28 replies to this topic

[MagicMurderMan]

I built these in Maya, they are water tight and printable. I'm pretty happy with these, I just started with 3D so I don't know how to do skins yet

[Hayden]

Beauty, man! Really well done on the Warhammer! The Rifleman seems a bit wide in the shoulder, but both of those are really fun! Good job!

[God of War]

Sexy! Long live the Unseens!

[Threat Doc]

I know we probably won't, at least not in their original forms, but I'd pay real money to see the Unseens in action, again. Fortunately, I didn't need to with the Mektek Mekpaks, but I'd love to see the original BattleTech 'Mechs -yes, I know about HG- in their native environment.

[ENDMYSUFFERING]

Those are awesome for being new! I couldn't do anything like that, that's for sure.

[Punk KMSD]

You just started and can produce this kind of work? Very nice. Keep going, want to see your style in a year from now.

Also, TONS of places where you can read to learn how to skin out there on the interwebs.

Basics is a good place to start. When you are doing google searching remember to put what version of Maya you have in the search, ie; basic texturing in maya 2011(or whatever version you are using). Lots of great videos on Utube aswell.

[Waylandx]

Great Job! Keep it up.

[John Clavell]

Good work. I like the width on the Rifleman.

[Caballo]

nice models, bro (tho you used the same lower parts for both, they suit quite well ).

Edited by Caballo, 18 January 2012 - 01:48 AM.

[Blackfire1]

Now go learn how to Rig them and make them battle!

[HanaYuriko]

Pretty good quality modeling there. They look so clean. The blocks on the shoulders of the Rifleman look like they're on backwards though.

Caballo, on 18 January 2012 - 01:46 AM, said:

nice models, bro (tho you used the same lower parts for both, they suit quite well ).

That is how those two are designed. They share the same legs.

[Fence]

If you could get yourself a 3D printer you could start churning out some nice looking models!

[Mother of Grendel]

I like 'em a lot. Especially the Rifleman.

[Stone Profit]

MagicMurderMan, on 14 December 2011 - 03:33 AM, said:

I built these in Maya, they are water tight and printable. I'm pretty happy with these, I just started with 3D so I don't know how to do skins yet

Its amazing how those look precisely like th figures Yamato released a couple years ago of the macross destroids..

[Punk KMSD]

Stone Profit, on 23 January 2012 - 04:13 PM, said:

Its amazing how those look precisely like th figures Yamato released a couple years ago of the macross destroids..

Yes, I believe they call that Warhammer a Tamahawk, and that RifleMan a ADR-40-MkX Defender(just rolls off the tounge).

And on a totally unrelated topic. Did you know that in the mid 80's in most of Asia more then one company could own the rights to a property? Properts like, oh, I donno...hmm..lets just throw out something random...hmm, OH! Mech designs.

The more you know.

[ENDMYSUFFERING]

What program do you use? I have blender, but It's really confusing and hard to work with sometimes.

[Stone Profit]

Punk[KMSD], on 25 January 2012 - 05:11 AM, said:

Yes, I believe they call that Warhammer a Tamahawk, and that RifleMan a ADR-40-MkX Defender(just rolls off the tounge).

And on a totally unrelated topic. Did you know that in the mid 80's in most of Asia more then one company could own the rights to a property? Properts like, oh, I donno...hmm..lets just throw out something random...hmm, OH! Mech designs.

The more you know.

you obviously missed my point.

[Dirk Le Daring]

MagicMurderMan, on 14 December 2011 - 03:33 AM, said:

I built these in Maya, they are water tight and printable. I'm pretty happy with these, I just started with 3D so I don't know how to do skins yet

I quite like these. Well done.

Fence, on 18 January 2012 - 08:58 AM, said:

If you could get yourself a 3D printer you could start churning out some nice looking models!

This is a great idea.

[Magic Murder Man]

Hi Guys, sorry it's been so long since I checked in onthis thread I've been pretty busy working on new models and getting these printed.

Here's a shot of them, the rifleman/defender is the raw print the warhammer/tomahawk & zentraedi regult are both resin casts.




Here's a shot of painted version that my friend Maz did (I can't paint that well)



Shot of the updated Rifleman/Defender with corrected cockpit & ammo bins




Scaleshot next to a CBT warhammer




Everything is modelled in Maya, I used some reference pictures from the original macross art books as well as a few online pics of the 1/60 scale yamato toys. I wish i had some as they are awesome but the pics did the job just fine.

The models are about 20% larger than the old battletech minis. I've got a Longbow/Phallanx nearly completed as well as a Marauder/Glaug. At some point I'll be reprinting the rifleman and warhammer as there's a couple of minor details on the legs that aren't 100% correct as I didn't add the hip launcher boxes. The rifleman has already been printed a second time as the ammo boxes and cockpit were too short and stubby on the original CAD model.

I could have modelled these a lot smoother but I needed to keep things blocky on purpose so that it'd show properly when they were printed.

You can read more about the stuff here: www.facebook.com/robotechminiatures

I have permisison from HG to develope these as prototype models, (none of them are for sale so please don't ask). There is a small chance that they will be able to be produced in the future but there is a lot of discussion we need to do first.


As far as the modelling I'm still learning, I'm going to apply to see if I can get accepted for 3d classes. Tthese models will likely be part of my portfollio. It's something I'm serious about pursuing professionally, but it's been 10 years since I attended college so I'm a bit rusty and I'm totally out of the loop on newer programs like Zbrush. (I'm learning on maya 09)

I have a background in photoshop but currently no formal training in 3d. Everything I've leqarned is pretty much self taught with a focus on making models aimed for printing rather than animation.


I've also been working on this which is a generic mecha I'm calling the Jabberwok. (it's still in a very rough stage)

Edited by Magic Murder Man, 28 May 2012 - 12:58 AM.

[Dirk Le Daring]

Very nice work.
A question though, may seem stupid...How much can you scale these up when 3D printing ?