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I'm Building the Assault Mech


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#1 LeoFirebrand

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Posted February 04 2013 - 12:59 PM

I am a papercraft artist and have been really enjoying Hawken and especially its art style so I decided I wanted to build one of the mechs. You can see my other projects on my website http://www.firebrand...Papercraft.html

Recently I posted a topic requesting help getting the .obj file for the Assualt mech so I could build a model of it and was lucky enough to get some help in that regards. Using that I was able to build some scaled orthographic drawings I could use for reference.

I worked on it a while this weekend and wanted to share my progress with everyone. I will be updating this post with picutres as I make progress. Hope everyone enjoys.

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Posted February 04 2013 - 01:07 PM

great man,

your start looks good,hope to see more of your stuff (maybe some other mechs).

greetings from germany

ps. im still building (kitbashing) a mech too....

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#3 SilentJacket

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Posted February 04 2013 - 01:08 PM

looks great, will the file be downloadable for others to build their own mechs?

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#4 Beefsweat

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Posted February 04 2013 - 01:56 PM

Can you build me one with the heifram body & legs and the res arms? I'll pay for it. :3
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#5 TerranCmdr

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Posted February 04 2013 - 01:58 PM

Holy fuzzy bunny man, that is so cool already.
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Posted February 04 2013 - 02:07 PM

Amazing !!
edit : your work on your website is incredible ! Bravo !

Edited by erathic, February 04 2013 - 02:09 PM.

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#7 Juodvarnis

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Posted February 04 2013 - 09:13 PM

That's no Rocketeer.

Still awesome though. Keep up the good work!
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#8 [HWK]shadiradio

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Posted February 05 2013 - 03:40 PM

I've done a little papercraft in the past, and I really dig it. Definitely excited to see your progress!

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Posted February 05 2013 - 03:51 PM

Looking good already!
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Posted February 05 2013 - 04:40 PM

Looking good dude.
Wish i could do stuff like this but there is a special close in my heath insurance preventing me from doing things like this. ( i cut myself twice with cardboard boxes today )

Edit: have you heard of this http://community.pla...-brain-contest/ ?

Edited by h0B0, February 05 2013 - 05:44 PM.

Click me! I dare you.

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View Post[HWK]HUGHES, on March 15 2013 - 08:35 PM, said:

Oh don't always listen to h0B0. Lol.


#11 LeoFirebrand

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Posted February 06 2013 - 10:10 AM

View PostSilentJacket, on February 04 2013 - 01:08 PM, said:

looks great, will the file be downloadable for others to build their own mechs?

Sadly no. Most downloadable papercraft models are done using a 3d program call pepukura. While doing this the model is heavily simplified and loses alot of the fidelity. To create screen acurate models you basically have to build from scratch the old fashioned way, which means most of my models are custom built one-offs. I have created a few donwloadable models for Claptrap from Borderlands and a deck box for Magic the Gathering, but both required alot of time to do by hand and are much simplier than the assault mech.

View Posth0B0, on February 05 2013 - 04:40 PM, said:

Looking good dude.
Wish i could do stuff like this but there is a special close in my heath insurance preventing me from doing things like this. ( i cut myself twice with cardboard boxes today )

Edit: have you heard of this http://community.pla...-brain-contest/ ?

Had not heard of that, and thanks for pointing me towards it. I am not sure my model will be done by the 25th but if it is, I will be sure to enter it into the contest. Thanks for the heads up.

#12 LeoFirebrand

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Posted February 06 2013 - 10:15 AM

Have another update on the progress today. I have most of the main body done now. I still need to add some accent pieces but Im about 97% there. After this I will start work on the lower torso. I will say I am beginning to have serious doubts whether the mech will be able to stand on its own. I may have to work in a mounting rod somewhere.

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Posted February 06 2013 - 01:38 PM

Wow, I don't know how you have the patience for that but your work is amazing.
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#14 LeoFirebrand

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Posted February 09 2013 - 01:54 AM

The model has been moving along pretty quickly. I finished the upper and lower torsos. I am using bits of wire in addition to paper to add some of the detailing. Now to move on to the legs.

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Posted February 09 2013 - 02:22 AM

wowwwww that thing is going huge!
nice progress, i like it


so adhesive and meteor you see we need plastic or resin models, people are already so far/crazy that they are expanding paper mechs :D

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#16 Spirtikus

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Posted February 09 2013 - 04:12 AM

Woah! How did you make that!?
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Posted February 09 2013 - 04:57 AM

Did U manage to rip 3d models from game engine as a reference or it's just made from screenshots?

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Posted February 09 2013 - 03:34 PM

Thats ridiculously good, and i like the claptrap im a borderlands fan

#19 LeoFirebrand

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Posted February 10 2013 - 01:18 AM

View PostPelax, on February 09 2013 - 04:57 AM, said:

Did U manage to rip 3d models from game engine as a reference or it's just made from screenshots?

I had some help getting the 3d model. I used the file to create some orthographic pics that act as templates. It so much faster and easier this way. I have done many models just off screenshots before and it can take forever to build ortho's and the build process is much slower as well.

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Posted February 10 2013 - 06:17 AM

this is very, very cool! cant wait to see it finished.
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