Achievement Unlocked: Offically an Artist for Firelock Games

Well according to their Second Rule book.

This has been a very strange twist in events.

Back in April I was still trying to get all my stuff gathered to send off to Weta Workshop. When I ran across an old Kickstarter that I just could not back the first go around. I dived in and absorbed as much as I could to get back up to speed with the game's development. With my latest addition of a 3D printer, I was coming up with ideas for terrain and game pieces that could be used for it. During my lunch break I thought. What the hell what do I got to loose but to ask if they would be interested in me designing terrain and other game pieces for them. So I sent out a message to one of the Co-Founders Alex. I kept it very simple with a picture of the Medusa , its orthographic and thanked him for his time.

With-in Five Minutes he responded and he was indeed looking for someone to do terrain for them!
He told me lets touch base later on and that we would work out the details.

So Saturday night and all day Sunday, I started to 3D model out terrain pieces. Did some Rum Barrels, Spanish Style Church, modular dock, crates etc... On Monday morning, I fired off a series of pictures of the terrain I worked on the past few days. He was really impressed, He got Mike Tunez the other Co-founder involved. Mike immediately asked if I could do a Piragua? Which I new was a ship on some kind but that was about it. The Piragua was one of the three ships that needed to be ready for the new Kickstarter in June. It was mid April and this ship needed to take priority so they could have it done in time. The second ship is a Galleon which they were still building.

After one attempt that needed so many changes. I asked if a line drawing could be done so I could get the basic shape and lay out as close to possible. In a few days I had the line art and went to town. Just shy of a week, I had the 3D model of the Piragua approved by Firelock games. It was sent out to be proto-typed and have some wooden detailing put in to match the others in their ship line.

After the Piragua was done I was asked to work on boat number 3. Which I will not spill the beans on what this one is. Mike and Alex both have not gone on the record yet to what is it. All I can say is it fits with the theme of the Kickstarter.

So let this story remind all of you out there.
If you have a dream of doing something, reach out for it. No matter how hard the odds may seem.
You just never know, the one time you ask for it, they may just say yes.

Garish Kit

I have got two Garfish kits that are up for sale. I am asking $40 each which will cover shipping with in the Continental United States. All other shipping over seas etc.. will have to be extra.

These Garfish's are very limited and do not count on seeing them up for sale again any time soon. Between the plastic and print time this is a heck of deal. Not counting the 120 hours of 3D modeling time put into the mesh.

All funds are keeping me supplied in plastic to keep me printing and keep the printer serviced.

Kit comes in 5 parts with its rafting structure still attached. It will require cleaning up, trimming, filling and gluing (recommend Super Glue)

Nose Section

Upper Mech Bay

Aft Engine Section

Lower Mech Bay & Engines

Tri Barrel Turret.

Prototype Primed.

Here is some more close up shots. I figure if I primed it up, it would allow the details to come through.

1st Prototype printed

30 years of wanting this ship model and its finally here. I found some areas I need to address to make it all fit together better. I made my parts to tight. I need to give a little room for some play.

Lower hanger doors are distorted due to printing orientation. This should be an easy fix.

Garfish forward section

Well this took 14hrs to print. Small failure of one side of the upper mech bay. Currently reprinting it to see if there is a mesh issue or printer issue.

Garfish Test Print: 1st Attempt

So here is a 14hr print at 60 microns. I will do the other half tomorrow.

Test Prints

Printed out a Heavy Lifter at .06 Layering. Still have a bunch of clean up to do but over not to bad. Repositioning this on the build plate might even render better detail. I did this and a recon vehicle which took 33hrs and 30mn to complete. Recon vehicle suffered from the extruder hitting its middle tire and shifting part of that tire print. Again repositioning will help with this or just print them as singles.

As I am writing this my printer is just starting to work on my Garfish's raft for its aft section. Estimated time to complete is 11hrs. When its done ill start printing its forward section which will take another 12hrs.