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52 Re: The Star Patrol Needs YOU! Sat Jan 15, 2022 3:44 am
BAMComix
AlKelAstra91 wrote:Very colorful and gorgeous scenery/characters. The action poses are great, and that synth is really cool. If it weren't for that bright orange jumpsuit, I imagine Seela would be very difficult to...SEE...in that environment.If she ever decided to go commando she would practically be invisible amongst all the shrubbery.
Ah! you have rumbled to secret to her ability to disappear in Jungle environments
. Really pleased you enjoy the pics! GubernatorFan wrote:Nice eclectic team, Dal.
Thanks Ian!davidd wrote:Those are fantastic, action-packed photos of the smuggler crew! They certainly seem to know how to get themselves in to trouble... and then blast their way out! Fun, colorful set of pix!
Cheers Dave, I can see them becoming a thorn in the side of the Star Patrol
skywalkersaga wrote:Great SW aliens, they look right at home in your colourful jungle.
Thank you so much
53 Re: The Star Patrol Needs YOU! Sat Jan 15, 2022 3:52 am
BAMComix
davidd wrote:
That was brilliant Dave!
55 Re: The Star Patrol Needs YOU! Sat Jan 15, 2022 8:34 am
davidd
Camelopardalis! This was FUNNY! I love all the cross references to various series and characters!
And it’s really fun to finally see your kitbashed characters in action!
Out of this world stuff!
And it’s really fun to finally see your kitbashed characters in action!
Out of this world stuff!
56 Re: The Star Patrol Needs YOU! Sat Jan 15, 2022 9:21 am
BAMComix
davidd wrote:Camelopardalis! This was FUNNY! I love all the cross references to various series and characters!
And it’s really fun to finally see your kitbashed characters in action!
Out of this world stuff!
Cheers Dave! really pleased you enjoyed it. It was great fun to do 57 Re: The Star Patrol Needs YOU! Sat Jan 15, 2022 1:49 pm
GubernatorFan
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Nice, Dal. The handshake from Lando reference had me smile. 
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58 Re: The Star Patrol Needs YOU! Sat Jan 15, 2022 4:31 pm
Theboo-bomb
Neat figures, I should dust off my bith smuggler and take a few new shots.
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59 Re: The Star Patrol Needs YOU! Sat Jan 15, 2022 11:21 pm
davidd
Hydran Federation Scout Ship Cockpit - HFS-009 Edward D. Wood Jr - Work In Progress
60 Re: The Star Patrol Needs YOU! Sun Jan 16, 2022 3:55 am
BAMComix
GubernatorFan wrote:Nice, Dal. The handshake from Lando reference had me smile.
Thanks Ian!61 Re: The Star Patrol Needs YOU! Sun Jan 16, 2022 3:55 am
BAMComix
davidd wrote:
Hydran Federation Scout Ship Cockpit - HFS-009 Edward D. Wood Jr - Work In Progress
That looks so cool Dave!
62 Re: The Star Patrol Needs YOU! Sun Jan 16, 2022 10:46 am
Randam Hajile
Very nice photo series. I especially like David's humorous comic strip with Taylor Swift as Cadet Holly.
63 Re: The Star Patrol Needs YOU! Sun Jan 16, 2022 11:32 am
ThePhotogsBlog
Star Patrol B&W by
Gary Menten, on Flickr
The Star Patrol is a mercenary quasi-naval force serving the Hydran Federation, a small group of human colonies on the fringes of explored space. Their ships consist primarily of surplus Terran Interstellar Navy and Scout Service ships, supplanted by converted merchant ships and prizes of war, mainly taken from space pirates. Likewise, their crews consist heavily of former Terran Naval and Scout Service officers attracted by the high pay and profit potential of service in a remote area of space.
