pghfett Posted February 2, 2007 Author Posted February 2, 2007 pghfett, i have to say you have talent... it seems your project is rolling along nicely... the chest/back seem to be bulky but accurate to the screens of the BARC killed by yoda... just wondering whats the ratio in size with the bucket envolved... but all and all keep up the good work... The ratio is VERY nice with the bucket on (I'd say almost perfect but I dont want to jinx myself) I'm very pleased with it overall. You'll see soon, more pics will be coming with the gear on. Oh yeah the sculpt on the shoulder armor is almost done and it's looking very nice as well. Belive it or not there are alot of complex curves on the shoulder armor I discovered. pics of this sculpt may be up tonight.
Ladyghost4459 Posted February 3, 2007 Posted February 3, 2007 OOoooo! Aaaahhhhh! tears of awe glisten in my eye. All I've got to say is that one of PA's finest is also an artist of great talent. If you do your day job as well as your hobbies, I must expect your beat is a safer place to be with you in service.
pghfett Posted February 3, 2007 Author Posted February 3, 2007 OOoooo! Aaaahhhhh! tears of awe glisten in my eye. All I've got to say is that one of PA's finest is also an artist of great talent. If you do your day job as well as your hobbies, I must expect your beat is a safer place to be with you in service. What ! What ! They actually let you away from the sewing machine to play on the computer ?!? I thought you were chained to that dang thing ?
Ghst915 Posted February 3, 2007 Posted February 3, 2007 What ! What ! They actually let you away from the sewing machine to play on the computer ?!? I thought you were chained to that dang thing ? She is, NOW GET BACK TO WORK. -CRACK- whip snapping in the air above her head. -CRACK- SEW SEW SEW. BRING ME NEW LOCKS SHE HAS PICKED THEM AGAIN. GRRrrrrr.
TB-7076 Posted February 3, 2007 Posted February 3, 2007 Hey Mike it gets boring - nothing to criticise Awesome piece again. Time to jump in some suit and dress up to see those parts together
Ghst915 Posted February 4, 2007 Posted February 4, 2007 Looking great as always Mike come the pictures coming, dont rush anything. Your on the road to greatness here.
Guest rudolpht Posted February 4, 2007 Posted February 4, 2007 Soon to be FG BARC/GM shoulder armor ... This shoulder armor is the same for the GM as well Mike Guess I'll need 2 sets then Hey is that clay
Arcturus1020 Posted February 11, 2007 Posted February 11, 2007 Incredible work! You've certainly come a long way!!! Terrific job!
pghfett Posted February 11, 2007 Author Posted February 11, 2007 I will be finishing up the kness and shoulder armor over the next couple of days. I'm also done with the elbow armor sculpt as well. I've discovered it (the elbow armor) is very different from the normal clone elbow armor after staring at movie stills all weekend. I'll post some pics after the sculpt is done. I suppose normal clone elbows would work, considering they are close in accuracy and a small part. Seeing the differences, I'm sculpting them for accuracy. Once these parts are done, I'll move onto the bicept armor. I'm looking forward to my biggest and most anticipated sculpt ever - the shin / boots and boot armor set up. I can't wait to work on this, with the boots I have, I plan on taking this to a new level.
TB-7076 Posted February 11, 2007 Posted February 11, 2007 Here is what I have on the knees: I don'T have the time to explain atm but I will do later when I'm returning home. For this momentn I hope the pictures speak for themselves:
tb2253 Posted February 11, 2007 Posted February 11, 2007 Hi Phillip! Really nice research work! I think the "maker" (Mr. Lucas) has given us costumers a real challenge with the BARC troopers!
pghfett Posted February 16, 2007 Author Posted February 16, 2007 Here is what I have on the knees: I don'T have the time to explain atm but I will do later when I'm returning home. For this momentn I hope the pictures speak for themselves: I'm trying to get this part custom made into aluminum parts. I put the word out looking for good source.
