Ralph McQuarrie CONCEPT SLAVE ONE
Tuesday, September 16, 2025 at 12:38PM Welcome to the Ralph McQuarrie concept SLAVE ONE webpage. Ralph has always been a hero to me! His designs revolutionized the space industry (illustrations for NASA) and, of course, the blockbuster movie industry. This page features one of his unused CONCEPT DESIGNS - the Slave One.
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Slave One underwent several iterations in the design phase. This particular pre-production concept painting is the only illustration, as far as I know, of this particular design. I think it's wonderful and demonstrates part of a long design history for this spacecraft. Being the only view we have, I had to use a lot of creative liberty while designing the rest of the ship.
While 3D sculpting this I carefully analyzed his painting, and channeled the ILM model maker aesthetic while inventing the unseen portions. I used a digital 'kit bashing' technique, a virtual representation of the same process the ILM model makers would utilize if they were building a filming model based on this painting. You can see from looking at the under-belly greebie detailing that I took inspiration from the filming model.
If you enjoy the pre-production concept designs brought to life as physical models through the 3D printing process, you'll enjoy the JOE JOHNSTON LIFEPODS and the RALPH MCQUARRIE CONCEPT SNOW SPEEDER, and also the COLIN CANTWELL STAR DESTROYER.
THIS PROJECT IS A WORK IN PROGRESS THAT WILL BE RELEASING OCTOBER 1ST 2025. YOU CAN PRE-ORDER WITH THE BUTTON BELOW:
CONCEPT SLAVE ONE DIGITAL MODEL KIT FOR 3D PRINTING (no physical media) FILES ARE IN STL FORMAT.
The McQuarrie tribue concept Slave One files contain:
- REFERENCE PHOTO FOLDER
- HULL TOP
- HULL SKIRT
- COCKPIT MODULE
- REAR HULL INSET DETAIL PLATE
- LEFT WING
- RIGHT WING
- CANOPY (resin cast in clear material)
- SCALE FIGURE
- UNDER-HULL DETAIL INSET (contains 3 engines and details)
- OPTIONAL ROUND ENGINE INSET PIECES
- OPTIONAL LONG ENGINE INSET PIECE
- RADAR DISH
- 6 SKIRT GREEBLIES
This page is under construction....
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