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Post by jasonspyke on Oct 12, 2011 5:01:05 GMT -5
Hi all, I initially made this thinking the scale would be ok for 15mm, but after it was fabricated, i found it was a tad large, so i tried it with some 20mm guys and it felt a bit better. Then i picked up gruntz15mm, and thought 'oh hell... back to 15mm' so I am thinking of reverting to 15mm for future work... Anyway, am contemplating redoing this walker in 15mm. It stands about 5 inches high now including cannon, and i think it would look best maybe a quarter to a third smaller... figures in the picture are 20mm plastics. Attachments:
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Post by comstar on Oct 12, 2011 7:20:27 GMT -5
It's looks good to me maybe a bit tall but try it with some 15mm and see how it looks to you  Was it scratch build or a kit bash? Cheers Matt |
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Post by jasonspyke on Oct 12, 2011 7:47:05 GMT -5
I did try it with some 15mm stuff i had.. it towered over everything. I mean it was passable, but just not quite what i had in mind.
It is a scratch-build, but i tried casting the parts as i want a whole platoon of these with different weapon options- with mixed success. Am pretty new to the molding/casting thing so tons of air bubbles/fudged details etc.
Jason
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Post by comstar on Oct 12, 2011 9:11:05 GMT -5
Well if you can cast them try shortening the legs a bit as see how they turn out The body size looks fine so give it a go with one of them even if it ends up a scrapper you can always turn into a damaged one for an objective  Also what are you casting them with ie metal / resin ? Cheers Matt |
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Post by jasonspyke on Oct 12, 2011 19:45:04 GMT -5
yea, might try that, or maybe just leave it and move on to another model and do it right from the ground up Am using resin to cast them. Supplies are a bit hard to come by here, so i use what i can find. I imagine metal would be better at smaller sizes? Don't have the slightest clue where i would source that though. |
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Post by kealios on Oct 13, 2011 1:23:09 GMT -5
I'd make the legs more "Chicken walker", with a more pronounced bend in the knee, to make the mech a tad shorter. That'll fix everything!
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Post by comstar on Oct 13, 2011 1:50:06 GMT -5
Yea that's a good shout kealios that would bring the mech down by about a quater to a third if you are lucky and no additional cutting nice one |
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Post by inrepose on Nov 1, 2011 14:09:50 GMT -5
Looks good. I think it could be short and perhaps have some bulk around a power plant to give it stronger look. I like the MAD style hull though.
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