In recent years however, the Hydran government has attempted to establish a Star Service academy on Hydra and some of the other other worlds to train Hydran citizens as space cadets and future officers. Since shore duty and assignment to teaching positions is highly unpopular with Star Patrol officers for it’s lack of profit potential, new cadets, who must possess a bachelor’s degree or higher in science, engineering, medicine, or alien anthropology, spend only a year or so being trained on the ground before being assigned to a vessel to complete their training which takes an additional three years. Not surprisingly, there is a very high casualty rate among cadets.
Normally cadets will spend time aboard three different ships over the course of there apprenticeship; a frigate or cruiser in their first year, a merchantman in their second year so that they may gain experience in interplanetary and interstellar commerce, and finally a scout ship in their third year. It’s in this last, most dangerous assignment that the majority of fatalities occur as scout ships generally have the smallest crews and the most dangerous missions.
Th Hydran colonies have no shipyards capable of building interstellar ships and Star Patrol vessels, especially the scout ships have often been compared to Israeli Sherman tanks of Old Earth; there is no such thing as standard one. Most of the ships are surplus obsolete and worn-out Terran ships, of several different models. All have been upgraded and up gunned while in Hydran Service and many have been field modified by their crews. A few have even been armed with captured alien weapon systems that were to be found compatible to their hulls and power plants. Obviously, procurement of spare parts can be quite a problem, as all the ships including ships of the same class have their little differences.
Crews are paid high bounties for every pirate or smuggler ship they capture, and are paid a share in the profits of from the resale of captured ships, assuming the ship is not pressed into service as a Star Patrol vessel. It’s also understood and generally tolerated that crews to some extent, pilfer a portion of the cargoes of captured smugglers and pirates, as long as they are discrete about it and don't over-indulge in the practice.
Scout ships are normally commanded by a Lieutenant or Sublieutenant, and may have anywhere from one to seven additional crew members, though more than four or five is extremely rare, with the average being two to four crew, depending on the ship and the mission. It normally takes only two humans to operate a scout ship; a pilot/ navigator and an engineer, though most also carry a gunner/ defensive systems operator who normally assists the engineer when not in combat. If a fourth crewman is carried it is usually a medic or medical officer. When a fifth member is carried, it will most often be a diplomacy specialist. Unlike the other ships in the fleet, scout ships have no enlisted personnel; only commissioned officers and space cadets serve aboard, with cadets usually performing the tasks that would normally be allocated to enlisted personnel on larger ships.
Owing to the personnel shortages within the Star Patrol, it is not at all uncommon to at least one robotic crew member aboard along with several smaller robots for the performance of very hazardous task. It’s also not unknown for crew members to bring aboard their own personal “pleasure droids” essentially a self-aware robotic version of the 20th century sex doll.
Scout crews also have the highest standard pay rates of any crews in the fleet due to the hazards of their mission and the lack of comforts of their relatively small ships. They have a reputation for hard drinking when ashore, and are usually the most interesting people with the best stories when sitting at any bar in the quadrant.
64 Re: The Star Patrol Needs YOU! Sun Jan 16, 2022 11:39 am
davidd
Love the "retro" B&W look with the battered background baffles.
65 Re: The Star Patrol Needs YOU! Sun Jan 16, 2022 7:34 pm
ThePhotogsBlog
Keiko by
Gary Menten, on Flickr
Name: Keiko Kobayashi
Nicknames: Kobie, Kickass Kobie, Chesty.
Service: Hydran Federation Security Fleet aka “The Star Patrol.”
Rank: Commander
Position: Commanding Officer, Scout Squadron 13 (The Lucky 13th): Commanding Officer, Scout Cruiser “Jim Bridger.”
Place of Birth: Yokohama, Japan, Terra Prime.
Age: 35
Biography: Keiko Kobayashi, known simply as “Kobie” to her friends is a graduate of the Terran Star Service academy and holds a master’s degree in astrophysics with a minor in biochemistry. This background made her a natural for the exploratory branch of the service and she served with distinction in several positions in the Terran fleet before having her career ruined as a result of the “Disappearing Planet Incident.” Seeing her chances for further promotion dashed, she resigned her commission and accepted another as a full commander in the Hydran Federation Fleet where she currently serves as s commander of Squadron 13, a mix of old, surplus Terran scout ships and corvettes, all of which have been heavily modified and up gunned for service in this remote area of space.
