Wednesday, June 12, 2013

Detain Marker Prototype - Painting

So here is what I'm thinking of in terms of paint.







Overall I'm pretty happy with the results. I must admit I was a bit sloppy with this but I was eager to see a finished piece. Next time I will be more patient. I think once I print with the finer detail material and make this a bit thicker, it will be pretty great!



Monday, June 10, 2013

Detain Marker Prototype - From the Printers

So this little guy arrived from the printers today


First thing I get back from 3D printing! Exciting stuff! I like it but I can already see room for improvement. First, some more pics:




So first thing I noticed is some lost detail in the runes. They got a little doughy. I think I'll use the more brittle, yet higher detail material next time. Also, it is way thinner than I expected. I'll probably make it thicker. I think I will also scale it bigger, globally. I wouldn't mind it being a little bigger. Well that's what this is all about, trial and error. Since I don't wish to use this to make a mold, I think I will go ahead and prototype the paint job too. Stay tuned!



Wednesday, June 5, 2013

Chandra Drawings

So I've decided I'm gonna do a little exercise. I'm gonna model, texture, and rig a Chandra. But I can't just do a realistic one. That would be cool, and I tried actually, but it's also not me. I decided to take a more stylized approach. Here is my thought process (in sketch form).






Finally I settled on this:

Now the only thing is I was planning on drawing in the armor and stuff digitally, but then the tablet I was using broke. So this is all you get for now. Anyway, gonna start modeling soon.


Ribbits


Sunday, June 2, 2013

Detain Marker

So I'm still trying to do the whole 3D printing thing, including making a mold and casting replicas. But I figured before I do all this crazy stuff with a really complex object like the Izzet deckbox I'm working on, I better test it all on something simpler. After all, I have no idea what I'm doing.

So I came up with another Magic related item. A simple yet fun way to mark your detained permanents!



The idea is you put in on top of the card like this:

My original mock-up

So I've already sent this to the 3D printers. Once I get it back, it's time to start making that mold! The way I will paint it will also be much different. I'll give it a bit more detail so it's not just a boring white and blue.