Robotech Academy's Swordfish

This is something that I just have to share with you all.

About 10 years ago I was one of the Modelers for the Robotech MMO Project. In our attempt to produce this game I had do some concept work to help fill the rank and file of the REF Fleet.

One of these was the Lionfish, excuse the picture this is not my best texturing and this is still a very low poly model.



When they announced Robotech Academy they showed off this new ship called the Swordfish.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vG8LNqZ9sgs

When I saw this design, I could not believe it. I was so awe struck and flattered that they based their Swordfish off of my old Lionfish model. To see some of your old concept work that never seen the light of day in the game it was designed for now coming back up to the surface after so long. There was just no words for it! Happily ecstatic to see the design welcomed into the Franchise.

I never got any confirmation if this was in deed the case. Well that was until last week when Douglas Wootan from HG was finally able to track me down. Douglas told me it was hard to rebuild the ship design off the only picture they had of it. But Caser's team did a nice job of cleaning up the lines of the model and making it there own.

Douglas and I chatted for awhile and from what I understand he is building a table top for a convention that is coming up.  He requested another version of the Dragon Restaurant which is up at Shapeways but not available for sale until after the convention is over. He also purchased a few other items for the table as well. I can't wait to see how it is going to turn out.

Particle Cannon Turret

This model is temporarily not available for Sale. I want to go back and address a solid working turreted base. Get the cannons gun elevations working so you can raise and lower them. Plus look into reducing some wall thicknesses to help cut the price down. Oh yes, maybe add in more details and build a base so this Turret can have the option to sit up higher.


This is something that has been long in the works. I wanted to make it full scale but it would be to costly and frankly there is not a 3D Printer big enough for that much needed build space yet.

I am going to look at making a riser base for this Particle Cannon to possibly give it more height on the battlefield if there is a desire to do so. I'll make sure to design it so it can be its own separate piece yet mesh up to this model with out any issues.

I also made some small vehicles available like the Armored Carrier & Tanker Truck.

Shapeways Pricing

You have until October 7th before Shapeways changes its pricing.
Good news is, it should be cheaper to print. The bad news is items that have more than piece will go up in pricing.

As an example the Recon 4 pack will cost close to $30 with their new pricing guide lines.
The good news is some of the prices are going down, if they are a one piece print.

Recon Vehicle

The plan was to pull this from Shapeways on the 9th this month. With the unknown state ofthe Robotech Gaming Center site currently in Limbo . I am going to keep it up in the store for the time being.

Factory

Upon a request from Breetai, he wanted a custom Factory designed for his table top.
I've up loaded two versions of this factory. One that is just the basic factory and the other I included two civilian trucks to go with it. Since shape ways automatically charges you $2.50 for the print, the more objects you can sneak into a print the more you can drive the cost down per model.

Here is the link to one of the Factorys. http://shpws.me/vRkG

Looks like all of the models are now showing up for sale so that issue has been resolved.

Shapeways delays

I've added a Rounded Building to the Shapeways store tonight as well. I noticed the Recon vehicle isn't showing up for sale yet. Seems there is a rather lengthy delay with their system when you check mark a item to make it available for sale.

I will keep an eye on this and if it still doesn't show up for sale by the morning. I'll contact them and see what the problem is.

Recon 4 Pack

For a very limited time I am going to offer this 4 Pack of Recon vehicles up on my Shapeways site.

https://www.shapeways.com/shops/Reckless

 

On 9/9/14  I will be pulling it down from the Reckless shop.