Kain Highwind

 

 Kain Highwind 

I finally got Kain completed, he doesn't come with an alternate costume in this batch.  I'm working on his other models so be expecting those soon...

Updates

Hey Team,

    My personal life has taken a turn towards the complicated, in addition to that I've been busy with my research, and have conferences to attend throughout the year, which is requiring a lot of my time and effort at this point.  I'm working on instructions for Kain, and I'm working on Gilgamesh.  I'm aware of how simple instructions are to make, but it just takes a good bit of time for me to rework how I built the model. I don't really know what else to say other than "If you love someone one, and you don't have the voice to make them hear it, remember that your actions are louder than words, and make sure you do the right thing before it's too late."

After Kain...

 

Still working on Kain.  Getting him to stand is creating a problem right now.  Due to builder problems the balance is off.  Most likely those that build him will experience some slight amount of variation in the pose.  The pose was never tested to be balanced in the first place, I'm not sure how I would do that using the software that I have available...

But I'll come up with something either super glue, or using a dowel through the base of the foot.

As you can see from the picture above, I've unfolded the next project.  I changed his stance the tiniest amount.  I'm thinking of doing the sprite version also, and to be more true to the sprite version I would have him holding his naginata, however in this version I've stuck with a similar "battle-ready pose"

And sometime after that my big project will be to finish the FF8 Gilgamesh...  This will probably be a huge learning experience for me, most notably the cape is going to be a problem as will merging the separate components together.  But here is what I've got so far...

Here is the appropriate reference picture.  I'll have to make up a couple of things in sketchup(Cape, fake right arm posts) but it shouldn't be a problem.  In the end I'm sure it'll all have been well worth it.  I'm going to label this as an extended project...

In addition to the models above, I'll be working on the following...

Update...

MARCH 9TH: The stand

Basically I took some mountain textures and created the stand to accommodate the shape of the bottom of Kain's foot.  This way Kain is standing on a rock like structure.  Ace brought up a good idea of having him standing on a pillar like in the DS intro.  If I do Dark Kain then I'll will definitely consider that pose

This pose looks a lot easier than the DS pose considered in prior posts.


Alright I finished up Kain today...well Kain without his lance or a way for him to stand alone.  I'll work on a stand and his lance as I get the chance.

I'll get some better pictures during the day when I can release the whole model instructions and everything.  I'll warn you guys now that his helmet was very difficult for me to work with.  I don't think I have developed skilled hands yet.  Exdeath and Golbez were nice to work with because for the most part they were comprised of large parts.  However if you've seen how Kain's helmet is designed you'll get it.  But if(wait for the when..) my instructions aren't clear enough, don't sweat it just use some logic for how you can get away with it the best, because some of these parts are so thin/small that the tabs are so large they are twice as wide as the textured piece itself.
This is my 6th Dissidia:FF completed papercraft, 3rd "small" model (I'm considering Garland, Exdeath, and Golbez as large models) these complex models under 600mm really accentuate my craftsmanship or lack thereof.  But I'm getting better.

I've started on Gilgamesh, and as usual I'll keep you guys posted on the big updates.  In the meantime check out Ace, Aaron, or Namotasa's page for some great papercrafts.  Or maybe if you're feeling up for it you can go to the forum and contribute.

Enough Expository Banter...

Coming Soon...600mm tall...

February Status Update: Kain and other projects

What's the word?
I got a chance to work on Kain again today, I haven't completed the layout yet, but I have about 8 pages completed.  I wanted to have Kain released by the time Duodecim hits the North American shore.  So I'm on track for now.

I caught a glimpse at some magazine screen shots of Gilgamesh and his costumes in Duodecim.

Looks pretty good.  There is a version based off of his FF8 appearance.  I like that look for him, but so far it looks like they reduced the number of arms he has for that costume.  I think his EX mode is his multi armed sprite from FF5.  Ah Gilgamesh... you are too awesome.

I am finally getting around to trying to work with FFX files (SO MANY MODELS TO BUILD!!!)  Thanks to Kaizo's instructions and Ace's help I'll be able to start work on those this year.
Right now I'm thinking: Anima's torso (Definitely), Ifrit (maybe), Sin (If possible I'd want to make it a ceiling model),  Also I think all those Fayth that are on the floors of the temples would be cool to make papercrafts out of, but I'll have to start exploring the files.  I'm sure there are hundreds of them, so it might take some time.


I have some somewhat unfinished models that I need to complete, they've been haunting me for a while now.  I think I might finish the layout for Zidane's EX-mode and then pass it on to someone else to test build.  I'm afraid my hands might be too clumsy for that.  I rather enjoy large models since they are easier for me to work with, I'm sure that as I improve my building skills that I could make smaller models.  The smallest model I built was a Cat-unicorn gundam, but that was an incredibly low poly count.

But we'll see how these models go,  I'd like to try some "wall models" and hanging models, they won't take up as much shelf space.

...in case you couldn't tell I'm excited about the Gilgamesh models...

GOLBEZ

Get him here

Here's Golbez for you all.

Its a pretty straight forward build, as usual refer to the PDO if in doubt.  Beware though he uses up a lot of black ink! Especially if you're considering his alternate costume. Either way he's 65 pages of dark colors.

Enjoy