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How is my Max looking? Any proportions out of wack? Seems to be a common mistake.
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It will be a diorama model of Macross city, so no, I did not think of elevating anything. I will build all the building and have all the chatacters along the strip of buildings, kind of like my recent SDF-1 Bridge diorama.
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Okay, Thanks. I did some research on it. Let me know if I am getting the idea or not. Roughly speaking, I have a 3cm figure, 3cm building, and 3cm deep diorama base to work with and create the perspective. Given the size of my figures and the size of the diorama, the only forced perspective I seem to be able to achieve is a "Low Horizon" perspective, with knees aligned of foreground and background figures along orange line. I also tried a "High Perpective" shot aligning the shoulders for foreground and background figures, which doesn't look that great. I would need much larger distance between the figure and buildings to get an eye level alignment as you recommended. Am I understanding this correctly?
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Thanks. Deculture it is! To be honest, nothing else inspires me as much to learn new skills in our hobby.
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Thank you! I'm also thinking about learning how to use pastel pencils for some details. I tried different approaches with these small figures, I found that the easiest way for me is to airbrush only major areas, then hand brush the rest slowly by staining them with glazes. You can tell I had varying levels of success.
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I think so... I don't know what you would call it. But the idea is to display the full buildings, without making the figures ant-sized.
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These are some WIP images. My handmade decal eye sheet for your use. A real artist should make us a better version
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I started by making a few 1/48 idol figures for my Stage Diorama on the Flight Deck, but ended up trying to represent Every Single Series.
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I am moving this project to the Workshop because I think it belongs here better as a separate project. Questions and comments appreciated.
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Sorry @wm cheng. I didn't understand your initial question. Yes, the blast shield comes up, as well as the wings and elevator. Please check it out in the video below. Thanks @wmkjr (I need to reshoot the bad photography ☹️)
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Hi Ya'll. What do you guys and gals think of this perspective? The buildings are 3.5cm high, with 1/60 scale figures in the foreground. The figures would be giants, except from this angle.
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Yes, artistic license is my only defense. Otherwise, what looks "cool" takes priority over accuracy. And, you're right, I wanted a folding playset, to display the bridge correctly as a room, but it would have been difficult with the platform floor.
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Good question. The phone and photo robots got in an argument and took the wrong elevator in Macross City. But more importantly, why is the Bridge out on the platform? Double extra credit for finding the rest of my errors: mixing scales, messing up canon, and all sorts of other inconsistencies.
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Is that 1/500 scale, or 1/1000? I felt that my 1/1000 had huge gaps in the red hull, which I see you have puttied. @MechTech Your base actually looks cool as factory fresh steel. But it is a matter of taste, if you know how to paint and weather, go for it. But I would not want it the same paint and weathering as the plane, you need more of a contrast. Factory fresh with a bit of weathering, or heavy weathering, would be my choices.
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Retractable landing gears may be more trouble than they are worth. The design will need to be very exact to work, and they will be thin and fragile, especially in resin. I would go with plug in wheels.
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Keep looking, he's there 😉
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Ha ha, you can come over and play any time
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Thanks guys. But hey, I expect some detailed questions and comments. Who else is gonna care about a Macross project these days!
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Sure. Will do. Thanks for the ideas.
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Just finished my new project. Please head over to the Model Kits forum for a full break down.
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Because Macross is the coolest. (Extra credit for naming the greeblies and easter eggs!) xoxo, arbit I thought I would make a separate topic for this add-on, since it has a large amount of detail on its own, and can be attached to any flight deck. Full detailed WIP will follow once I get my resources together. Character figures are made by me, using a lot of stock 3D parts from around the internet. Barrels/Lifeboats from Thingiverse, edited by @Xigfrid to add the Macross flag. Barrel racks by @Xigfrid Original SDF-1 3D model made by GUILLEABM83 on Cults3d, heavily edited, separated, and hollowed by me for printing and lighting. Thanks to Guillermo for his awesome work! Macross robots and cameras by OIM on Cults3d. Thanks Olivier! Go check out his library of Macross figures. Platform made by me from super duper secret greeblies on Thingiverse.
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@Jasonc Great work! Awesome to see you 3D modeling. What software are you using? You seem pretty advanced. I like your organic lines in the design. Have you seen this version up on Thingiverse? https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4920434
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Cool. It's not even blocked in my region...
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Nice addition to the cockpit. I grew up there between from 5th to 10th grade. Going down to the pier in Galveston and getting an old fashioned soda was a regular for holidays and school trips (before the huge hurricane, have not seen it since, so I'm glad to see it's back in stride). And we visited Nasa once as well. But take it easy, your Titanic doers not need any more realism!
