My Virtual TARDISes

[galacticprobe]

Not bad at all, but the lock looks a bit too low. On the TARDIS versions where the door handle was almost in the middle of the door like that, the lock was usually above the handle (mostly seen on the Brachacki-Altered from "The Time Warrior" until that prop was retired after "Seeds of Doom" - the period when they used that spade-key rather than the Yale lock key).

Other than that she looks pretty cool.

Dino.

[d0ct0r200004]

A few of the classics don't even have locks, I should sort that but I do want to make a detailed lock, so when I have the time I'll start replacing them with new locks.

[d0ct0r200004]

Right, tomorrow I shall be posting a update on here, I've been busy :3 expect all TARDISes from 1963, and I'm happy to be criticised.

[d0ct0r200004]

So, Here I have every single TARDIS Exterior I made.



We'll start with the most recent. 2014.





Since the last update I shown to this, new lock, windows redone along with the way the signs are lit up.

Now, I'll just show the 2010 and 2013 exterior fronts, only real difference is the st john sighs and the window lights.



so, 2005 and war.



Yet again no real difference since last time other then the lock and how it is lit.

and the 1996...



Right, now we get to things I've kept forgetting to put on here, the real classics.

1980s.






1970s





1960s










So, what do you guys think?

[galacticprobe]

They look great! Just a couple of minor tweaks needed...

On the War TARDIS, that "blast mark" should be on the next panel down, and on the left door there is a thin diagonal scorch mark as well:

The other difference (maybe it just slipped your mind because it is a small one) between this one and the 2005 version is the lamp on top. The War TARDIS still has a Fresnel lens like the Classic TARDISes, whereas the 2005 version doesn't, but has that Gardman-style garden lantern instead.

Also, the 1970s had a mix when it comes to the pebbled glass window panes. All of the panes were pebbled from 1963 up until 1976 when they retired the Brachacki (Brachacki-Altered by then) and replaced it with the Newbery. The Newbery was the first TARDIS prop to have the pebbled glass only on the lower outer panes.

Other than that, your renders are amazing! Great work!

Dino.

[d0ct0r200004]

Did not relies the blast marks were on the wrong panel... whoops. As for the lamp I can't get good enough reference of it to see the shape of it but if you can find some, I'll edit it accordingly.

[expendable]

Nice collection, will love to see your War Tardis when it's done.

[galacticprobe]

Did not relies the blast marks were on the wrong panel... whoops.

Hey, it happens to the best of us. Hopefully they won't be too difficult to move down one panel.

As for the lamp I can't get good enough reference of it to see the shape of it but if you can find some, I'll edit it accordingly.

Well, from the best reference image I could find for the War TARDIS' lamp, it has a Fresnel lens, with a circular cap, slightly domed in the center, with three struts (1 left front corner; 1 left rear corner; 1 right side, centered):

and it sat on top of the same type of little box as the 2005/2010 TARDISes had. Overall the lamp looked very much akin to the Newbery lamp of the Classic Series, only blue instead of white:

This is, oddly enough, what looks like the Yardley-Jones (Mk I?) TARDIS wearing the Newbery lamp; it does, however, show those lamp strut locations;

   
close-up of the Newbery Lamp (on the Newbery)...                        ...and another, overhead, again showing the strut locations.

The War TARDIS' lamp struts were thinner than those on the Newbery, but were in pretty much the same locations as mentioned above. (Just a quick note on the Newbery lamp in these reference images: The props guys didn't always pay that much attention to the struts when placing the lamp in position, which sometimes led to one strut being placed straight-on with the front doors, but for the most part the strut locations mentioned above were the norm, and match what we could see on the War TARDIS' lamp.)

I hope this helps.

Dino.

[d0ct0r200004]

I shall be looking into this once I have the time, I've sorted the blast marks and will soon be working on adding more.

[d0ct0r200004]

Tomorrow is going to be a busy day when I get on the computer busy and fun. Edits to the war, and sonics.

Oh, got another exterior to add to the collection too, that'll be posted tomorrow.

[d0ct0r200004]

So, I've done something which I found on here, plans for a 2010 exterior that looks more like a mkii met box.



Whatcha think?

[galacticprobe]

Well, you're on the right track. She looks a little "squat", and the door panels look rather square. If that's the look you were trying for (based on the 2010 prop plans) then you've nailed it! If you're trying to make her look like real Police Box, then I think she needs to be a little taller, or a little narrower. (Your post was sort of vague in which way you were trying to go, but the look overall is great.)

Dino.

[d0ct0r200004]

was trying for the 2010 plans that went more mkii met box. that lamp though.

[galacticprobe]

was trying for the 2010 plans that went more mkii met box.

In that case, you've succeeded. Well done!

that lamp though.

Well... it does have the Met Box lamp look to it. The only thing it needs to have tweaked is the lamp cap. Rather than the square top (with the dome on it), just make it a circular top with a dome on it. Then it will have a Met Box look.

If you want the 2010 TARDIS lamp look - the Series 5-7a anchor lamp style - perhaps one of our other virtual builders will have a lamp file they'd be willing to share with you, or at least give you something to use as a guide. (The same goes for the Series 7b-on New Haven style lamp.)

In either case - Met Box style or one of the 2010 TARDIS lamp styles - the Old Girl will look great. She looks great now, so tweaking that lamp will only make things better.

Dino.

[d0ct0r200004]

Going from the plans I found on here for the box, which never got built, the cap is like how it currently is

I'll see if I can find the plans.