Fellow Papermodelers,
I've begun design on a custom chopper papermodel as a tribute to the awesome work of Marcus Walz. If you've followed the TV show Biker Build-off on Discovery Channel, you may have seen the episode where Marcus Walz appeared and built one of his great works of art, the Mille Miglia (1000 Miles) bike.
Although I'm a general fan of custom chopper style motorcycles, I thought this one was extra special. I've been wanting to make one of my own since I could never afford to buy the real thing.
I got the picture of the real bike below from the Walz hardcore cycles website (beware there are is some adult content so it may not be safe for work).
http://www.walz-hardcore-cycles.com/
I'm going pretty high detail on this one but hopefully I won't go too far and make it impossible to build. I'm pretty slow with my 3d modeling so it could be a while before I am ready to unfold. I'm also freehanding this one so it won't be exactly like the real bike (I'm also taking some artistic liberties). My plan is to one day release it as a free model.
In the meantime here's my first update (and more to come later. . .)
I've begun design on a custom chopper papermodel as a tribute to the awesome work of Marcus Walz. If you've followed the TV show Biker Build-off on Discovery Channel, you may have seen the episode where Marcus Walz appeared and built one of his great works of art, the Mille Miglia (1000 Miles) bike.
Although I'm a general fan of custom chopper style motorcycles, I thought this one was extra special. I've been wanting to make one of my own since I could never afford to buy the real thing.
I got the picture of the real bike below from the Walz hardcore cycles website (beware there are is some adult content so it may not be safe for work).
http://www.walz-hardcore-cycles.com/
I'm going pretty high detail on this one but hopefully I won't go too far and make it impossible to build. I'm pretty slow with my 3d modeling so it could be a while before I am ready to unfold. I'm also freehanding this one so it won't be exactly like the real bike (I'm also taking some artistic liberties). My plan is to one day release it as a free model.
In the meantime here's my first update (and more to come later. . .)