Scott
03-01-2012, 15:36
Hey, I am sending this out in hopes some Shapeways MODELERS (those of you who CREATE shapeways files) can help me out. In addition to WoW - WoG, I enjoy the game battletech. I saw a photo on a Battletech forum where someone had purchased F-Toys Star Wars models in 15mm scale and used them in the Mechwarrior game. (Mechwarrior is the "clix" version of Battletech and plays in a different scale than the 1/285 official Battletech scale).
I'd love to create some star wars like speeder bikes on Shapeways in the appropriate 1/285 scale to use in my Battletech games. To get around copyright problems, I'd probably just design & print on Shapeways the engine, seat and rider part of the speeder, and add the steering vanes out front at home by glueing in a length of metal rod with some triangular "fins" glued to the front. I am imagining a sprue with three or six "bikes" on it as they would be small.
But, I don't know where to start. Is it hard to create a shapeways model? Any design suggestions are appreciated.
Cheers,
Scott
P.S. Sorry if this is too far outside the scope of the aerodrome; but it seemed like a reasonable place to start to me.
I'd love to create some star wars like speeder bikes on Shapeways in the appropriate 1/285 scale to use in my Battletech games. To get around copyright problems, I'd probably just design & print on Shapeways the engine, seat and rider part of the speeder, and add the steering vanes out front at home by glueing in a length of metal rod with some triangular "fins" glued to the front. I am imagining a sprue with three or six "bikes" on it as they would be small.
But, I don't know where to start. Is it hard to create a shapeways model? Any design suggestions are appreciated.
Cheers,
Scott
P.S. Sorry if this is too far outside the scope of the aerodrome; but it seemed like a reasonable place to start to me.