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Post by stevelortz on Jun 9, 2011 18:58:53 GMT -9
Here is the project I'm working on for the 3-D vehicle hoard. The first picture is the one I found to draw inspiration from, because it looks like the kind of toy tank that was popular between WWI and WWII. This is a one-off model scratch built by Rafa Maya of Diarment Creations. Here is my MkI test-build of the treads/hull section, along with some of the high-tech tools I used to produce it, and some of Nate's N.C.C. soldiers to give a sense of scale. I still need to master focusing my camera! Have fun! Steve
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Post by gilius on Jun 10, 2011 2:44:57 GMT -9
Looks awesome!
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Post by Adam Souza on Jun 10, 2011 4:12:20 GMT -9
Looking good.
I can definitely see where your going with it, but wouldn't it have been easier to do the hull as one piece and then have two tread sections that you glue onto the sides of the hull ?
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Post by hackbarth on Jun 10, 2011 12:35:32 GMT -9
About the camera, most miniature photography must be made in "macro" mode. Almost all digital cameras (but not cell phone cameras) have a macro setting, the icon for this is a little flower.
Other tips that I learned: Flash makes bad reflections on paper, use a diffuse light, like a normal (milky not transparent) incandescent light bulb. A tripod eliminates blurred photos caused by unsteady hands, for miniature photos you can us a very small and cheap one.
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Post by stevelortz on Jun 10, 2011 20:06:49 GMT -9
Looking good. I can definitely see where your going with it, but wouldn't it have been easier to do the hull as one piece and then have two tread sections that you glue onto the sides of the hull ? What I'm thinking about doing is making the whole model in only three pieces; the treads/hull piece, the superstructure piece and the cannon barrel, which will be much fatter, and positioned lower on the front glacis. Thanks for your observations! Have fun! Steve
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Post by stevelortz on Jun 10, 2011 20:09:23 GMT -9
About the camera, most miniature photography must be made in "macro" mode. Almost all digital cameras (but not cell phone cameras) have a macro setting, the icon for this is a little flower. Other tips that I learned: Flash makes bad reflections on paper, use a diffuse light, like a normal (milky not transparent) incandescent light bulb. A tripod eliminates blurred photos caused by unsteady hands, for miniature photos you can us a very small and cheap one. And thank YOU, hackbarth! I'll consult my camera's manual and start practicing the things you suggest. Have fun! Steve
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Post by algoesnext on Jun 12, 2011 10:40:29 GMT -9
Can I stick my nose in and say you could also try taking the picture further back so that the camera has chance to focus with a better depth of field and then crop off the bits you don't want.
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Post by Vermin King on Jun 12, 2011 11:12:18 GMT -9
That's how I used to do it before my son 'borrowed' my camera
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Post by stevelortz on Jun 14, 2011 13:13:13 GMT -9
Thanks for all the tips on achieving focus! I finished the test-build for the super-structure: I had to simplify the design. Have fun! Steve
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Post by Vermin King on Jun 14, 2011 14:31:32 GMT -9
Ah, took the notch off the back of the superstructure.
It looks very good.
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Post by Vermin King on Jun 30, 2011 11:01:21 GMT -9
BTW ... printed mine on grey colored paper. Looks pretty good with rustiness from all the years of service.
I think I might do the next one on tan for more of a desert theme. Is rust a problem in the desert?
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Post by stevelortz on Jun 30, 2011 11:32:45 GMT -9
BTW ... printed mine on grey colored paper. Looks pretty good with rustiness from all the years of service. I think I might do the next one on tan for more of a desert theme. Is rust a problem in the desert? I'm glad you're having fun with the MkII Deathtrap. One of these days, I'll have to do a MkVIII. One of the reasons I was attracted to a quirky rather than a serious design, is because my manual graphics skills would lend themselves better to that kind of subject. It would look really inept if I tried to do something like Glenn Williams' KV-12T Lev. Printing on colored cardstock sounds like an interesting way to make variations. I've got a green version and a light blue version (think ice planet Hoth) that I'll post on my board here as soon as they're ready. While the design was inspired by a custom model that mimicked the look of toy tanks from the interwar period (1919-1938), the toys themselves were based on the Renault FT-17. In my sci-fi campaigns, the House of SkuhdFooze is a gun runner to the universe, supplying the cheapest of weapons and mercenaries to whoever can scrape up the requisite credits, so I DO view this as a sci-fi vehicle, appropriate for any kind of setting. Even rusty deserts! Have fun! Steve Also, I've got some ideas for doing recovery and command conversions to the basic MkII semovente.
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Post by Vermin King on Jun 30, 2011 12:33:24 GMT -9
So my thoughts on these being the quick and easy tanks to drop on a planet en mass is right on track.
I guess I can be right once in a while.
Looking forward to the variations
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