Recent content by mrln68

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    Papercraft for the Greater Good

    As papercraft yet? Not too many. There are 3 that I can think of off the top of my head. One is a Broadside Battlesuit, one is for their Hammerhead Transport and the final one is a Piranha skimmer. The problem with Tau (like Eldar for 40K) is they are much more organic in their shapes...
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    Papercraft for the Greater Good

    Putting together some Tau tests models before I do them in plasticard/putty and figured I might as well share. First up is a Tau Remora. Still have some to work out the wing root detail (plan on having them able to be folded like the Forge World model) as well as some details here and there...
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    complex curved model

    Styrene sheet (Plasticard) is my choice material for thin curves. You can heat it and then shape it by hand or use a surface that mirrors what you are after (bowling balls, coffee cans and the like). If you can go thicker - Surform rasps and pink (blue or yellow) foam. It is easy enough to...
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    Pepakura Unfolding Tips

    Not sure what software you are using to edit the 3D models, but sometimes there will be open edges or other artifacts that you don't notice...but Pepakura does. Some software offers tools for checking to make sure there aren't any of these issues. In simple 3D packages, sometimes you can fix...
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    Airship RC

    Depending on how fancy you want to get - they have Indoor RC blimps that are offered from time to time with the little throw away RCs around Christmas in stores and what not. Most of them are little more than a mylar balloon with a pair of electric motors on either side. 2 channel control sort...