Her command ship, oddly enough is a former merchant cruiser, essentially a fast trading vessel that was seized from smugglers and up gunned for military purposes. It’s 60 ton cargo holg usually carries resupplies of food and other consumables for the other ships in her squadron, and at the same time, doubles as a storage place for the booty the squadron members discretely pilfer from captured smugglers and pirates, then re-sell on frontier outposts for high profits while the higher ups conveniently look the other way so long as they get a cut of the profits.
Kobie is close friends with Lieutenant Rochelle “Rocky” Jones, one of the skippers in her squadron, and relies on Rocky for missions that call brute force over brains.
67 Re: The Star Patrol Needs YOU! Thu Jan 20, 2022 10:21 pm
ThePhotogsBlog
red
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Gary Menten, on Flickr
69 Re: The Star Patrol Needs YOU! Fri Jan 21, 2022 4:53 am
Valiarde
Nice shots indeed with fitting lighting. I always have some trouble using colored light but you did it justice.
Also love the background story for her.
Also love the background story for her.
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70 Re: The Star Patrol Needs YOU! Fri Jan 21, 2022 8:57 am
davidd
Looks like a 1950s studio production still! Love it!
71 Re: The Star Patrol Needs YOU! Fri Jan 21, 2022 9:26 am
AlKelAstra91
Here is my entry.
Space Magic!!! Space COWBOYS!! ...and Aliens.
Some people call me the Space Cowboy, yeah
Some call me the gangster of love...
"AGHHH!!! There's a SNAKE IN MY BOOT!!"
Space Magic!!! Space COWBOYS!! ...and Aliens.
Some people call me the Space Cowboy, yeah
Some call me the gangster of love...
"AGHHH!!! There's a SNAKE IN MY BOOT!!"
72 Re: The Star Patrol Needs YOU! Fri Jan 21, 2022 10:19 am
davidd
Fabulous detailing on these figures, and lots of entertaining scenes!
Coincidentally, I was saying something to ThePhotogsBlog just last night about outer space being full of rattlesnakes! Looks like I was right!
Coincidentally, I was saying something to ThePhotogsBlog just last night about outer space being full of rattlesnakes! Looks like I was right!
73 Re: The Star Patrol Needs YOU! Fri Jan 21, 2022 10:27 am
Valiarde
Probably the new movie after Snakes on a Plane: Snakes on a Planet
Very nice effects as usual! I like the backdrop u used here very spacey
Very nice effects as usual! I like the backdrop u used here very spacey
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74 Re: The Star Patrol Needs YOU! Fri Jan 21, 2022 12:07 pm
ThePhotogsBlog
Great images. Thanks for contributing.
75 Re: The Star Patrol Needs YOU! Fri Jan 21, 2022 1:08 pm
GubernatorFan
Founding Father
Alkel: Excellent custom characters, beautifully made and funny too (and also made me think a bit of Space Truckers, which I liked, cheesy as it was). And are these the little green men you were referring to? They look very cool.
Valiarde: Snakes on a Planet. Brilliant! (I actually found Snakes on a Plane fun enough.)
Valiarde: Snakes on a Planet. Brilliant!
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76 Re: The Star Patrol Needs YOU! Sun Jan 23, 2022 8:19 pm
davidd
Meanwhile, aboard the Hydran Federation Scout Ship HFS Edward D. Wood Jr...
77 Re: The Star Patrol Needs YOU! Mon Jan 24, 2022 1:17 am
AlKelAstra91
davidd wrote:Fabulous detailing on these figures, and lots of entertaining scenes!
Coincidentally, I was saying something to ThePhotogsBlog just last night about outer space being full of rattlesnakes! Looks like I was right!
