonus Goal
If we can reach $7,000 everyone will get a not yet released Torch Railing included with their set! So lets keep spreading the word ! And try to reach that mark to get the bonus!
Achieving a higher amount during the indiegogo will allow us to afford more resources to bring you space trees and other new environments at an even much faster pace.
So spread the word lets get those orders in ONLY 7 DAYS LEFT!
http://igg.me/at/twelfthparsec/x/6311184
Thanks everyone!
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Awesome time to get this word on the front page!
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We met the $7,000 goal so how about another?
- $ 8,000 Bonus Goal
If we can reach $8,000 everyone will get a not yet released Drum and Horn included with their set! So lets keep spreading the word and get those orders in ! And try to reach that mark to get the next bonus!
thanks again everyone!
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That is awesome! Definitely have to try and get this word out!
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!!!!! WE'VE EXTENDED OUR DEADLINE !!!!!
Due to recent popular demand indiegogo has asked us if we wanted to extend our campaign an additional 16 days to take advantage of this recent momentum and allow more people to get their orders in!
Because of the recent inflow of orders we have decided to extend the deadline.
The final date to place an order is now April 23rd.
-Orders placed AFTER the original end date April 8th will have new delivery dates of September because of the recent demand.
- All orders that were placed BEFORE April 8th will still have the original delivery dates listed when you purchased your perk.
Thank you so much to everyone who has contributed so far, to those who are going to, and to everyone helping spread the word!
Keep spreading the word and get your purchases in before time runs out!
ALSO,
We're working on a $11,000 stretch goal what do you guys want it to be?????????
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Congrats, guys!! Being between contracts means I can't participate in this funding campaign, but I'm looking forward to being able to order from you later on down the road.
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Congrats! Very cool that this did so well for you - I'm so excited to get these in hand and start playing around with them. 11,000 stretch goal, eh? hmmm.... I'll have to think about this one for a bit.
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I saw late yesterday you had reached your $8,000 goal. That is pretty cool.
I am not sure there is anything extra you are not including to make a complete Ewok Village. I will think on it though.
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Hey guys updates!
Indiegogo extended our goal end date to allow people to get more orders in due to the recent influx of orders.
We have 7 days left so people still have a chance to get orders in !
Final day to get your order into indiegogo by is April 23rd.
All sets will now receive limited edition numbering (out of how many sold) to show you were the first to get one and considered what we like to call Limited "FIRST ORBIT" Edition for anyone who orders during our indiegogo campaign!!!!!
Plus
We have 2 new stretch goals
- $ 11,000
If we can reach $11,000 everyone will get a not yet released Little Guy Bone Chest Armor Piece included with their set! So lets keep spreading the word and get those orders in! And try to reach that bonus!
-$ 18,000
If we can reach $18,000 everyone will get a not yet released Forest Bait on a Stick included with their set! Used to trick humans and walking carpets into getting captured. So lets keep spreading the word and get those orders in. Lets try to reach the best goal of all!
Hopefully we can reach these goals before our campaign ends so we can get everyone who orders all these cool extra items. Also we have recently started printing and products are coming off our printers at a good rate.
http://igg.me/at/twelfthparsec/x/6311184
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Time to get the word spread on this new update!
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https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/custom-star-wars-inspired-space-trees#activity
New update on the front page. Looks like early bird sets are gonna start shipping this week. ;D
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I'm being lazy and copy/pasting a post from Rebelscum. I figured there might be some folks here that don't go to their forums. I hope that's ok...
OK... Received mine today - the box was a bit dinged up from its many travels (It had been lost and found by the USPS...) and there was some minor damage to some of the support struts and I was missing the topper that was supposed to be in the box (I am going to contact 12th Parsec about that but so far their customer service has been stellar, so I'm not worried), but it doesn't really matter. Overall, I am over the moon for these things. Wow. So impressed - particularly so after being so underwhelmed by a recent similar offering. The quality here really shows. At this point, I just wish I could go back in time and somehow have more money to throw at their kickstarter so I could have more of these trees already - you'll see my ewoks are pretty packed in there at this point, so I need more trees. Here are a bunch of photos (please forgive the poor image quality and the general messiness of my room in the background) and then a little more commentary...
First up, some shots of my set-up sans figures...
