Heavy/Scratch: Battlestar Convoy, Generations Grandus and Sky Garry 3D Print

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  1. kentan99

    kentan99 Well-Known Member

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    So like this?

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    This project might be the coolest 3d-printed transformer design I've ever seen! That headsculpt is :buttrock . As a GS Star Convoy owner who grew up with the Unicron Trilogy, I'd spend a lot of money to buy/print this guy when he's finished.

    The combining robot mode is a stroke of genius, but are you going to give him a base mode to match the original toy's and Star Convoy's?
    Very excited to see more!
     
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    can we forget about that base mode thanks
     
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    Precisely!! Could you cover more the gap left by the head/panel assembly on this side like this (since the head/panel assembly would flip using the other side)?:

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    i love you and i will do anything you say
    Edit: friend of mine pointed out that the turret resembles the one in G1 Optimus' trailer

    also star
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    Thanks man, much appreciated!! :) 

    Other suggestions:

    1) Could you cover the head more in both cockpit and turret mode at least to the slope of the helmet? Like this:

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    2) Could you make fold from the sides of the legs these struts like the side panels of Star Convoy legs in trailer mode? They are hinges normally used for a cage in base mode, but here they would be basically fake, just decorative, to give Sky Garry something that would lock the whole legs in place in spaceship mode:

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    3) In middle-combined mode (Star Convoy + Sky Garry) one could mount Sky Garry's rifles on Star Convoy's forearms, while leaving the the all-weapons-combined mode for the final combination of all 3.. Could you update your sketch of the middle combination with Sky Garry's rifles on the forearms?
     
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    I can only cover up the face in combined mode, yes. But it doesn't work for vehicle mode, sorry. Love your ideas tho!

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    UHHH SO YEA I'M GOOD TO GO. I'LL BE PRINTING ALL 71 PARTS

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    Magnificent work, you have all of my praises!! :) 

    Anyway, I figure out that if you make the panel of the head/panel assembly shorter -Piece A- (and accordingly the piece with the vehicle mode cover -Piece B- shorter too) you could not only have the head closer to the chest (and more covered) in vehicle mode, but also the head -when it's a turret- closer in both height and depth to the combined robot.

    Of course, it would be' best to shorten both Piece A and B to the hinge ends of both by the same length. This way the head in robot mode location would not result affected at all by this changes :) 

    Keep up the good work!! :) 
     
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  13. Rocka5438

    Rocka5438 why yes i can deal with that right now

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    You could add a bunch of 5mm combat ports so you can attach a sixgun or cog or a bunch of weapons
     
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    Yea I've considered this in the early process of the sketches but the proportions for the white middle bit cant be changed or it affects the combined mode look.
     
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    Definitely doable but only when I've figured out which places make sense to plug ports onto. I still have a Grandus to make and I need to carefully plan ports out
     
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    This is gorgeous! I keep checking your Cults3d page hoping to see this available!
     
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    Oh, I see.. By the way, I thought about this 2 details:

    1) Could you add 2 little red fins on the chest that would cover more the face and keep the head from rotating?

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    2) Could you put a groove on the white piece of the chest to house the yellow crest of the forehead to further keep the head from rotating and sit aesthetically more flush? Either by lifting the white piece a bit or by elongating the yellow crest of the geometria more (solution I highly siggest):

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    Looks great cannot wait to see it printed, and for the possibility to print my own.
     
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    then make ur own lmao
     
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