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[Joe3142]

I have started to do something similar to the Vulture with the MadCat, but want to make a better job of it, made a post with screenshot on pg.5 of the MadCat start.

Edited by Joe3142, 07 May 2013 - 04:03 PM.

[Sarlic]

Looks great. Details are amazing. Keep on posting!

[Hayden]

Sarlic, on 30 September 2012 - 08:41 AM, said:

Looks great. Details are amazing. Keep on posting!

+1. This looks like a win to me.

[Husher]

Joe3142, on 30 September 2012 - 08:25 AM, said:

once the modelling is completed move on the (dreaded) texturing, by uv mapping.

Good god, man! I hope you're not unwrapping every piece? That'd be suicide! It looks phenomenal, but ... boy, I don't envy the job you've given yourself.

[zer0imh]

epic

[Hayden]

Do you have schematics on hand, or is it largely conjectural? I think there are a set of blueprints out there for the vulture somewhere... I know there is a set for a lot of the unseen from way back (I have a blueprint for the old Marauder framed on my wall).

[MarauderDeuce]

Once you've finished the design please fabricate one and have it delivered to me in South Australia.

Ghost Bear marking if you don't mind.

[Gramm Artron]

Gorgeous work! The Mad Dog is my all-time favorite chassis, so I'm excited to see your project.

If I may offer one small critique, the Prime variant is equipped with LRM20s in the side torsos, not 15s.

[Apocalips07]

Fantastic detail, even down to the internals of ammunition. I keep up the good work.

[ChainBlade]

Awesome work,looks like it's done with blender judging from the mesh.

Where did you get the blueprints?,i tend to make allot of things in blender and always had to improvise my mechs because i am short on reference.

[Joe3142]

ChainBlade, on 02 October 2012 - 11:30 AM, said:

Awesome work,looks like it's done with blender judging from the mesh.

Where did you get the blueprints?,i tend to make allot of things in blender and always had to improvise my mechs because i am short on reference.

Wow, you could tell it was done in blender!?!?

Here is the blueprint

[ChainBlade]

Awesome,thanks.

Are you going to render it with cycles or blender internal?

[Joe3142]

ChainBlade, on 02 October 2012 - 11:38 AM, said:

Awesome,thanks.

Are you going to render it with cycles or blender internal?

To be honest with you mate, I dont have a bloody clue what any of that is I only started modelling a couple of months ago Could you explain?

[ChainBlade]

Cycles offers more realistic lighting and faster render times.

If you have a good gaming PC with a good GPU then cycles is prob a good choice.

Here is a small tut:

Edited by ChainBlade, 02 October 2012 - 11:46 AM.

[ChainBlade]

np,There was a thread about cycles on BA a while back when it came out.
http://blenderartist...tricks-and-tuts

Edited by ChainBlade, 02 October 2012 - 11:49 AM.

[Jaggar Boo]

This looks really cool!. What about the myomer muscles? Or did they add that in later on in the BT universe to explain things. Either way the renders look so detailed!

[Joe3142]

Jaggar Boo, on 02 October 2012 - 12:00 PM, said:

This looks really cool!. What about the myomer muscles? Or did they add that in later on in the BT universe to explain things. Either way the renders look so detailed!

I dont really know to be honest Im just basing this on the blueprint

[Iulianus]

Jaggar Boo, on 02 October 2012 - 12:00 PM, said:

This looks really cool!. What about the myomer muscles? Or did they add that in later on in the BT universe to explain things. Either way the renders look so detailed!

Standard Myomer was first developed in 2350. Almost a full century before the first battlemech. Without it, we would be tank drivers, instead of 'mech pilots.

[HanaYuriko]

The first page from the original print of TRO 3050 has a 3/4 view of the Mad Dog's internals. You can see more of what's inside the torso than the front view that's posted in this thread. I could scan it and post it if you don't have a copy of that particular image. I haven't checked online to see if someone already has though.

[HanaYuriko]

Joe3142, on 03 October 2012 - 05:34 AM, said:

That would be great and so useful if you could somehow find it it would be much appreciated

Since I've completed my TWolf, I was thinking of building this as well to add to my collection. Just... Not in such insane detail as you're doing here. I think that would be the death knell for my PC!

Edited by HanaYuriko, 03 October 2012 - 10:08 AM.