Colonials, It is Now Here.
The 10th Chapter Anniversary of Gunstar Trireme,GSR-0201, Is uopn us.
It's been A Good Decade,To say the least.
Of Course, There hasn't been much BSG goings on Recently, But in the Words of the late Richard Hatch:
KEEP THE FAITH
And so We shall, So Say We All.
Our Gunstar was Launched With Honors at Galacticon IV in Seattle,Washington on August 1st,2015; Presiding were Two of the Prettiest Pilots to Grace A Viper and Raptor: Lucianna 'Kat' Carro and Leah 'Racetrack' Cairns.
I was very Honored to have such A Pilot start Our Journey;Perhaps If She were A Raven Pilot....
Well, It is said that A Journey of A Thousand Miles begins with One Step...and I'm Grateful to have that Push.
Of Course, I had to Leave The Raven Air Wing,Whom I led in Countless Missions,Constantly knocking over The Cylons' Cookie Jars, However, Change is always Inevitable.
After which,I put the Cylons on Notice: I wasn't going anywhere,And I have more Firepower to cause The Toasters More Pain...
Since Then, I have Represented the BFC here in the Sandhills of North Carolina; Even Though I haven't been Far out of the Local Area, I still do what I can to Promote BSG Fandom Whenever and Wherever.
And I try to Update Things every now and then....Including...
GUNSTAR TRIREME 2.0
Ever since I first saw the Raven Beast on Display in Texas, I have been Wanting to Have A Gunstar in That Comparative Size; I thought I would have to shell out BooCoo Bucks for A Scratchbuilt One
3D PRINTING TO THE RESCUE!
As I was browsing through Etsy, I found someone who prints Cygnus Gunstars in Different Scales; So, I asked Him what's the Largest size He could Print?
24 INCHES
'Sign Me Up!' I replied..And Just $200 USD!
That's A Bargain!
It was Printed in Four Sections; Wire Reinforcing and Gorilla Glue took care of It
Now, For the Gun Turrets...The Guy on Etsy I bought it from had Turrets in His Store,But They weren't BSG Turrets; They looked like they were from 'Alien'
This is where My Friend Troy Downen,Downen Scale Replicas, helped; I asked Him to Upsize some of His Manual(Manned) Turrets in His Store; They turned out Perfect!
Upsized Registry Decals, and Smaller Barrels for the Point Defense Guns,were also Contributed.
I have just gotten the hang of Making My Own Decals,So the Iconic 'Eyes' Were A Snap! Also the Topside Colonial Seal
the Usual Acrylic Weathering Finished it off; And Now,It is Ready to Make it's Debut at....
FAYETTEVILLE FAN FESTIVAL (Formerly known as Fayetteville Comic Con)
The Folks at Fayetteville Comic Con have now Reorganized the Show into A Fan Festival,With Three Seperate Areas To be handled by Three Different Groups: Base Con ,Celeb Con, and Verse Con.
It certainly sounds better than One Group trying to handle All Three, So, Hopefully Improvements will come about
It will still be in the Same Location, The Cumberland County Agi-Expo Center in Fayetteville,NC on October 18th and 19th
Gunstsar Trireme has it's Space Confirmed.
For Updates, Fayetteville Fan Fest has A Facebook Page,and is on Instagram.
SEE YOU THERE!
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