The base cake turned out pretty cool (picture does not do it justice). I dry painted it with purple, 2 shades of green and luster dust. REally cool out of this world look. I had such a fit with the spaceship. I made it out of rice crispy treats, it was 3 pieces but the middle section broke so I could only use the top. Then that was the weekend of bad mmf...so hot it was melting. Overall - my nephew was happy with it.