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[Tirick Fire]

I built (a version) of that beaut at 1:1000 scale. Brilliant model, I really should build one to the BTech 'standard' scale too, so I have one for games with my other minis.

[BLaaR]

tredmeister, on 11 November 2013 - 08:05 AM, said:

Hey BLaaR, it's good to see you are still kicking around these parts.

I was very happy to find that you released the Mektek (MW4) Marauder model!
It's too bad that all those fine details are squeezed down into a 512 texture.
I double-layered the texture.tga over the base camo to give it a bit more "depth".



Now, if I can just find the time to build this booger.

Hi, yes I try to be active and release mechs when I have time. I go through periods where I would do a lot of mechs in a short period of time and then go back in to idle mode.

It really is a pity that almost all the mechs have a 512 texture. I did contact some artists at mektek but could not find any high res textures for the mechs. Seems like their work is lost for ever which is a pity.

Hope too see a built of your Marauder

[BLaaR]

Hi

I finished the Mektek Cyclops. Download it from my MediaFire page :
http://www.mediafire..._Papermodel.rar

[TheTeacher]

BLaaR has been a busy lad! Looks great!

[BLaaR]

Oky, nothing to see here.

MW4 Mercs Stormcrow / Ryoken papermodel now available.

Lemme see them production line keep rolling

http://www.mediafire..._Papermodel.rar

[Agent Cooper]

Wow Blaar, how do you keep putting out so many?

[BLaaR]

Coop

TBH.........Google Sketchup !!!!!

Makes life so much easier when cleaning up these models. Takes me about 3 or 4 days to clean up a mesh and make all the parts fit.

The unfolding is relatively quick although I find it very boring

Currently I am working on a non MW4 / Mektek model yet it still is a mech.

[DrM3CH]

How do I add to My Media Library ?

[BLaaR]

BLR3M, on 06 February 2014 - 07:12 AM, said:

How do I add to My Media Library ?

Hi

Not sure what you are asking. What do you want to do ?

[DrM3CH]

I cant seem to link any images to a post .... or upload them from Photobucket ...
I saw in the response section "My Media" to the right of the add smiley icon.

Cant seem to see how to add and Media .....

Yeah .. ok I am not the sharpest tool in the shed but nothing seems to load up ?
What the hell am I doing wrong ?

When I post in other forums its easy as to put images up.

???

[ImperialKnight]

I love that Highlander on his shelf, the proportions make it look so much more heroic!

[BLaaR]

I usually upload my images to my Deviant art page. Then from there I just copy and paste the link here.

The Highlander was my very first MW4 mech that I took through the whole production line ........ from cleaning to building. It also has a special place since SMTK sent me a resin model he made from the paper plans.

[Carnifex125]

BLaaR, Ill take this moment to thank you for doing all this, and for igniting a need inside me to builds these (especailly that nova cat). though I have to ask you and those who are building mechs with you; what kinds of paper do you find to work the best for these?

Edited by Carnifex125, 08 February 2014 - 08:24 PM.

[BLaaR]

Carnifex125, on 08 February 2014 - 08:22 PM, said:

BLaaR, Ill take this moment to thank you for doing all this, and for igniting a need inside me to builds these (especailly that nova cat). though I have to ask you and those who are building mechs with you; what kinds of paper do you find to work the best for these?

Thanks for the kind words.

As for paper, I generally use 200gsm but for the smaller parts I sometimes use 160gsm or even 120gsm. The smaller parts usually needs a thinner card since folding them can be a pain if using to thick a card.

Another tip would be to re-enforce the inside of large faces / parts so that they do not warp or buckle in or outwards. For those I collect any card of thick card , cereal boxes work great

Blaar's personal tip : I use a small art brush to apply the glue to larger flaps and parts. Just remember to clean the brush afterwards. I have been using my small brush for years now. Oh yes. The brush must be relatively stiff not to soft bristles.

Mine looks similar to the one below, just a bit smaller and the brush it self bit stiffer.

[Carnifex125]

I see 0_o thank you again. also; I couldnt find any Chimera battlemechs amongst the lists. Do you have a link to one perhaps? I figured it must be out there somewhere sense they were in MW4

Edited by Carnifex125, 09 February 2014 - 05:45 PM.

[BLaaR]

The Chimera is one of the few MW4 stock mechs which has not yet been released. To my knowledge that is.

The other 2 stock MW4 mechs is the Bushwacker and Wolfhound.

Fear not, myself will get to those soon. Maybe first the Bushwacker then the Wolfhound. That is after the mechs from Whammy that I am currently working on.

[Carnifex125]

excellent, I'll be keeping an eye out

[Agent Cooper]

Love to get a Bushy.

[BLaaR]

Whammy made some great mech models, and was kind enough to share if with the community at mechwar3.org.

BIG THANKS TO WHAMMY WHO KINDLY SHARED THESE !!!!!!!

I was lucky enough to get some of his mechs models from the members who he shared it with, and now I bring them to you.

The mechs are :

Dark Age Madcat IV


Dark Age Vulture IV


Dark Age Marauder IIC


Warhammer


Warhammer IIC


Wasp


Zeus



All of his models are low poly models, which means fewer parts than the Mechwarrior 4 mechs, yet they still look great and Whammy's way of texturing the models are great.

These should keep all the paper mech heads happy and busy for a while.

As a final note, I just want to say it again :

BIG THANKS TO WHAMMY WHO KINDLY SHARED THESE !!!!!!!

The models can be downloaded from my MediaFile folder below:
http://www.mediafire.com/folder/j50d256372d59/Whammy's_paper_mechs

[Ratboy]

Does anyone have copies of the papercraft mech files from mechwarrior3.org? the site is gone.