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Post by Maethius on Apr 18, 2017 2:06:59 GMT -5
HISTORYAs the war cabinet of the Helic Kingdom was developing the RBOZ-024-X Supreme King Gojulas, they were also seeking to upgrade the Helic core combatants to excel against the latest generation of adversary units. The RZ-114 was created as a way to narrow the base ground unit corps of a dozen light to medium Zoids, from the old Godos models to the newer Blade Ligers, to a select few multi-role units. The first of these new Zoids is the Aerogeist. Inspired by the Arosaurer and success of the Eradicator's design, his Zoid is on the smaller, sleeker side of the ground Zoid lines. It was intended as a fast and stealthy platform that is capable of defense penetration, interdiction, and direct confrontation with multiple units from light to heavy.   My fifth commissioned custom, the Aerogeist started out as a plan to articulate an Arosaurer but quickly grew into something a little more extreme. Please stop by the custom's build page and let me know your thoughts: RZ-114 Aerogeist. Thanks in advance for your comments and suggestions. ]\/[
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Post by Gojulas Omega on Apr 18, 2017 2:52:48 GMT -5
This guy is huge!
Huge improvement from Arosaurer
Huge modification
Huge size
Huge gun
Everything is "huge"! Excellent work again.
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Post by Vig on Apr 18, 2017 4:00:23 GMT -5
*Insert ten pages of compliments*
Everything about it is stealthy futuristic perfection! What a make over. WANT!
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Post by Hanyoutai on Apr 18, 2017 13:58:31 GMT -5
I love the overall design. It's really nice that it has a modest crest; often people have to make it ridiculously tall to make it scream Allosaurus, but this does a great job of representing the dinosaur. A very cool choice for claws, too.
I think my favorite thing by far is its excellent posture. The whole body has a nice flow of movement. Only thing that really threw me was that the arms looked bulkier than the legs, but looking at the build page I think that's just a matter of perspective.
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Post by Maethius on Apr 18, 2017 15:03:28 GMT -5
Thank you much, folks! Hanyoutai- I originally had smaller arms, but my client specifically asked me to "overbuild" them a little to help separate it from the typical T-Rex silhouette we are used to seeing. I did want to restructure the claws (3 on top, no thumb) and articulate them, but the idea was dropped in favor of using that time to improve the feet and head. So your eye is correct! The arms are about 25% larger than on a true-to-scale Allosaurus.  |
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Post by shovelchop81 on Apr 18, 2017 19:08:41 GMT -5
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darksoul
Lance Corporal
add zoids from here, add zoids from there.. and look, how thin is my wallet now :D
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Post by darksoul on Apr 19, 2017 6:42:47 GMT -5
woww...  is that arosaurer? look so menacing and stealthy to me.. just like an Oviraptor.. especially with those bumb in upper nose. such a great new custom again sir maethius *two thumbs up*  |
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Post by Maethius on Apr 19, 2017 13:25:36 GMT -5
@shovelchops81 - It was bigger than expected for me, too! Thing just kept growing! Thanks for the link; I've thought about casting some of my own parts and using the pigment could really work well together. Since it is so grainy, do you know if the parts would still be strong with the powder embedded, or might it tend to be brittle? darksoul - Thankee! I hope my next one continues the tradition! |
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Enbahan
Corporal
Here kitty kitty
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Post by Enbahan on Apr 19, 2017 21:09:53 GMT -5
Looks great! Allosaurus is one of my favorite dinos. I'd love to see you do a colorful custom sometime.
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Post by Leon35 on Apr 19, 2017 21:36:26 GMT -5
I always love your big projects, but the downtime between them is almost maddening.
I love these last few smaller-scale projects you have done. This Zoid and the Redler look fantasic. If you still have the redler, please post pictures of them together!
(I love your new logo btw)
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Post by shovelchop81 on Apr 20, 2017 2:24:13 GMT -5
@shovelchops81 - It was bigger than expected for me, too! Thing just kept growing! Thanks for the link; I've thought about casting some of my own parts and using the pigment could really work well together. Since it is so grainy, do you know if the parts would still be strong with the powder embedded, or might it tend to be brittle? darksoul - Thankee! I hope my next one continues the tradition! Well clear resins have always been brittle by nature, a sort lollipop hardness that makes them prone to chipping and cracking if you were to drop them on a marble floor for example or even shattering in that scenario. But they've gotten more resilient lately with EasyFlo polymers for example, more tough than hard. As for mixing in the powder, well it's not like GPS if that's what you're worried about since that is actual metal flakes that don't bond or dissolve at all causing it's brittleness. The powders mix well with the resin and are very fine, I'm pretty sure they dissolve and become part of the resin mix as a whole so won't have the drawback of gold plastics etc.. if not they are so fine it appears to be dissolved so shouldn't hamper the resin's integrity from a modeller's point of view. |
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Post by Maethius on Apr 20, 2017 2:27:10 GMT -5
Enbahan - I love the allosaurus, too (I dig theropods... see what I did there?) I might do a colorful custom someday, but what I've made thus far go hand in hand with my Age of War theme; not a lot of colorful tanks out there. ^_^ Leon35 - The huge projects are a bit of a pain that way; I'm glad to be working on some stuff I can get out there faster! The next huge one I have in the works will probably be done in the background as I put these other commissions together. (Thanks for the logo comment! I'm looking to brand myself this year!)
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Post by Snowflake on Apr 22, 2017 19:14:15 GMT -5
Hot chocolate!!! I love me some realistically shaped theropods.. but I see no arosaurer in here
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Post by Maethius on Apr 23, 2017 15:16:00 GMT -5
Well, it WAS an Arosaurer! (Actually, it was 1.05 Arosaurers!)
I really like coming closer to the actual silhouettes of real animals (when possible)
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Post by Raysetiger on Apr 29, 2017 16:56:13 GMT -5
It's been a long time since I came here. Didn't think my log in info would still work. Great stuff as always Maethius.
I'll post some of my stuff soon.
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