Roadwarrior
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I don't get it
My Space Marine Build Beginning
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well here's some further work on my Tech Marine Helm,.. there will be some Hoses and stuff but I didnt model them for the pep ready file since it'd be easier to
just real ones, and the lenses also will not be pepped (at least by me) I just have them there as reference
so gimmie your thoughts and what not
just real ones, and the lenses also will not be pepped (at least by me) I just have them there as reference
so gimmie your thoughts and what not
Nightmare451
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Looks nice but what's with the tiny little grille at the front?
Nintendude
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I like it! Good work amancue
Calling All Unfolders, stop take a stab @ unfolding my Tech Marine Helmet and,.. tell me what may need to be fixed in the model to make it easier
TechMarineHelm.pdo
TechMarineHelm.pdo
Nightmare451
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I'm not a great unfolder like Nintendude, but I'll give it a go, in the Emperor's name
Edit: I tried unfolding your model and immediately found a few problems.
1. There's a texture in the file, but that's easy enough to remove in Pepakura
2. The sides of the 'track' for the eyepiece (I'll get a pic and upload it if you need me to) have extra unneccessary edges that make the pep harder
3. The eye/nose area also has alot of extra edges which could be smoothed
4. In between the eyes, the browline of the helmet actually comes to a point. Lots of tiny edges there that will cause a problem when it comes to pepping time
But all in all it's a damn good model. I think I'll borrow that sight/eyepiece and do a scratchbuild to attach it to a helmet it's that nice. A+ job
Edit: I tried unfolding your model and immediately found a few problems.
1. There's a texture in the file, but that's easy enough to remove in Pepakura
2. The sides of the 'track' for the eyepiece (I'll get a pic and upload it if you need me to) have extra unneccessary edges that make the pep harder
3. The eye/nose area also has alot of extra edges which could be smoothed
4. In between the eyes, the browline of the helmet actually comes to a point. Lots of tiny edges there that will cause a problem when it comes to pepping time
But all in all it's a damn good model. I think I'll borrow that sight/eyepiece and do a scratchbuild to attach it to a helmet it's that nice. A+ job
yeah I knew as far a poly's went there was an area I just got tired and needed to refine,.
where the curve of the fron meets the angular sides of the eyepiece
and as for texture I didnt even think about the blank textures,.. but as you said thats easy,.. just turn off texture in pep done,..
yeah get me a specific picture of which area your referring too for #2,.. wasnt sure how pep handles certain sections that are covered if it merges them or whatnot
yeah it does come to a point,.. but I was thinking w/ some judicious unfolding it could be done as several planes instead of crazy tiny piece,.. but that remains to be seen
as for the Optics and Tertiary Optics Glad you like them, this is my 2nd model for pep so far
where the curve of the fron meets the angular sides of the eyepiece
and as for texture I didnt even think about the blank textures,.. but as you said thats easy,.. just turn off texture in pep done,..
yeah get me a specific picture of which area your referring too for #2,.. wasnt sure how pep handles certain sections that are covered if it merges them or whatnot
yeah it does come to a point,.. but I was thinking w/ some judicious unfolding it could be done as several planes instead of crazy tiny piece,.. but that remains to be seen
as for the Optics and Tertiary Optics Glad you like them, this is my 2nd model for pep so far
Nightmare451
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Best views I could find of what I was talking about. What should be a one piece surface (because it's flat) has this line running along it which cuts the flat surface into multiple pieces when you unfold it. If you can't find the line look just above the red line in the both pictures
Roadwarrior
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Tango 89er said:
Best views I could find of what I was talking about. What should be a one piece surface (because it's flat) has this line running along it which cuts the flat surface into multiple pieces when you unfold it
That happens when you have more than two planes connecting to a single edge. Like this: Y
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(don't worry I have some love for the Space Marines in 40K)Nightmare451
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Roadwarrior said:
Well I'm no 3D modeller so I wasn't sure of the cause, but it was playing havoc with the unfold
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I have posted an update to my TM helmet TM4pepv3.pdo
sorry had to re-upload,.. I had accidently uploaded the 3d version not the pep version fixed
sorry had to re-upload,.. I had accidently uploaded the 3d version not the pep version fixed
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