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Welcome to the group build in which you can make a star in someone else’s show!
The idea behind this GB is to make a model that is recognizably from a movie or TV show: choose a movie or show that you like a vehicle, aircraft, ship, robot, or even an actor from, and make a model of that. Which kind of movie or TV show is simple: anything scripted, basically. So no documentaries, real-life TV (though the distinction with that may be a bit blurry …), news footage, computer games (no, not cinematics in them either), and similar, but anything that has a script and actors (including voice actors) is fine, including animated movies and shows in all their variants. Yes, if you want to build a mecha from Robotech or even Postman Pat’s van, you can.
The rest is pretty much entirely up to you: whether you build a single figure or an entire diorama, everything goes as long as it’s clear to the viewer that it represents the thing from that one movie.
However, keep in mind that the prime directive here is that your subject must be recognizable as the one from the movie. Building a Bf 109 and saying it’s from The Battle of Britain isn’t really in the spirit of this GB — but build an HA-1112 and paint it in German colours like in that movie, and it is a good subject. As such, something that appears in the background of a scene really also isn’t the idea here: the model must be of something that clearly goes with the movie.
All in all, the possible subject matter is extremely broad. Simplest, of course, is something from science-fiction: there are tons of kits of Star Wars, Star Trek and other SF available that you could build straight from the box. Other popular shows and movies also have plenty of models, like cars from shows in which they’re a kind of supporting cast member, but you could also go for one of the Hollywood mockups of military vehicles — 1960s and ’70s movies, for example, often featured American AFVs modified to look “German” with more than just a paint job, which can make a nice conversion.
In the opening post of your thread, in which you show the model etc., please also include a picture or video of the thing you’ll be building, as well as information on what the source is. This serves mainly so it will be clear to all readers what the subject actually is, even if they’re not familiar with it.
The group build will run from 1 March though 31 May 2023, so put it on your calendars before you forget!
Enjoy!
The idea behind this GB is to make a model that is recognizably from a movie or TV show: choose a movie or show that you like a vehicle, aircraft, ship, robot, or even an actor from, and make a model of that. Which kind of movie or TV show is simple: anything scripted, basically. So no documentaries, real-life TV (though the distinction with that may be a bit blurry …), news footage, computer games (no, not cinematics in them either), and similar, but anything that has a script and actors (including voice actors) is fine, including animated movies and shows in all their variants. Yes, if you want to build a mecha from Robotech or even Postman Pat’s van, you can.
The rest is pretty much entirely up to you: whether you build a single figure or an entire diorama, everything goes as long as it’s clear to the viewer that it represents the thing from that one movie.
However, keep in mind that the prime directive here is that your subject must be recognizable as the one from the movie. Building a Bf 109 and saying it’s from The Battle of Britain isn’t really in the spirit of this GB — but build an HA-1112 and paint it in German colours like in that movie, and it is a good subject. As such, something that appears in the background of a scene really also isn’t the idea here: the model must be of something that clearly goes with the movie.
All in all, the possible subject matter is extremely broad. Simplest, of course, is something from science-fiction: there are tons of kits of Star Wars, Star Trek and other SF available that you could build straight from the box. Other popular shows and movies also have plenty of models, like cars from shows in which they’re a kind of supporting cast member, but you could also go for one of the Hollywood mockups of military vehicles — 1960s and ’70s movies, for example, often featured American AFVs modified to look “German” with more than just a paint job, which can make a nice conversion.
In the opening post of your thread, in which you show the model etc., please also include a picture or video of the thing you’ll be building, as well as information on what the source is. This serves mainly so it will be clear to all readers what the subject actually is, even if they’re not familiar with it.
The group build will run from 1 March though 31 May 2023, so put it on your calendars before you forget!
Enjoy!
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