By tetsujin on 2006-01-24 in Models | 0 Comments
Tags: 1:100 Zaku Kai, Plans
After creating version 2 of the rough design for the leg, I created a third and fourth version attempting to correct the main flaws in the earlier design: the low knee, a few inconsistencies between the front and side views, and so on. The third version was an improvement, and gave a nice, hefty look […]
By tetsujin on 2005-09-21 in Models | 0 Comments
Tags: 1:100 Zaku Kai, Plans
After creating my first orthographic front view of the Zaku Kai, it became clear that I needed to refine the leg design. The first attempt was based on the drawing from the Zaku Kai front view drawing. It improved upon that work, but it was still a very rough attempt. The second version was a […]
By tetsujin on 2005-09-14 in Models | 0 Comments
Tags: 1:100 Zaku Kai, Plans
All the best material I’ve read on scratchbuilding emphasizes the creation of detailed plans as a first step. If a plan is good enough to give you the contour and measurements of any section of a part, then there is no reason why a detailed replica cannot be sculpted. In other modeling genres, creating the […]