Jabba's Ultimate Sail Barge (Master Grade)
Dimensions
For a 6 foot barge: 64" long x 20" wide x 30" high. Each middle section would increase the length by 2 feet.
Details
Exterior is fully detailed. 4 lifts on the underside of the barge for "hover" appearance, retractable and poseable sails and poseable rudders. Positionable cannon. Wood grain posts and metal anchor posts, tables with gun racks.
Hull lights up. Front lights, back thruster lights.
Interior is fully painted to look like floor and wall panels. Includes a jail in front, elevator, cockpit, back floor throne, back R2-D2 door, and a jump ramp. Stairs lead to the second and third levels, as well as to the main deck on top. There's a skiff hangar with top-hinged opening/closing door.
Diorama Included
The sarlacc pit and soft roll-up plastic terrain have yet to be made, see artist's sketch for explanation. The sarlacc pit will be made of hard plastic and will be positioned anywhere over the plastic mat.
Materials
Made of new styrene sheet plastic, hand-crafted and one-of-a-kind. Painted with quality paint with metallic flake. Requires a plywood base for stability.
McRobo Creations is Designing our Own 5 Level, 3 Section Barge
Photo taken from the Wikia Website, http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/File:SailBargeCutaway-SWFB.jpg. The following article is from the Wookiepedia site: http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Khetanna
The Khetanna was a modified luxury sail barge which had three decks with the upper one being covered by two large orange sails. The sails were primarily for a decorative purpose, but they also protected passengers from the glaring light of Tatooine's twin suns and could propel the vessel at a moderate 30km/h. The usual method of propulsion was a triple-chambered repulsorlift engine. The upper deck also had a small private lounge which was used by Jabba's favorite henchmen and guests.
As the vehicle was designed to transport sentient passengers for extended trips, the Khetanna's middle deck served as the passenger deck. This deck was highly ornate, decorated with sculptures, tapestries, and other symbols of wealth in order to impress Jabba's guests. A large portion of this deck was occupied by a large banquet room which could double as a throne room for Jabba and his entourage. Jabba used this deck when he ordered Luke Skywalker thrown into the Great Pit of Carkoon, and it was here that he died by strangulation at the hands of his newest slave girl, Leia. The mid-deck also held guest rooms, a lobby, Jabba's private quarters, a fully-stocked and expanded kitchen, and the cockpit of the vehicle.
The barge's lower deck was composed of navigation sensor array, engines, redundant steering systems, a series of prison cells, a droid storage chamber, armory, a repair shop, and several live food tanks containing living animals which the crime lord would feast on at his pleasure.
When the crime lord acquired the vessel, he also installed a custom-mounted blaster cannon on the upper deck which could disable most vehicles and had the handrails drilled to hold portable antipersonnel heavy blasters. An advanced sensor suite also allowed the crime lord to escape detection from his foes. Also on the barge were several decorations such as masks and several decorative bas-reliefs.
The barge is 5 levels, or floors.
Our idea is to have the barge comprised of 3 sections, a front, middle, and back.
There's the option of adding one or two "middle" sections to this barge.
Each piece is 2' long, so the barge is 6 feet long in total, with the option of making it 8' or 10' if more sections are added.
