Centurion update

Posted on 29 Jan 2012 by in Centurion Mecha, Work in Progress

Despite the wet weather we’ve been having I haven’t made much modelling progress this weekend. What I have done is begin finalising the pelvis armour. The mounting points for it have been added onto the back (along with my favourite new cast iron texture) and I hit the piece with a layer of Tamiya surface primer from a rattle can to check consistency. It’s amazingly symmetric! Some banding (using my scan – Inkscape – CNC router trick) is next on the agenda, along with some other details.

The pelvis is slowly receiving more cleanup but it’s pretty much done now. I’ll be testing out my new brass etch system in the coming week which will produce the icons I will fit to pieces like the groin armour.

Once the pelvis is done I’ll start work on the torso, the first step of which will be coming up with a basic shape. I’ll probably start with the back and design the reactor first as that will setup the proportions. Early on I’ll have to design the pilot too, although at this stage I’m probably going to spring for a decent figure sculptor to do it for me. With the pilot done the cockpit can be made and then the rest of the torso built up around that. I think I’m going to finally have to start sketching some stuff in planning for these elements…

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