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Yeah, fair. The 2.9 update to Blender has fixed/changed a lot of stuff- it defaults to Maya controls, and they did a LOT to fix the sculpting. But if you're figuring Zbrush out, more power to ya. Very neat looking walker. Did you make those lascannons, or was that a pre-exsting model someone uploadd?

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Yeah, fair. The 2.9 update to Blender has fixed/changed a lot of stuff- it defaults to Maya controls, and they did a LOT to fix the sculpting. But if you're figuring Zbrush out, more power to ya. Very neat looking walker. Did you make those lascannons, or was that a pre-exsting model someone uploadd?

Thank you Mate!
Yes I did the Auto-Cannon and Las-Cannon myself




Last night I spent a hell of a lot of time struggling with the "body" of the POLLUX


And I have to admit I'm NOT very pleased with it :(


Maybe I'll do the other pieces first and then come back to the body...
not sure
Cheers and thanks for commenting and suggesting!
Cheers
Klaus

I finally reworked the body armor and engine


I think this looks better now


That's pretty much it I guess


What do you think?


I'm pretty pleased and maybe I'll try to print him in the next few days.
Cheers
Klaus

You got it in ZBrush, you might as well go in there with some texturing brushes and stuff. Dents, scratches, just sort of... slightly askewify things to make it more 'alive'. I like to take a very light randomizing brush over my stuff like that, just to take it away from 'machine perfect'.

If you attach the shield to the gun arm it will seem more tactically viable. the shield and gun would face down the enemy while you set the sword arm in an epic pose.

This has come along very nicely - looking fab and you should definitely print and then paint!

I like the idea of weathering one. Have you thought about making a 'clean' and 'damaged' version?

Thanks for sharing

Thank you guys!
Unfortunately the basement is still too f**ing cold to print - will have to wait a few weeks :(

But I did manage to print a copy of Wilma and started painting her:



But painting time is limited and I have more options to work on the PC.
So in the meantime I decided to try something else.
Some of you may remember my "Princess"


So I'm currently trying to rework her in ZBrush


Here the posing is still off, and also the throne is not quite right


This is better now


But still a very long way to go
Cheers
Klaus

Mea culpa, mea culpa!

Look who the cat dragged in

Last post January 2021.

I have to admit I did lose my Mojo big time!
I did some 3D stuff and 3D printing - actually I'm still doing that - but I have hardly finished anything and am losing interest quicker than a bee in a flowerbed.

After talking to some hobby friends I realized the slightest itching and slow uprise in interest.
Especially after talking about modular building. I immediately remembered the "Erebus and Alala" diorama I had worked on in 2019 (page 74 - https://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/2190/310208.page#10247699).


But I also recalled that after it sitting on the shelf for a while abandoned, my cat had a good time with it and it landed on the floor. After which I packed it away and stored it in the attic.
So yesterday I went up there, sifted though all the dust and debris and carried the box into my office.

This is how it looked when I opened the box

Quite a mess

So I started to sort things out. First the ALALA


Which is in a realtively good shape - except for the barrel


The ALALA tank is designed similar to a Merkava and has a small passenger compartment - with plenty of details.


So back together the ALALA is in pretty good shape



Just the RPG grill on the right and the ramp broken off



The EREBUS is a different stroy



Setting things back together there is still a lot broken


Originally the suspension and steering was working, but now I had to glue averything in a fixed position


With the wheels back on it looks a lot better


The passenger bay is quite detailed


Looking through the rear door


Most of the hatches re-attached and positioned


Finally I cut off the chewed section of the barrel


And replaced the end piece


So now the two vehicles are repaired and today I'll look at the dorama base and see what shape this is in - besides being dusty as hell

One idea I had in the meantime was to have an (maybe scaled down) Ork plane come out of the backgound on an attack run on the Imperial position.
So this is the direction I'm trying to guide this scene to now.

Please let me know what you think.
Cheers
Klaus

Welcome back!

Welcome back Klaus

I'm really feeling the loss of mojo myself.

Welcome back Klaus- it is good to see you!

Nice job repairing the damages from Legion Felus Domesticus- for the Emperor! I believe that an Ork plane coming in for an attack run (guns blazing) or exiting from an attack run (fuselage/engines smoking) would be a good addition to the diorama. Hopefully the base doesn't require as much reconditioning as the vehicle did.

I dig the whole 'lack of mojo' vibe myself- went through a period of zero production as well and had to get myself back on track to get something done just this past February. But I find that I simply can't 3d print things and work at the hobby bench at the same time.

I thought it would be perfect- set up a print, let the machine do all the thinking whilst I kept an eye on it, but meanwhile painting/kitbashing/modifying something whilst it did so and this is not the case. I find that I can't focus (it isn't the noise, just knowing the thing is running), I'm constantly running over to check the print and/or I'm slicing more files to get ready for the next print. I just can't get much or any benchwork done.

When I rebooted myself (with a real boot) I set as February's theme 'Finish Something'- just sit and start on any of the many half-begun, half-finished, half-painted projects cluttering up the shelves and do it. And it worked well and has continued to work well, giving a different theme to work to for each month.

I'll build a month to just do 3d printing into my calendar, but I've gotten some good work done (I think) and want to keep knocking out some projects for fun.

Maybe my extreme penchant for attention to detail just can't handle soemthign that works in fractions of a millemetre!

Welcome back.

Nice to see you active again, I've always enjoyed your dioramas!

Welcome home sir.

3d printing has been a big boon in my hobby interest. Turning grey goop into something is just fascinating. What kind of modeling did you get in to?