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Post by wisdomknight on Jan 3, 2014 10:28:57 GMT -9
It's amazing! www.genetmodels.com/ebbles-miniatures-2010-2011/It actuaLLY STANDS VERY BALANCED AS WELL. The only thing is that the very small detailed parts (when using a Silhouette Cameo) come out a bit troublesome. And gluing the small parts is extremely tedious and not for the novice papercrafter by any means. The only thing I would suggest to Christopher is to maybe not put so much detail (like curves and such) into such small pieces/models. Think like a low poly game artist from 1995 That aside I still give this thing of beauty 5 stars! Thank you Christopher, I am amazed and can;t stop looking at my new model
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Post by wisdomknight on Jan 3, 2014 11:41:40 GMT -9
Might I add that the instructions, though only 4 diagrams/steps, are 100% clear. I don't know how he did it in 4 small steps but nonetheless they are clear, and very easy to visualize.
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Post by Christopher Roe on Jan 3, 2014 12:07:21 GMT -9
I'm glad you like it! The small detail parts have been part of my visual style for 10 years now. Some people like it, some people don't, and some think I'm a masochist. When I first started out in 2003, Microtactix was the big heavyweight in the gaming paper model market, and they favored extremely simple shapes (boxes, prisms) and printer-friendly uncolored black-and-white line art. I basically went into business doing the kind of paper models that I really wanted to see on my own tabletop. I mean, like, I wasn't interested in the beginner stuff like what Microtactix was offering at the time, and I didn't really have the time and patience to tackle the insanely detailed stuff like 1500-part ModelArt planes. I wanted a sweet spot somewhere in the middle of these two extremes, and I've stayed with it since then. I've made a relatively earnest attempt at trying not to go too far overboard with a ton of tiny detail parts in more recent years, with varying levels of success. Some things can only be simplified down so far without looking silly, and some things just wouldn't look as cool as they do in my head if I eliminated all of the small parts, so it's kind of a balancing act that's tricky to get right. The instructions probably should be viewed more as an illustration of how the parts relate to each other rather than a literal progression of steps. I've noticed over the years that people develop their own techniques and favorite workflows for building the individual parts, so the instructions started to reflect that by focusing more on how the various assembled parts connect to each other, with the order being more of a suggested starting point or a set of guidelines unless specified otherwise. For example, sometimes I like to build all the individual parts before assembling them together into the final model, but sometimes I build one part at a time and stick it to the last built part one at a time, and I'm not particularly consistent about which approach I take either.
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Post by wisdomknight on Jan 3, 2014 13:50:02 GMT -9
I've made a relatively earnest attempt at trying not to go too far overboard with a ton of tiny detail parts in more recent years, with varying levels of success. Some things can only be simplified down so far without looking silly, and some things just wouldn't look as cool as they do in my head if I eliminated all of the small parts, so it's kind of a balancing act that's tricky to get right. In that case Christopher you succeeded very well man!
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Post by hackbarth on Jan 3, 2014 17:23:07 GMT -9
I printed two of them, but for space reasons I still didn't mounted them.
Yes, anyone can argue about what the sweetspot is for the complexity of the models. Some of Chris stuff is very simple, like the convoy shapes. Table filler material, not much effort to make and excellent results. You can make a whole convoy of trucks in an afternoon.
Others, like the Despoiler are one-off itens that may consume a week or more to cut and glue, but are very impressive.
Right now I'm struggling with two Type 18's, articulated with magnets, so that exchange pieces with my Commander Drone, also magnetic enhanced. Perfect matches for Gurps Reign of Steel robots.
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Post by wisdomknight on Jan 3, 2014 19:22:23 GMT -9
Right now I'm struggling with two Type 18's, articulated with magnets, so that exchange pieces with my Commander Drone, also magnetic enhanced. Perfect matches for Gurps Reign of Steel robots. Wow what a great idea!
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Post by gilius on Jan 4, 2014 7:51:34 GMT -9
This is all fine and cool but where are the pics?
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Post by wisdomknight on Jan 4, 2014 9:13:18 GMT -9
This is all fine and cool but where are the pics? Everyone has cameras on their phones in my houseand I dont know how to use them LOL
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Post by Vermin King on Jan 4, 2014 9:30:40 GMT -9
This is all fine and cool but where are the pics? Everyone has cameras on their phones in my houseand I dont know how to use them LOL I finally figured out how to get photos from my phone to my computer last night, but not all of them transferred. Of course the transfer process left out the ones I really wanted/needed ... My phone's Bluetooth refuses to recognize my laptop and vice-versa. I think this all would be easier if I were 40 years younger
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Post by Christopher Roe on Jan 4, 2014 11:11:54 GMT -9
Don't feel bad. My wife tried to show me how to use the camera and browser on her ancient Pantech feature phone a while back, and I was more confused than a baby in a topless bar by the time she got halfway through the demonstration. Thankfully, that fossilized crap phone kicked the bucket earlier this week and she replaced it with an iPhone 5C.
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Post by wisdomknight on Jan 4, 2014 14:08:40 GMT -9
Don't feel bad. My wife tried to show me how to use the camera and browser on her ancient Pantech feature phone a while back, and I was more confused than a baby in a topless bar by the time she got halfway through the demonstration. Thankfully, that fossilized crap phone kicked the bucket earlier this week and she replaced it with an iPhone 5C. lol.... yeah I barely can even use iphones as a phone!
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