This is my first post as I start working on one of my latest personal projects.
As long as I remember myself I was always fascinated with Transformers and everything related to transforming robots, mecha and stuff like that. The concept that ordinary looking things can reorganize geometry to become something else keeps me excited to these days. One of my favorite shows was Macross famous for its mecha-transfoming jets - Valkyries. Recently I ordered one of the toys form Japan. It's the latest Valkyrie in Macross series, the 1/60 scaled YF-29. This one:
This is what I will try to model in 3D. I'm not sure how long it will take me to finish it. There are few complications I face. First - I don't have orthographic references so it will be a constant struggle scaling parts so they fit together and look good overall. Second - the level of detail that I want to achieve might be a little too much for me. I'm far from professional 3D Artists. The good news is that I did a previous VF-25 model couple of years ago. It was a low poly model but I can use it as proportion reference as most of the parts and transformations are identical in both VF-25 and YF-29. Bad thing is I can't use my previous model because the model grid there is a mess and I'm best to start from scratch.
Anyways, I hope my new toy arrives soon. :) Meanwhile I already started working on some of the familiar parts. Will share the results a bit later.
As long as I remember myself I was always fascinated with Transformers and everything related to transforming robots, mecha and stuff like that. The concept that ordinary looking things can reorganize geometry to become something else keeps me excited to these days. One of my favorite shows was Macross famous for its mecha-transfoming jets - Valkyries. Recently I ordered one of the toys form Japan. It's the latest Valkyrie in Macross series, the 1/60 scaled YF-29. This one:
This is what I will try to model in 3D. I'm not sure how long it will take me to finish it. There are few complications I face. First - I don't have orthographic references so it will be a constant struggle scaling parts so they fit together and look good overall. Second - the level of detail that I want to achieve might be a little too much for me. I'm far from professional 3D Artists. The good news is that I did a previous VF-25 model couple of years ago. It was a low poly model but I can use it as proportion reference as most of the parts and transformations are identical in both VF-25 and YF-29. Bad thing is I can't use my previous model because the model grid there is a mess and I'm best to start from scratch.
Anyways, I hope my new toy arrives soon. :) Meanwhile I already started working on some of the familiar parts. Will share the results a bit later.
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