tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8158528358884398247.post5424557952143846968..comments2024-03-10T10:36:45.776+00:00Comments on dwartist's painting blog: Late last year...dwartisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07355013748362310480noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8158528358884398247.post-77779599090161055582015-12-17T17:57:58.924+00:002015-12-17T17:57:58.924+00:00The link was at the end of my big wall of text and...The link was at the end of my big wall of text and didn't translate to a hyper link so here it is for ease of use.<br /><br />http://www.michaellawler.blogspot.com/2015/02/dropship-concept-wip.htmlMike Lawlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12626689747739840143noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8158528358884398247.post-12595786675383058062015-12-17T17:53:39.820+00:002015-12-17T17:53:39.820+00:00Sure. If you're not up to speed on how the dro...Sure. If you're not up to speed on how the dropship came to be, here's a little history. The campaign had stalled and TF was taking ideas. Most of them involved free stuff or changes to the tanks if I remember correctly. A lot of people were bashing the GW-ness of the selections and it was just in general in doldrums. I have eagerly been waiting for Antenociti to whip out the dropships he'd shown a year or more ago and was otherwise unimpressed with some of the outdated kits we have from others. I proposed a Valkyrie sized dropship. TF bit and I mentioned some ideas for what to look for. The initial exchange was very clumsy and I ended up throwing together a side view. They liked the general idea but propulsion and other features were tossed around. Some because of casting and others to fit the aesthetic. They came back with a really generic cockpit and I did a quick digital paintover with the notion that it should be a sensor array instead of a traditional cockpit and I changed the proportions they had to feel more like a two seat (front and back) helicopter. They wanted some ideas for general areas of the body which you can also see at the link below. Those had to be really fast because of the timeline so I cranked those out and I believe some of the influences from that did translate but again, casting was mentioned in why they shied away from the more H53 type designs (bulk on bottom)and why they ultimately avoided the butterfly tail. They liked that but said the volume of resin was prohibitive. The next bit was the engine/hover pods. For that I did detail illustrations and you can see from the pictures on that blog post, they were pretty good at adhering to my designs on that. While I really like the way the end design worked, the one thing I would love to see different would be that original butterfly tail with steering propulsion. It would be neat to see my original more V-22 oriented concepts fleshed out as well but I think the final design on the wings works well as is.<br />http://www.michaellawler.blogspot.com/2015/02/dropship-concept-wip.html<br />Mike Lawlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12626689747739840143noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8158528358884398247.post-73814307589701330892015-12-13T18:29:10.591+00:002015-12-13T18:29:10.591+00:00Hello Michael, love the design not over-enamoured ...Hello Michael, love the design not over-enamoured with the casting but not a complete disaster!I've added 'bits' to the nose (not yet complete - the cannon barrels have yet to be added over the brass pins) as the casting there was particularly poor. I've done a little more work and will today and will post pics later. Do you have any concept art to share?dwartisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07355013748362310480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8158528358884398247.post-18428930558842139382015-12-12T22:38:08.511+00:002015-12-12T22:38:08.511+00:00Glad to see some work on this. This design is one ...Glad to see some work on this. This design is one of my proudest moments and I wish the execution of the kit had been smoother but as you said, TF is still learning about vehicles :/ Could you show some details on your work on the nose? My original concept had cannons and those did not make it to what I received.Mike Lawlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12626689747739840143noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8158528358884398247.post-33305668447502092722015-12-12T02:51:01.899+00:002015-12-12T02:51:01.899+00:00That is really cool!That is really cool!Mr. Haroldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00115306470749174300noreply@blogger.com