Weapon Platforms - Iterations
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Adding to yesterday's post about the design of the second platform for Overdrive, I now have some prints in-hand to showcase, and the steps between the initial concept and the final design are clearer.
And, hopefully, useful to someone.
The initial design had a blocky slabby look, which has a LOT of space in several styles (would be quite perfect for a Helldivers aesthetics!), but adding rounded-yet-sharp sandwitch panels, and some elements closer to the Opulence voids, went in the right direction.
The first printed test, however, didn't feel quite right. The density of elements suggested a smaller scale, made it look bigger than it was. So, while keeping the same size for every component (you wouldn't want to have the same muzzle being smaller on a ship than on another!) I rebalanced most of the parts.
The final platform uses more negative spaces and obviously more of the details set that are part of the rest of the fleet... and the result blends well with the rest of the collection.
A pretty short post, but I hope it will be appreciated. :)
Jack