19 April, 2015

Finding Stuff - Trying to Return

Every now and then I start up the ol' lightwave setup and try to render something or come across something old. I'm amazed at how my laptops run rings around my rigs of a decade ago. The rig now barely does anything, but seeing it fly through old render jobs compared to all those years back... The few images I find nowadays are rekindling my interest. I'm not even sure when I made this one, probably back in '09, but the mistakes I see I suddenly feel the need to correct.
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30 August, 2011

Astray: Flight Unit 4

Ok, at this point I'm thinking [something is better than nothing] so I fired up lightwave and started on the surfacing for the flight pack. That's about all I've started lately. I'd be great to get back into this with my whole arse soon. I think I'll totally resurface the Astray(s) as well now that we're on that subject.

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26 November, 2009

Astray Blue Frame: Short Rifle 2

The short rifles are loaded onto the forearms directly, but attached by the rotating elbow armor which "would" keep them in place in the PG version. Quite large looking in both bee-crafts drawings and this render so I'm happy about that.

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25 November, 2009

Astray Blue Frame: Short Rifle

The short rifle seems to have also been designed by bee-craft for the PG Astray, though not created. It was featured as well in several magazines in its time. It appears to be specifically for the Blue Frame, though which version of the blue frame I have yet to determine. The design of this mesh was based on bee-crafts 'unrealized' idea. Need to remove some junk, but it's pretty close here.

Edit == at the very least, the FULL ARMOR PHASE SHIFT version of the Blue Frame does indeed use this set of rifles.

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Astray Blue Frame: Legs 2

I changed the shape of the foot to reflect the design changes in the Master Grade version of the Blue Frame 2nd revise. However, since the plastic model's frame and foot are thinner than the version I created, I simply changed the shape of the foot rather than modeling a brand new one. The heel reflects any of the same ideas I decided to implement in the model. The foot is also somewhat "taller" than it's previous incarnation reflecting some ideas that Bee-Craft illustrated in Dengeki Hobby a few months ago as what might have been a PG "Blue Frame Second L" leg. Strangely, this illustration was absent from the actual model kits' manual. I also added the knife and the thingie that sits behind the waist on the blue frame.

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A white section of armor that goes on the lower leg to protect the ankle joints seems to be what remains of the critical stuff. Small details on the leg reflective of the MG version might be an option if I further choose to.

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24 November, 2009

Astray Blue Frame: Legs 1

Redoing the foot section. Just about done here. Time to hit some surfacing for that one too.

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Astray Blue Frame: Tactical Arms II - 2

Stiiiiilll working on it. I haven't gotten the handle bits attached to it yet so that the blades can be attached to the arms. Still haven't finished texturing. One of the lower blades is overlapping it's upper "parent" as well...oops.

Edit-- combined 2 posts by accident. Also, I called this the "astra" post instead of "astray".

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23 November, 2009

Astray Blue Frame: Tactical Arms II

I tried going from start to finish with the tactical arms II unit, instead of holding back the surfacing till the end. Took a while though. I've still got more to do as far as staining and burning but it's close to what I want. I missed some stuff near the multi-barrel that I'll get later. I tried to mix in some ideas from the first tactical arms unit into this one. Still in progress, but it's in its end stages... I hope.

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17 November, 2009

Astray Blue Frame: Shoulders

I have most of the shoulder guards in there, but I'm sure that I'll have to stretch the sides out a little to make room for the PG size arms. If the head and backpack were that of the previous astray, it would basically complete most of the Second G version of the blue frame. As is, it still needs work but it's getting there...

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14 November, 2009

Astray Blue Frame: Combat Knives

Didn't have time to do much more today again so I just worked on something small and simple. Armor Schneider combat knives for the Astray Blue frame(s). Too much spec, but I'm really just starting the surfacing. Haven't gotten to the gloss or specularity grime yet.

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13 November, 2009

Astray Blue Frame Second Revise: Weapons Rack

Not really enough time lately to do much on this so I stuck with something relatively quick to do. Basically I modeled the weapons rack in the back and replaced the old backpack with it. Not much to say over that. Things are set to get busier soon, but I should be able to finish this before the end of the month -- a pace that I used to follow long ago.

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05 November, 2009

Astray Blue Frame 2nd Revise: Head

The head, like the rest of the PG Astray is bulkier than the Blue Frame 2ndR, so I left the bulk but added the details. Took the red frame's textures and blue-shifted them (Photoshop) and reassigned them to the Blue Frame's mesh. The detail in the body is otherwise identical to the Red Frame's until I get to them.

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30 October, 2009

Astray Blue Frame 2nd Revise: GO!

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So I created the Astray Red Frame based on the PG version. My wife went to Yodobashi camera in Osaka and snatched up the Master Grade Blue frame 2nd Revise. While I enjoyed putting it together, it's definitely not anywhere near the build type of the PG. Above is the difference as illustrated by BEE-CRAFT, the designer of both plastic models.

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Someone seemed to have been keen on comparing the same thing using diagrams. Clearly the Red frame has a bulkier build than its incredibly slender MG counterpart and detail is different in many places. The plan is to keep the PG size and bulk while attempting to redo sections of the Blue Frame that differ "significantly" from the Red Frame.

I just started on this one of course. I have to make changes circled in red, but without distorting the PG size or dimensions to that of the MG's.

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