<![CDATA[Zealot Hobby Forum - Anime, Cartoons, Figurines & Paperdolls]]> http://www.zealot.com/forum en Thu, 09 Sep 2010 01:08:50 GMT vBulletin 60 http://www.zealot.com/images/misc/rss.jpg <![CDATA[Zealot Hobby Forum - Anime, Cartoons, Figurines & Paperdolls]]> http://www.zealot.com/forum <![CDATA[My build of Howl's Moving Castle - free Epson file]]> http://www.zealot.com/forum/showthread.php?t=169012&goto=newpost Thu, 02 Sep 2010 15:19:53 GMT This model represents a dwelling place depicted in the lovely Studio Ghibli anime film "Howl's Moving Castle" (2004).

I started building this model in September 2006 when a friend gave me as birthday gift the 26 printed pages of the free Epson file that was once available at Epson's site. This file is no loger available from Epson, but it still can be found in several other places.

I worked in it only in my free times, and when I felt I could do some advance. There were times when I left months without touching it.

I finished it in September 2009 (exactly three years after I started). But in total, acording to my notebook, it took me 43 hours.

This are some pictures of an early stage of the project (2007). Those were taken with a crappy webcam connected to the PC.
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]]> niebla de fuego http://www.zealot.com/forum/showthread.php?t=169012 Paper Protagonist - Female - WIP http://www.zealot.com/forum/showthread.php?t=168947&goto=newpost Sat, 21 Aug 2010 03:17:25 GMT (I apologize in advance to anyone who is on the same various forums I am one, as this is a copy posting on all)

I've had this figurine in the works for as long as the male protagonist; I in fact had a prior prototype (I won't show it here), designed and tested at the same time as PPM 1.0 (the current male version). The female figure is a bit tricky, more complex and smaller than the male, with odd curves and generally a rounder shape. I did not want to do injustice to the female form in general, and yet wanted to somewhat convey in 3d the key shape, rather than relying on texturing and blocky modeling.

There is a fundamental alteration to the hip, which will likely appear in PPM 2.0 (not even in the works), which allows for better radial posing of the legs. The torso on the female is also separated into two pieces (it is one piece on the male), firstly to provide positioning for the breasts, as well as generally more of a fluid shape when posing. it also allows a small bit of lamination for the shoulder blades, which will likely be more often exposed.

The design fundamentals of the male figure also provided a much simpler format; torsos are 'shirts' and textured to match. The female figurine I intend to allow much more flexibility at the price of complexity, where the clothing is most likely to be laminated rather than textured. This allows for more realistic portrayal of things like décolleté, and gives more justice to the figurine. The prototype is shown with a prototype bikini style-set, with the panty and the bra both laminated.

Enjoy the pictures; I've set up the build diary as links, and chosen a few for display here. The metal figurine (not yet fully painted) is shown for scale and detail comparison. It is a 35mm figure from one of the Reaper lines. The penny is a Canadian $0.01 coin, and is 2 cm (about 4/5th of an inch) in diameter.











Part 1

Part 2

Assembly Started

Lady bumps

Adding to the legs

Standee

Assembled A

Assembled B

Assembled C

Comparison Reaper A

Comparison Reaper B

Comparison Reaper C

Comparison Reaper D

Comparison PPM 1.0 Prototype A

Comparison PPM 1.0 Prototype B

Enjoy!
Tirick ]]> Tirick http://www.zealot.com/forum/showthread.php?t=168947 Coming soon http://www.zealot.com/forum/showthread.php?t=168925&goto=newpost Tue, 17 Aug 2010 12:09:47 GMT Hi guys, I also like anime and mecha along side with my armor hobby. While I am finishing my armor builds they have been in idle in the background.... Hi guys, I also like anime and mecha along side with my armor hobby. While I am finishing my armor builds they have been in idle in the background. Check them out.



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Uploaded with ImageShack.us ]]> Roland98 http://www.zealot.com/forum/showthread.php?t=168925 french flagbearer of the french revolution http://www.zealot.com/forum/showthread.php?t=168895&goto=newpost Thu, 12 Aug 2010 13:32:05 GMT Hello Everybody,

I'm writing from France and send you pictures of a paper card figure :

It's a sergeant of the french army during the Revolution and the campaign of Italy in 1799.

Its size is 6cm or 1/30. For an human : between 180 and 185 cm.
The other figure is just here for the size and it's not in paper.

It's the first that I build but I will create many more for this era or other one : for example war of independence, secession war, indian wars, ww1 or 2.
I think that paper is a good material and easy to work.
See you later
Faithfully

Valmy








]]> valmy33 http://www.zealot.com/forum/showthread.php?t=168895 Posable Courser (Warhorse) http://www.zealot.com/forum/showthread.php?t=168890&goto=newpost Wed, 11 Aug 2010 11:13:00 GMT I've been getting the bug to design this for a while, but until recently I was a little intimidated by the complexity. However, I (think) I have a solid design concept and will work on that while building test parts for the first Man At Arms expansion.



Still very WIP obviously, but the figure will be fully posable, all four legs/joints as well as the neck/head. It will come with a Medieval Military saddle and will obviously be intended to suit my Protagonist line of figures. It will be released in 1:50 and 1:35, as well as in a few coat patterns.

This line of course will likely spawn into other derivative products.

Enjoy!
Tirick ]]> Tirick http://www.zealot.com/forum/showthread.php?t=168890