"Some 15mm Mecha Sculpting/Construction Musings [JBR]" Topic
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| John Bear Ross | 12 Jul 2014 1:33 p.m. PST |
Crosspost from Sculpting jammed up on me. Sorry, Editor. ;) If you're thinking of getting into making 15mm/1-100th scale mecha that are in the same ballpark as other offerings in the market, with a lot of conversion parts compatibility, here are some build guidelines… link
Best,
JBR |
| Antonius Block | 12 Jul 2014 3:54 p.m. PST |
Nice! What software do you use? What would you recommend? I'm trying to learn Maya, but maybe that's not the best choice? |
| John Bear Ross | 12 Jul 2014 4:00 p.m. PST |
I use Rhino3d, but there are many roads (programs) to the destination (printable file). What you want is a program that can put out a watertight STL mesh. I explain more here. link That link is part 2 of a 4 part series I did as a 3D primer for folks wanting to get into rapid prototyping.
Here are the others… link Best,
JBR |
| Antonius Block | 12 Jul 2014 4:14 p.m. PST |
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| ming31 | 13 Jul 2014 7:34 a.m. PST |
Picture of the Cav dictator have one still unpainted ( AND ONE PAINTED). Hoping to get an upgrade kit . |
| infojunky | 15 Jul 2014 8:47 p.m. PST |
I like the standardised ball socket joint, gonna have to use that. |
| John Bear Ross | 16 Jul 2014 5:02 a.m. PST |
Just make sure that if you want some flex in the elbow joint, the ball isn't embedded into the male object too much. If you just want your weapon or accessory to rotate, embed the sphere so it looks like a dome. If you want more freedom of movement (pan, pitch, and roll), have it sticking up on a very small riser, like a trailer hitch.
Embed only the bottom 1/3rd of the sphere into the object, leaving 2/3rd of the sphere sticking out. For examples of each, see the Heavy HAMR suit pic above. The bottom two cannons are similar, but the longer cannon has a simple dome, the shorter cannon has a "trailer hitch" style sphere on a riser. Best,
JBR |
| Ravenstar | 16 Jul 2014 7:36 a.m. PST |
hey … i have those Heavy HAMR suits but not the 4 bottom guns, now i want them ,,,, better talk to Mike…..:) yeapper a big fan of JBR |
| grommet37 | 16 Jul 2014 1:00 p.m. PST |
I need to remember all of this beautiful source material when I paint up my mechs. They're so tiny and shiny, I want to get all of the detail. |
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