Sorry for not putting this in the title, but this is going to be PIC HEAVY
Hey all, I got a jolt of inspiration last night while looking through the forum, happened across WizardofFlight's weapon schematics, and decided to take a stab at a scratch build pistol. I am usually really anal about perfection (which has driven me from completion of any projects I've started) so I decided to settle for mediocrity so that I can AT LEAST have a finished product. All too often we look up to the masters in our community and want to create pieces just like them, which is -- in reality -- extremely daunting and ultimately discouraging. It's taken me since I joined (almost 6 years now) to figure out that I have to make this armour for myself.
I really owe the credit to briciius and his "Artifact Halo Armour" build for getting me going on a simple project. The customization and soul that he has put into his armour is what made me realize that perfection is relative, and that it's the journey and discovery that matters.
tldr; I'm back, and with photos. Check it out!
FIRST UPDATE 10/09/12
I started off with a printed copy of Wizard's pistol schematic and measured my hand and the picture to determine my scaling factor. After that it was a matter of transcribing the pistols basic dimensions to a larger piece of paper (via my brothers broken ruler+protractor set from elementary school). Pics or it didn't happen
That's where I'm at currently. The plan is to start tracing the dimensions out onto paper to be cut out with cardboard. Once I have the basic shape I'm going to pour most of my effort into bondoing the details in. It's going to be non-functional (no moving parts or lights) but I want to make it as realistic as possible, but not necessarily game accurate. I'm excited, hope you guys like the WIP!
Hey all, I got a jolt of inspiration last night while looking through the forum, happened across WizardofFlight's weapon schematics, and decided to take a stab at a scratch build pistol. I am usually really anal about perfection (which has driven me from completion of any projects I've started) so I decided to settle for mediocrity so that I can AT LEAST have a finished product. All too often we look up to the masters in our community and want to create pieces just like them, which is -- in reality -- extremely daunting and ultimately discouraging. It's taken me since I joined (almost 6 years now) to figure out that I have to make this armour for myself.
I really owe the credit to briciius and his "Artifact Halo Armour" build for getting me going on a simple project. The customization and soul that he has put into his armour is what made me realize that perfection is relative, and that it's the journey and discovery that matters.
tldr; I'm back, and with photos. Check it out!
FIRST UPDATE 10/09/12
I started off with a printed copy of Wizard's pistol schematic and measured my hand and the picture to determine my scaling factor. After that it was a matter of transcribing the pistols basic dimensions to a larger piece of paper (via my brothers broken ruler+protractor set from elementary school). Pics or it didn't happen
That's where I'm at currently. The plan is to start tracing the dimensions out onto paper to be cut out with cardboard. Once I have the basic shape I'm going to pour most of my effort into bondoing the details in. It's going to be non-functional (no moving parts or lights) but I want to make it as realistic as possible, but not necessarily game accurate. I'm excited, hope you guys like the WIP!