I always somehow peak at the end and really do not enjoy the new season MMR cut. But ending at exactly 600 matches is pretty neat! Who says tarantula is trash unit???
Hey everyone! I spent the last two months building this 26cm Arclight mech from game called Mechabellum. Since no commercial kit exists, I printed the parts in resin, but that was just the very beginning of the modeling process.
The build involved heavy sanding, gap filling, and assembly. I airbrushed the base coats and spent hours hand-painting the weathering, chipping, and panel lines to give it a heavy, battle-worn look.
I also scratch-built a custom Arduino circuit hidden entirely inside the base. I routed the wiring on resin legs up to the main gun to create a programmed, pulsing plasma effect, rather than just a static LED.
Here is a short video showing the finished model and the lighting effects: https://youtu.be/j-kDCAcnu0o
Would love to hear your thoughts on the weathering job or how you guys manage wiring in custom builds!
Hey makers!
I spent the last two months (easily 50-80 hours of work) putting together my very first complex physical model. It’s a level 1 Guilded Arclight from the game Mechabellum, standing at 26cm tall. It was one hell of a journey, but I’m incredibly proud of how it turned out.
The Build Details:
The Electronics: I didn't want it to be just a static piece, so I embedded a custom Arduino circuit inside the FDM base, running wires through the resin legs. The main gun features a glowing reactor effect with 4 switchable modes:
Since this was my first time tackling a project of this scale (especially the coding and electronics), I heavily relied on an AI assistant to guide me through the circuit diagrams and code logic. I pasted our conversation into a doc afterwards, and it was over 320 pages long!
Here is a short video showcase the pulsing gun effects in action: https://youtu.be/j-kDCAcnu0o
StillI love playing Mechabellum, so I thought it would be a cool idea to make a physical model of level 1 guilded Arclight! (26cm hight size). It is mostly a resin 3d print with FMD stand with built in eletronics for main gun light effects and blue ambient lighting - airbrushed and handpainted, with electronics inside the stand.
I spent last two months to gradually make this, it was a journey!
The gun has 4 basic modes you can switch:
This is my first model, so huge shout out to AI that helped a TON in making this.
I pasted our conversation to doc to see how long it is and it has 320 pages of text.
I estimate like 50-80 hours of work in total, maybe more....
Hope you like it!
Short video of the gun effects!
https://youtu.be/j-kDCAcnu0o
I 3D printed this mech and wanted to give it a realistic, pulsing reactor core and blue atmospheric ambient light. I managed to hide the entire circuit inside the base.
The Hardware:
The Code: A simple sine-wave fade looked too artificial. I let AI to code a custom non-linear pulse (see my sketch in the first comment pic) with a sharp ramp-up and an organic fade-out to make it look like unstable plasma.
In total is has 4 stages - main shooting, teched shooting with different startup, atmospheric pulsing and gun malfunction...
This is my very first electronics project – let me know what you think!
I love playing the game Mechabellum, so I thought it would be cool to make a physical model out of it (26cm hight size). It is mostly a resin 3d print with FMD stand with built in eletronics for main gun light effects and blue ambient lighting - airbrushed and handpainted.
This is my first model, so huge shout out to AI that helped a TON in making this.
I pasted our conversation to doc to see how long it is and it has 320 pages of text :D
Hope you like it!