Minor/Repaint: Animated Drift Head Replacement

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  1. Arginus Prime, Jun 21, 2021
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    As a follow up to the TFA Cheetor headsculpt, here's some WIP photos of the Drift headsculpt I'm working on. While Cheetor was made in Fusion 360, this one I am making in Blender. Took a while for me to start getting comfortable with the new software.

    Test-printed in FDM (Ender 3 V2 / 0.4mm nozzle / 0.2 layer height / Polyterra Fossil Grey filament) to get a sense of the scale and general shapes. Lots more to do in terms of refining the model. Will be printing the final version in resin.

    I plan to give him light-piping in the eyes like Cheetor and Blurr. What other characters do you think could use TFA Blurr's body?

    WIP photos:
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    My sketch from last year when I started working on the project:
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    TFA Drift art from The Allspark Almanac:
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    Shattered Glass version shows the face in more detail:
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    EDIT: Added some progress shots of the modeling process.
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    EDIT: Added a snapshot of my Blender setup.
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  2. DrakenDaWolfy, Jun 21, 2021
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    Just 'cause memes. 20210420_144510.jpg
    But maybe a Shattered Glass styled Blurr? Could be quite ingenious with fan designs. Hell, even an IDW styled Blurr head would be cool.
     
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  3. shiftypenguin, Jun 21, 2021
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    Cool!
     
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  4. LegoTFGuy, Jun 22, 2021
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    Looks fantastic so far!!

    I always thought Override Prime would fit the Blurr bodytype. Obviously the shoulders don't match but that's not really a huge deal.

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  5. Q Prime, Jun 22, 2021
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    Deadlock based on the E-Hobby colours, maybe?
     
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  6. misternewuzer, Jun 23, 2021
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    Will you make this available on Shapeways? Because this is a day one purchase if so, I have a spare Blurr specifically for this project!
     
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  7. Pteraxadon, Jun 24, 2021
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  8. Arginus Prime, Jun 27, 2021
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    A-ha, yes I remember these! I'll work on this next as it's a matter of adding the pointy sunglasses to the Cheetor headsculpt.

    Thank you! I looked it up and yeah the alt mode fits the Blurr model. I've added this to my list of potential projects.

    Gotcha. Black variants always look so bad-ass.

    I'm trying to setup a Shapeways shop. I will upload when ready.
     
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  9. DrakenDaWolfy, Jun 28, 2021
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    I just see it as a good SG Cheetor
     
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  10. AoE, Jun 28, 2021
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    God I need to actually learn how to use Blender/direct modeling
     
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  11. Arginus Prime, Jun 29, 2021
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    I learned a lot from this low-poly tutorial:


    Once I got comfortable with low-poly, I started getting familiar with modifiers like bevel and surface subdivision (for smoothing).
     
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  12. misternewuzer, Jun 30, 2021
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    How about an SG Blurr head? Make it almost 1 for 1 to the original mold, but slap on an eye patch, a sneering mouth, and the snorkel Mohawk? I'll buy a third Blurr for this head, it would be a relatively simple custom paint compared to Drift
     
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