Thank you kindly, I really tried to go the extra mile with that shoot to entertain you all, haha. I know someone had to get the Woody/Toy Story reference.
Valiarde wrote:Probably the new movie after Snakes on a Plane: Snakes on a Planet
Very nice effects as usual! I like the backdrop u used here very spacey
Of course, sir!! Very clever, I almost forgot that movie was a thing several years back. I'd have to get my hands on a Sam Jackson figure so he could make a cameo, most definitely.
ThePhotogsBlog wrote:Great images. Thanks for contributing.
Thank you, and you're welcome! I also appreciate seeing all of your fashionable ladies in their astronaut gear.
GubernatorFan wrote:Alkel: Excellent custom characters, beautifully made and funny too (and also made me think a bit of Space Truckers, which I liked, cheesy as it was). And are these the little green men you were referring to? They look very cool.
Valiarde: Snakes on a Planet. Brilliant!
Thanks Ian, I thought you might appreciate this, and my modding of a SW Bith alien head. Perhaps a bit inspired by your lovely Gridney.
I have not seen the Space Truckers film, though sounds like one of those cheesy B movies I would check out of I saw it on the SyFy channel. I am familiar with Starship Troopers though, if it has that kind of similar humor.
This is indeed one of the little green men I spoke of - now I just need to find some more heads and bodies I can mod, so he can have a crew.
davidd wrote:Meanwhile, aboard the Hydran Federation Scout Ship HFS Edward D. Wood Jr...
That vintage B&W color scheme works really well in this image to set the atmosphere and mood. It's very imaginative and inspiring to see what you can do with some cardboard and proper lighting technique, looks awesome!
78 Re: The Star Patrol Needs YOU! Mon Jan 24, 2022 7:18 am
ThePhotogsBlog
Hydran Federation Scout Ship HFS009 Edward D. Wood jr.
Crew: 3 Commander, Engineer, Gunner, often augmented by 2-4 Space Cadets
Hull: Ex Terran Federation Star Navy type 26 Scout / Courrier, heavily modified by Star Patrol
Engines: Sublight: Mitsubishi Industries Banzai Boost Mk IVB with Supercharging.
Hyperdrive: Halonic Industries Aurora-7 Jumpdrive
Speed: Classified, but the crew claims it's the fastest ship in the Star Patrol and can get out of trouble as quickly as it got into it.
Armament: 2 x Bofors Mk V mounts just aft of cockpit, each with 2 No 18 particle accelerator cannon and one 105mm mass driver cannon.
1 X tail-mounted Vickers-Armstrong MkV rotary laser cannon.
1 x Saturn 29 multiple missile launcher, capable of firing conventionally armed or nuclear tipped Lytton Industries SDM12 homing missiles or Mk III
Photon Torpedoes.
Commanding Officer: Lieutenant Rochelle (Rocky) Jones.
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Crew: 3 Commander, Engineer, Gunner, often augmented by 2-4 Space Cadets
Hull: Ex Terran Federation Star Navy type 26 Scout / Courrier, heavily modified by Star Patrol
Engines: Sublight: Mitsubishi Industries Banzai Boost Mk IVB with Supercharging.
Hyperdrive: Halonic Industries Aurora-7 Jumpdrive
Speed: Classified, but the crew claims it's the fastest ship in the Star Patrol and can get out of trouble as quickly as it got into it.
Armament: 2 x Bofors Mk V mounts just aft of cockpit, each with 2 No 18 particle accelerator cannon and one 105mm mass driver cannon.
1 X tail-mounted Vickers-Armstrong MkV rotary laser cannon.
1 x Saturn 29 multiple missile launcher, capable of firing conventionally armed or nuclear tipped Lytton Industries SDM12 homing missiles or Mk III
Photon Torpedoes.
Commanding Officer: Lieutenant Rochelle (Rocky) Jones.
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Edward G. Wood on Patrol 2 by
Gary Menten, on Flickr
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Gary Menten, on Flickr
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