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[Dirk Le Daring]

This is directed toward Agent Cooper, TheTeacher, and anyone else who does the plastic and styrene models. I am very impressed with the results shared. While I do not have the skillset to do anything of that quality, I would like to try. So, the purpose of this thread is to ask you guys if you could please help out with some advice. I would like to make a Hyena, as it looks to be a fairly simple design and I am quite fond of that mech. I have no idea where to start, or the materials that I need, not to mention absolutely zero knowledge of such techniques. Any help will be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.

[TheTeacher]

Look me up on Deviant Art. I have a tutorial link in one of my Journals.

[Dirk Le Daring]

TheTeacher, on 28 February 2013 - 12:17 PM, said:

Look me up on Deviant Art. I have a tutorial link in one of my Journals.

Thanks mate, will do. EDIT: Rather confusing site, for me anyway, could not find it. I may have been in the wrong place. Will continue to search. EDIT: Found it. Thank you for that.

Edited by Dirk Le Daring, 28 February 2013 - 02:48 PM.

[Agent Cooper]

Surprisingly I find I dont take enough in-progress shots that could act as a tutorial. My bad. I usually end up showing what Ive done not how Ive done it.
The best I can offer right now is this little page.
http://scott-messyde...ick-how-to.html
Not much help I know but maybe its enough to make you go ohhhhhh

[Dirk Le Daring]

Agent Cooper, on 28 February 2013 - 10:43 PM, said:

Surprisingly I find I dont take enough in-progress shots that could act as a tutorial. My bad. I usually end up showing what Ive done not how Ive done it.
The best I can offer right now is this little page.
http://scott-messyde...ick-how-to.html
Not much help I know but maybe its enough to make you go ohhhhhh

Thanks Agent Cooper. How thick , or how many layers would you use for that ? Or is it a "judge it by eye" sort of thing ?

[Agent Cooper]

I usually work with 2 thicknesses.
.40 and .20 One for the structure and thinner stuff for details.
When I use the paper plans I try to stay as close to the pattern as possible in terms of width and length. These are required for the proportions to be right of course.
But other times I do end up judging them by eye. If things are off, your eye does recognize the problem and you have to adjust.

[Dirk Le Daring]

Agent Cooper, on 01 March 2013 - 08:21 PM, said:

I usually work with 2 thicknesses.
.40 and .20 One for the structure and thinner stuff for details.
When I use the paper plans I try to stay as close to the pattern as possible in terms of width and length. These are required for the proportions to be right of course.
But other times I do end up judging them by eye. If things are off, your eye does recognize the problem and you have to adjust.

Thanks for the tip. <S>