US Razor from Battlezone

3dprinting videogames airbrushing painting bzplarge

Here's a larger print of the M580A2 Scout (Razor) from Activision's rebooted Battlezone game. This was printed at a much larger scale than my existing M580A2 Scout and then painted in the Black Dog colour scheme. It's almost finished, other than the Black Dog logo being painted onto the wing and side. I want practice a bit more painting logos before I put it on the model.

Painted

Because the redux models are higher poly, I could get much more detailed with the painting as there were crevices to put wash into, and angles to highlight. This was also much bigger in size (it's about 14cm in length rather than 2-3cm of the initial one).

Here's it on the moon surface stand that I made shortly after:

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Here are some work-in-progress shots of the model:

Printing the body Printing the wings Size Comparison Thumbnail Thumbnail Thumbnail Thumbnail Thumbnail

Who I am

I'm Blake and I like to tinker with things and make stuff. When I'm not programming or developing random systems, I'm playing with electronics, doodling bits of art, 3D modelling or sculpting and painting things or nerding out watching sci-fi or horror TV.

From 2001 I worked in the games industry, eventually specialising in tools to aid in the development of video games and their engines. In 2011 I left the industry and teamed up with a few other talented composers to utilise my knowledge to help build the company 'Spitfire Audio'.

I also periodically compose soundtracks for video-games and have worked on titles such as The Stanley Parable, Portal Knights, Lost in Random as well as a few random projects such as trailer for Terraria and Minecraft and the like. You've probably also heard my music in random TV commercials at some point.

What I'm using to create

I use various bits and bobs to craft my shiz.

  • Elegoo Saturn 4 Ultra, Mars 5 Ultra, Mars 4 Ultra,
  • 3x Mars 3 Pro backup printers for speed,
  • Elegoo ABS-like Resin 3.0,
  • Sunla Water-washable grey,
  • Elegoo Resin Space Grey 8k,
  • Phrozen Luna curing station,
  • Vallejo Model Color, Game Air, various sets,
  • Iwata Eclipse HP-CS & Studio Smart Jet Pro Compressor,
  • Random cheapo airbrushes for base coats,
  • 3D Studio Max, ZBrush and Chitubox Pro.