Being stuck at home here for a week in Houston during Ike, I was without power for 11 days. Fortunately I had a generator running so I was able to salvage some of the week and do some personal work, between cleaning and cutting down fallen trees, repairing damage, etc.
I decided to do one of Kow Yokoyama's Maschinen Krieger Armored Fighting Suits: PKA Kauz. Here is a reference picture of the Kauz Model:
PKA Kauz
I did take some liberties from the original Kauz design, but for the most part I've tried to remain faithful to it. Since I did not have the model infront of me I was at the mercy of any ref I could find in Ma.K books and on the internets, so I did not always have a clear view of what was going on in certain areas.
Wires: 6642 Tri's, certainly has room for optimization.
Textures: 2048x2048
Thanks for looking.
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Everything else is spot on though, very impressed.
Now the only things that's missing is a fine pedestal.
and just out of interesst - what the hell does Waprüf (k) mean? - actually, it sounds kinda stupid in german..
@ Ibi & c0ldhands: I agree in that the hand is the weakest part of the model. In most of the ref I have, the fingers are just 'rubber' tubes. I may convert it to the more interesting hand design of the Melusine. Alot of the Ma.K Armored suits have pretty small hands in comparison with the bulkiness of the rest of the suit design.
I'm very interested in seeing the WIP of your SAFS coldhands, please post some renders.
@ kio: I don't know what Waprüf means because:
1.) I don't speak German
2.) I did not create the name.
It stands out in a harsh way.
the spec comes off more like "plastic" than "painted metal". maybe tone it down a bit in areas with much dirt.
also, some of the shapes are lacking definition somewhat.
the edges around the hatches could be sharpened up in the normal, they come off a bit too soft.
One thing, make the metal showing much darker in the diffuse and brighter in the spec, and tone down the the brightness of the painted areas while upping its contrast.
Thanks guys.
It doesn't mean anything. There's no such word in german. Panzerkampfanzug is written as one word though. Oh and what's that eagle doing there?
Enough of the crits - i love the model, it's very well done. Looks like Bioshocks Big Daddy's Big badass brother
The closest thing I could find: WaPruf is an abbreviation for Waffenprufamter, which means Weapons Parameter if I am not mistaken. Still doesn't make much sense in the context of the suit, but that's what it is. The Eagle was taken from a decal sheet from an actual KAUZ plastic model kit, so it's canon in the Ma.K universe.
there is no such word xD
http://www.fprado.com/armorsite/tiger2.htm
http://www.afrikakorps.org/germanabreviations.htm
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