TB-7076 Posted February 16, 2007 Posted February 16, 2007 Remember the loop & hook system I had in mind is completely made up. It might be that it doesn't work and/or it is simply not necessary or another way system could be better. It was just a spontaneous idea arising when doing the illustrations.
pghfett Posted February 20, 2007 Author Posted February 20, 2007 Here are some pics of the finished Galactic Marine knee plate pulled form the mold and cleaned up ready for the final molding to be done. NOTICE they have smooth edges - the GM knee plates have smooth edges and the BARC knees have a slight beveled edge and a detail line in the middle of the bevel. I'll add this to them to make the BARC knees. I'm makeing two molds - 1 for Galactic Marines and 1 for BARC knees plates, might as well considering they are the same overall. I'm also working on having the knee greeblies to be made out of 1/8" machined aluminum.
pghfett Posted February 20, 2007 Author Posted February 20, 2007 A special thanks has to go out to Madphisto for his illustraion on the knee greeblie. The parts were made from the research he put into making the above bluprint. A quick update on the knees. I received some pics via email of the first prototype greeblies for the knees. The piece is made of 1/8" aluminum - nice and strong - sanded and finished to a brushed aluminum look. heres a pic - when they arrive I will attach them to the knee piece for pics. No price on these as of yet and I've invited the builder over here to post something soon - if not I'll keep us updated. ~Mike The bend BTY allows the greeblie to run evenly along the side of the knee so as not to "stick out " into thin air. The slots are not evenly spaced by design - see screen grabs and pics above. Also the top pic is upside down
TB-7076 Posted February 20, 2007 Posted February 20, 2007 Mike, notice the recessed lines of the knee armor. Like the scout knee pieces the barc knees are segmented just with very thin gaps compared to the scout. The slots of the knee greeblie might apear different but I don't think that is intended by design. In case it is texture (lowpoly models make use of a lot of texture and bumpmaps to fake 3D) it might get warped a bit during animation as we've seen with the strapping on the gloves in another render. CGI images have always be treated carefully and thinking of the mass scenes that had to be shot and rendered I wouldn't be surprised if they didn't take high poly models rather than more economic lowpoly models. Just a thought to reconsider. Well anyways - nice work
pghfett Posted February 20, 2007 Author Posted February 20, 2007 Thanks Mad - I'll pass that along and have the slots cut evenly. Also Mad read the above - the knees pic'ed is the Galatic Marine knee, the BARC knee will have the segmented details added in. above I wrote "NOTICE they have smooth edges - the GM knee plates have smooth edges and the BARC knees have a slight beveled edge and a detail line in the middle of the bevel. I'll add this to them to make the BARC knees. I'm makeing two molds - 1 for Galactic Marines and 1 for BARC knees plates, might as well considering they are the same overall. " Thanks Mad I thought it looked better with the slots even from the edges as well. heres the adjustment to be made.
TB-7076 Posted February 20, 2007 Posted February 20, 2007 Ah, now I see where this came from. That was my fault then because I missed out doing the check on symetrics. That happens when you do things in a hush. So sorry Mike for causing this misconception. And you are right about the different knees of the clone aspects. Personally I don't like it as I think of it as standardized items in a logical military equipment system but it's true. Another apology for missing out on your explanation - I should have read more carefully.
Sentinel Posted February 21, 2007 Posted February 21, 2007 Still looks great man, can't wait to see the finished product.
Ghst915 Posted February 21, 2007 Posted February 21, 2007 WOW Mike looking great bro, loving it BIG time so far.
TB-7076 Posted February 21, 2007 Posted February 21, 2007 Mike, will the knee greeblies be removable via screws or something or will they become integrated into the layers of fiberglas and resin?
pghfett Posted February 21, 2007 Author Posted February 21, 2007 I would suppose it would be up to the person assembling the knees. I'm going to intergrate the brackets right into the FG.
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