BRDencklau
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Awesome. Glad to hear you are finding time.
Borderlands 2 Maliwan Hellfire build
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Kopesh
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I remember seeing this thread way back when it first started, so I was pleasantly surprised to see that it is still in progress. The body of the gun is looking slick, and I hope your own workspace is coming along nicely. I've always liked the organic look of Maliwan arms, so I'll be awaiting the time when you decide to update!
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drjag
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ONE EVEN MORE RIDICULOUSLY OVERDUE UPDATE:
"Well, hang me upside down from a telephone pole, cover me in honey, and leave me to a slow death at the hands of hungry spiderants" -- this thread ain't dead yet! My last update was Nov 14 (9 months ago!) but then again, this thread has been on/off (mostly off) for 20 months; this thing could of been finished easily a dozen times over. Over this summer term, I have been a very busy bunny, making a lot of props and working at my job like crazy and only now have I got the time to start uploading stuff.
I thought this poor, poor prop alongside my other projects needed to be finished for good so I have finally given this gun its paint scheme.
The way I did this was by throwing on paint and taping over it, instead of masking the area and painting over. I started with yellow, then white, then black and lastly, blue.
DSC01004 by Joshua Guess, on Flickr
DSC01005 by Joshua Guess, on Flickr
DSC01022 by Joshua Guess, on Flickr
Once all the major base colours were down, it was a matter of masking small areas or free-handing with acrylic paints, such as the trigger. During this process, I also touched up areas and continued to do so throughout the process. (Apologies for lack of photos)
DSC01025 by Joshua Guess, on Flickr
DSC01028 by Joshua Guess, on Flickr
When I got every bit of colour on to the gun, I gave the gun some black washes and began the first half of cel-shading, using a fine black water based paint marker.
DSC01088 by Joshua Guess, on Flickr
DSC01102 by Joshua Guess, on Flickr
I'm really surprised with how well the cel-shading visually changes the entire gun and there is a lot more cel-shading and shadings of colour left to do, not to mention I still need to make the barrel/rail section but for now, that's all I have.
"Well, hang me upside down from a telephone pole, cover me in honey, and leave me to a slow death at the hands of hungry spiderants" -- this thread ain't dead yet! My last update was Nov 14 (9 months ago!) but then again, this thread has been on/off (mostly off) for 20 months; this thing could of been finished easily a dozen times over. Over this summer term, I have been a very busy bunny, making a lot of props and working at my job like crazy and only now have I got the time to start uploading stuff.
I thought this poor, poor prop alongside my other projects needed to be finished for good so I have finally given this gun its paint scheme.
The way I did this was by throwing on paint and taping over it, instead of masking the area and painting over. I started with yellow, then white, then black and lastly, blue.
DSC01004 by Joshua Guess, on FlickrDSC01005 by Joshua Guess, on FlickrDSC01022 by Joshua Guess, on FlickrOnce all the major base colours were down, it was a matter of masking small areas or free-handing with acrylic paints, such as the trigger. During this process, I also touched up areas and continued to do so throughout the process. (Apologies for lack of photos)
DSC01025 by Joshua Guess, on FlickrDSC01028 by Joshua Guess, on FlickrWhen I got every bit of colour on to the gun, I gave the gun some black washes and began the first half of cel-shading, using a fine black water based paint marker.
DSC01088 by Joshua Guess, on FlickrDSC01102 by Joshua Guess, on FlickrI'm really surprised with how well the cel-shading visually changes the entire gun and there is a lot more cel-shading and shadings of colour left to do, not to mention I still need to make the barrel/rail section but for now, that's all I have.
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BRDencklau
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I was just thinking about your work and what the heck happened to you, the other day... Welcome back, again.
drjag
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Thanks man, good to be back.
Small update: I got around to adding a lot more cel-shading than the first pass I did. I used references from the weapon viewer and my own imagination to add my own areas of cel-shading.
DSC01127 by Joshua Guess, on Flickr
DSC01154 by Joshua Guess, on FlickrMy approach for the prop was to completely over exaggerate the cel-shade appearance to clearly show that it's supposed to look basic and bold, instead of realistic and futuristic. There's only a few minor touches that need adding to complete it then there's only the barrel/rail left.
Until then...
