The Nadesico A

tuna1957 · 5 Jul 2022, 02:05

Epic Bryan. I’d be stabbing my self in the head with an ice pick about now…

L i am · 5 Jul 2022, 10:44

@tuna1957 said:

Epic Bryan. I’d be stabbing my self in the head with an ice pick about now…

I hear you Tuna
I expect it is the challenge that keeps you going Bryan. Do you have plans for it once it is finished?

Mike Amos · 5 Jul 2022, 10:47

Simply stunning mate. A demonstration of persistance and very nicley done.

Bryan K · 5 Jul 2022, 19:36

@l i am said:

@tuna1957 said:

Epic Bryan. I’d be stabbing my self in the head with an ice pick about now…

I hear you Tuna
I expect it is the challenge that keeps you going Bryan. Do you have plans for it once it is finished?

Thank tuna.

Thanks L i am.

Thanks Mike.

Yeah, I've managed to stop the muttering and giggling.

No solid plans. I'll post the model here for anyone who wants it. Maybe do an anime style scene like my Junji Okubo robots I did in the past. I'll also put it up on the Warehouse. Maybe send an email to the designers.

What I've learned about making and manipulating custom meshes has been invaluable. I wish I had learned this years ago.

Still more geometry to go. Maybe a few more weeks at most.

Bryan K · 7 Jul 2022, 02:47

Blocking in the launch hangers. Easiest shape yet.

Taking a break from the underside of the upper deck.

Also noticed the front nacelles and support struts were too far back. Moved forward. Scaled the struts inward, then intersected with hull and deleted extra interior geometry.

Again, as they were both components, all I had to do was modify one.

Also noticed the black hook things were too short. Selected all four and scaled longer.

Bryan K · 7 Jul 2022, 03:35

The "frame" (what they call Gundams in non-Gundam franchise animes) that I used to scale up my line drawing in the beginning. Found in the Warehouse.

All this work and time and still matching scale. PHEW! I was worried by this time I would be off scale and have to enlarge or shrink the whole thing. Nope. It's good.

Mike Amos · 7 Jul 2022, 09:48

Persistence is paying off mate.

Bryan K · 7 Jul 2022, 17:56

Thanks Mike!

Bryan K · 8 Jul 2022, 22:27

Hanger pods completed except for small detailing.

Bryan K · 8 Jul 2022, 22:37

To scale.

Bryan K · 8 Jul 2022, 22:50

Better quality jpg overview.

L i am · 9 Jul 2022, 14:31

Bryan K · 10 Jul 2022, 06:22

Thanks L i am!

Mike Amos · 10 Jul 2022, 10:26

Thanks for passing that along. Nicely done mate.

Bryan K · 10 Jul 2022, 23:23

Antennas created.

I learned... something incredible when making the base of the antennas. You can Push/Pull+Ctl (new extension) then scale, then... ROTATE JUST THE SELECTED FACE ON ANY EDGE! Even if it's oval!

But you have to hold the Down Arrow key when it's a weird shape and an even weird angle.

I would have never been able to construct this line by line. I literally stumbled across this.

Still had to twiddle the lines points to get it flat on the surface, but this easily saved hours!

Bryan K · 10 Jul 2022, 23:23

You're welcome and thanks!

Bryan K · 12 Jul 2022, 06:43

Underneath upper deck detail update. I may have overdone it, but there is still one more key element to add.

I can't even begin to describe the teasing and twisting I did on this detail.

tuna1957 · 13 Jul 2022, 01:38

When do you start putting in the rivets? Looks like your around third heading for home !

Bryan K · 13 Jul 2022, 23:04

Front, under hanger landing blocks roughed in. Second main element under upper deck completed (the vertical cylinder thing). Forward indented the underside of the upper deck and scaled the pods things forward. All major module blocks are completed.

FINALLY!

Now on to the detailing after I take a few days to look it over before committing.

ntxdave · 13 Jul 2022, 23:30

The details in your model just keep getting interesting. Sure will be neat to see the final model and a rendering.