(http://i1185.photobucket.com/albums/z349/sithewok/IMG_7244_zpsd81404fd.jpg) (http://s1185.photobucket.com/user/sithewok/media/IMG_7244_zpsd81404fd.jpg.html)
(http://i1185.photobucket.com/albums/z349/sithewok/IMG_7245_zps02b5325b.jpg) (http://s1185.photobucket.com/user/sithewok/media/IMG_7245_zps02b5325b.jpg.html)
(http://i1185.photobucket.com/albums/z349/sithewok/IMG_7246_zpsc961e5ce.jpg) (http://s1185.photobucket.com/user/sithewok/media/IMG_7246_zpsc961e5ce.jpg.html)
(http://i1185.photobucket.com/albums/z349/sithewok/IMG_7247_zps754b7670.jpg) (http://s1185.photobucket.com/user/sithewok/media/IMG_7247_zps754b7670.jpg.html)
And now (over)populated with Endor figure goodness...
(http://i1185.photobucket.com/albums/z349/sithewok/IMG_7248_zps4fb83980.jpg) (http://s1185.photobucket.com/user/sithewok/media/IMG_7248_zps4fb83980.jpg.html)
(http://i1185.photobucket.com/albums/z349/sithewok/IMG_7249_zps8b2fb41a.jpg) (http://s1185.photobucket.com/user/sithewok/media/IMG_7249_zps8b2fb41a.jpg.html)
(http://i1185.photobucket.com/albums/z349/sithewok/IMG_7250_zps936ff3db.jpg) (http://s1185.photobucket.com/user/sithewok/media/IMG_7250_zps936ff3db.jpg.html)
(http://i1185.photobucket.com/albums/z349/sithewok/IMG_7251_zpsc354f04d.jpg) (http://s1185.photobucket.com/user/sithewok/media/IMG_7251_zpsc354f04d.jpg.html)
(http://i1185.photobucket.com/albums/z349/sithewok/IMG_7252_zpsbdfaf8ab.jpg) (http://s1185.photobucket.com/user/sithewok/media/IMG_7252_zpsbdfaf8ab.jpg.html)
(http://i1185.photobucket.com/albums/z349/sithewok/IMG_7253_zps44853158.jpg) (http://s1185.photobucket.com/user/sithewok/media/IMG_7253_zps44853158.jpg.html)
(http://i1185.photobucket.com/albums/z349/sithewok/IMG_7254_zps73a2bd45.jpg) (http://s1185.photobucket.com/user/sithewok/media/IMG_7254_zps73a2bd45.jpg.html)
(http://i1185.photobucket.com/albums/z349/sithewok/IMG_7255_zps85f8e3a6.jpg) (http://s1185.photobucket.com/user/sithewok/media/IMG_7255_zps85f8e3a6.jpg.html)
(http://i1185.photobucket.com/albums/z349/sithewok/IMG_7256_zps6cb08532.jpg) (http://s1185.photobucket.com/user/sithewok/media/IMG_7256_zps6cb08532.jpg.html)
(http://i1185.photobucket.com/albums/z349/sithewok/IMG_7257_zps0729efee.jpg) (http://s1185.photobucket.com/user/sithewok/media/IMG_7257_zps0729efee.jpg.html)
(http://i1185.photobucket.com/albums/z349/sithewok/IMG_7258_zps347df725.jpg) (http://s1185.photobucket.com/user/sithewok/media/IMG_7258_zps347df725.jpg.html)
(http://i1185.photobucket.com/albums/z349/sithewok/IMG_7259_zpsfabc42ea.jpg) (http://s1185.photobucket.com/user/sithewok/media/IMG_7259_zpsfabc42ea.jpg.html)
Now, some notes in random order...
- The small pieces are sturdy (despite some being broken in transit to me due to mishandling of the box) - this is something I was worried about but really does not seem to be an issue.
- The right angles of the base of the trees are not nearly as noticeable in person, in my opinion. That said, a little bit of moss covering at the bottom will probably be in order.
- The 3d print texturing really works for these models, rather than against them - makes the whole thing look more natural.
- I could be wrong, but I think the bridges are now cast resin - they feel very sturdy and don't have the texturing to them.
- They really need a large central platform ala the vintage ewok village. I may spend some time trying to adapt their trees to accept that platform if nothing else.
- I cannot wait until their store is up and running. I want more of these now. I can't say enough how impressed I am with the final project. This is a really really cool modular playset and I hope that they can continue with the Ewoks as well as branching out because I don't think Hasbro could even come close to this product.
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Wow, that looks great.
Glad to see the status update.
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I got in my set and all I can say is hang onto your jaw. It is that good!
Full photo shoot on our Facebook Page too.
DarkKnight4516, you have a sure fire hit on your hands.
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man I regret not putting money into this. Still taking orders for it or only doing those who made donations?
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This is one of the neatest things I have gotten in awhile. I am not a ROTJ Fan at all, but this set is just too cool so I am planning on getting some Ewoks!