What do you want me to make next?

Reaper · Post by **Reaper** » Fri Dec 07, 2007 4:36 pm

So as you may or may not know, I'm a model builder. And I'm already thinking about what I'm going to build when I'm done with my Leopard 1. I have an attraction to modern German armour, and I've narrowed it down to two things:

The Marder I APC/IFV

OR

The Gepard Flakpanzer (Flugabwehrkanonenpanzer Gepard)

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manadren · Post by **manadren** » Fri Dec 07, 2007 6:51 pm

Keep in mind that I don't build models, nor know much about German armor, but imo, the Gepard both looks cooler and has a cooler sounding name.

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Chris Vogel · Post by **Chris Vogel** » Fri Dec 07, 2007 7:42 pm

The second one, but it would be much prettier painted blue and yellow.

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Reaper · Post by **Reaper** » Fri Dec 07, 2007 9:52 pm

Well Chris, its going to be a winter color scheme if the Gepard wins. (I'm doing this same poll at several forums) And right now the Gepard is leading. By the way, Gepard means Cheetah in German. They always name there stuff after cats, which is so cool. . . .except for the Marder, I'm not sure what that means anymore. Stasi, what is it?

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Stasi · Post by **Stasi** » Sat Dec 08, 2007 9:41 am

Sorry man, I don't know.

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manadren · Post by **manadren** » Sat Dec 08, 2007 12:38 pm

Well, this is what wiktionary has to say:

Marder m (pl Marder)

1. marten

marten (plural martens)

1. Any carnivorous mammal of the genus Martes in the family Mustelidae.

Mustelinae

1. a taxonomic subfamily, within family Mustelidae - the wolverines, weasels, ferrets and martens etc

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Chyse · Post by **Chyse** » Sun Dec 09, 2007 12:09 pm

dude, just open up CAD and build them both!! lol

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Reaper · Post by **Reaper** » Sun Dec 09, 2007 2:00 pm

What is CAD?

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Red Squirrel · Post by **Red Squirrel** » Sun Dec 09, 2007 4:29 pm

Computer architectural design.

AutoCAD is a nice one, but theres probably free ones.

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Reaper · Post by **Reaper** » Sun Dec 09, 2007 7:34 pm

Nope, not doing that. Besides other people do it all the time, mostly for WWII stuff.

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Chyse · Post by **Chyse** » Sun Dec 09, 2007 10:54 pm

Red Squirrel wrote: Computer architectural design.

AutoCAD is a nice one, but theres probably free ones.

SolidWorks is another nice one, but it's not free.

Blender is free and easy to learn. I went and bought a cheap book on it. It's a lot of fun.

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Red Squirrel · Post by **Red Squirrel** » Sun Dec 09, 2007 11:39 pm

I'd like to learn 3DS max, but thats not really a program you can just pickup out of nowhere. I can't even figure out how to make animation work properly. If I make a certain path, minute I want my object to turn, crap hits the fan. Starts turning at wrong time, and moves on wrong path etc...

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Chyse · Post by **Chyse** » Mon Dec 10, 2007 12:06 pm

Red Squirrel wrote: I'd like to learn 3DS max, but thats not really a program you can just pickup out of nowhere. I can't even figure out how to make animation work properly. If I make a certain path, minute I want my object to turn, crap hits the fan. Starts turning at wrong time, and moves on wrong path etc...

Do you know of any solid modeling program that you can just pick up out of nowhere?
Solidworks requires the least training in my opinion. You don't need much knowledge of the program to make stuff.
CAD requires some practice and a few tutorials.
Blender requires tutorials and in my case a tutorial book. But it's also free and can do 3D animation.

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