2010.038 (February 7, 2010)

Shots from the Shipyard

Here are some more shots of Challenger's amazing Midway model. Each of these different angles reveal how accurately detailed the ship is. Construction is being done with polystyrene and plastic. As soon as some thinner material comes in, even more intricate elements will be added. Some of the design blueprints are also visible in the background.

The ship is made off polystyrene and a plastic called Forex. I used 0.5 mm sheets for the main hull and 1 and 2 mm sheets for the frame. I started with the frame about two months ago. At the moment I am waiting for some thinner (0.1 - 0.3 mm) sheets for the plating and greebles.
Later I will color the ship (hope those damn sheets arrive soon! ^^). One of these pictures shows the Midway-model compared to the Galactica-model from federationmodels.
Best regards, Challenger

EA Scores Top XBLA Game of 2009

Forecasting and Analysing Digital Entertainment LLC is reporting that XBox Live Arcade brought in over US $100 million last year, and the top game was EA's Battlefield 1943, followed not too far behind by Castle Crashers. EA's Family Game Night came in fifth. Apparently Wing Commander Arena did not make the top ten, but I'm sure it was close. Microsoft doesn't release XBLA sales numbers, so there's a bit of a question as to how FADE comes up with its stats. EA did announce that B1943 sold some 600,000 copies across both Live Arcade and the Playstation Network in its first two weeks.