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[Itnetlolor]

For context, before I begin posting here again, and hopefully more frequently: From the HAPPY thread in GD.

Finally working up some motivation to do some random art projects again for art's sake. Just finished modeling at least one of the ships (A kunai (one of many bladeships) converted into a helldrop ship (mostly sub-orbital drops); imagine, if you will, a kunai the size of a car that uses gravity and a parachute (and some basic elevators and rudders, and blade-tip ailerons, to aim and punch through buildings or long stretches of land (taking out cars, aircraft and any other poor sap that's in their way at high velocity, and not being the lightest thing to get hit by while at it; somewhat dense to maximize effect, and to provide as much safety to the passenger as possible.), and a trooper is inside pre-armed to take on their mission. They also usually come in groups (from 4-32 of them at the same time; full deployment of 32 from Arrow dropcraft (double as controller ships for the kunai teams; full load of 16 kunai per arrow)) to tackle a mission head-on and by surprise, doing as much damage on the way in as possible before beginning). Ought to make good for practicing texturing, due to being a small and lo-poly design and small profile.

Spoiler: Reference image (click to show/hide)

Slightly fatter design to accommodate the troop, life support, safety shock absorption, and bladed armor plating for contact; backside is given a basic bi-rudder aerodynamic control surface with room for parachute deployment, booster jets, or whatever else can assist in accomplishing the mission.

Sometimes, instead of troops, the insides can be rigged with delayed explosives while the ships remain armor piercing in nature (a real threat to buildings and capital ships), or remodeled in a way to work as makeshift "magic bullets" usually hollow-point in nature, sparing the resources of troops, and still causing maximum damage. Such a role is usually left for retired or expired kunai that outlived their usefulness, and are generally signed off with a bang. Their cheapness and mass-producibility makes this a viable tactic in most fleets. Beware of decoys. And yes, given the resources, the Aviar-Kai will MacGuyver themselves railguns and fire these things off at ludicrous speeds, or send shock troopers to a planet/moon/country far far away from any radar establishment within said locations, ensuring a complete sneak attack from left field.

Gonna find my sketchpads and look through them again to see what else I can work on, and maybe start adding to them again. Last time I seriously drew anything was about 4-5 years ago. Last actual attempt at 3D modeling were the ships I showed a month or two ago (last worked on a few months before then before the hard drive borked).


EDIT:

Spoiler: Here's some renderings (click to show/hide)

They may be small and cheap, but they're not to be underestimated. Oh, and the passenger is usually standing while they're in freefall, and lying down like a luge if/when they land horizontally (commonly land vertically, but horizontal is safer shock-wise for the passenger, though less accurate/direct), plowing through fields of troops, cutting them to their knee-equivalents, then popping off the door and sometimes using it like a shield, or the kunai for cover, and firing upon anyone and anything in their surroundings with a full-auto weapon or a grenade launcher of sorts.

Finally found a good tutorial on how to texture in Blender. As I promised in the HAPPY thread, I decided to practice on my Aviar-Kai Kunai.

Right now, the texturing job looks like crap (A- I just started, B- I'm getting the basics mapped out before I decide to go nuts on it (Paint.NET right now, Photoshop will come when the nitty-gritty comes to play), C- Now that I have a good feel for what to do, I think I can start practicing a new skill during my free time; or invest in an official class to cement it in place). Well, for crap, it doesn't look bad for a first crack at it, so more like a polished ball of crap. It's not the best it could be, but it's still amazingly shiny for what it's worth; especially for a very first actual attempt (now that I know how to do it properly).

Spoiler: Not rendered yet. This is a direct screencap from the WIP in Blender. Grid is staying for reference (layer overlay in the WIP image applied, flattened) (click to show/hide)

Send one of these through a field of cattle, and you've got a slaughterhouse for a good few hundred meters. Or put one through a tall building, and they've got a new sunroof, or elevator shaft to work on. And in case you're wondering, the blue are windows for the passenger to look out of, at eye-level, and below to see where they're headed at foot-level. The red is a placeholder emblem of the faction that owns it.

[Steeled]

Can... Can I get a few pictures of your setup if it's not too much to ask? This has always reealllyy interested me and I'd like to learn a little more.

What exactly would you like a picture of? also more photos, bracelets and pendants for everyone! Both of those bracelets were made with 1/4" square stock by the way.

[Gentlefish]

Dang man that's gorgeous.

Uh, just the whole thing mostly. Like, the forge in action. That's like candy to me.

[NobodyPro]

Wow. Those torcs look great.

[Steeled]

Dang man that's gorgeous.

Uh, just the whole thing mostly. Like, the forge in action. That's like candy to me.

The biggest problem with that is that I only have my shitty laptop, which makes taking pictures of a dingy forge, hard. Even harder to take pictures while I'm working.

Wow. Those torcs look great.

Thanks, I really enjoy making jewelry for some reason. Knives are also pretty fun, but require so much more work if you want them to look good, 3 hours foringg and 5 hours sanding and filing.

[Projeck37]

Oh, if you don't mind me asking, where do you get your metal? Is it some sort of online supplier or is it a local business?

[Shook]

AUGH scary! But really well made :0

THANK YOU GOOD PERSON

It's actually a comparatively quick thing (took... 25 minutes?), but i'm glad it doesn't look like complete shit. c:
Also when i say comparatively it is because i have a comparison now.



THE KINGEST LIZARD KING

This little blighter took HOURS to make. I don't know exactly how many, but probably around 3-5 hours, even though i got a bit lazy towards the end. It was an experiment in "how pretty can i get it?", and... Well, it turned out beyond my initial expectations. I am in fact rather proud, deadly sin or not. :U

[GiglameshDespair]

It looks so... kingly. Like a king made out of kings pressed together into one over-king that was a lizard.

[kisame12794]

Post to watch and post stuffs. I'll probably be in the forge tommorow, so depending on whether or not I remember to take photos, I may put things up.

[acetech09]

Shook? Where can I get one of those S-bend staffs? All the one at my local staff-mart are straight.

:p

[Shook]

You can find one at your local lizard blacksmith. They're terrible at making straight lines, but their S-bend staffs are of astounding quality!

also the effect you observe is a result of me not drawing the full length of the scepter through King Lizard's mouth

It looks so... kingly. Like a king made out of kings pressed together into one over-king that was a lizard.

CONCENTRATED KING

Shame he's a lizard though, i bet he could outking most kings nowadays, if he could speak. :I (he can, however, waddle in a manner most kingly)

[Gentlefish]

Not to underplay his mighty reptilian prowess, he looks like an awesome sock puppet of metal death to me. I saw it once and I cannot unsee it.

[Shook]

Most people say that, hehe. I can see where it's coming from though, he does look like a sock puppet that i'd treasure forever!
Might have helped if i had drawn a body and/or some limbs. Then again, sock puppets are awesome.

[Gentlefish]

The best thing in the world.

I'm going ugly sweater shopping for the season. I thikn I'm gonna pick up some socks and make puppets.

[Dutchling]

Artwork demanded by Japa. It's about inner chaos and Shibe sorrow.

Spoiler (click to show/hide)