by Didik Wijaya

This is FINAL STEP of Gundam RX-78-2 modeling tutorial . In this tutorial you will assemble all previously created body parts; from head, body, leg, arm also beam rifle and shield. I hope you found this Gundam modeling tutorial useful, as I really enjoyed writing these tuts.

1. If you don't follow ALL Gundam RX-78-2 modeling tutorial, you need to download separate Gundam body parts below. All in 3ds max 8 format (zipped)
Gundam RX-78-2 head
Gundam RX-78-2 body
Gundam RX-78-2 arm
Gundam RX-78-2 leg
Gundam RX-78-2 rifle
Gundam RX-78-2 shield

After you download. Open one file, for example body. Then, choose File>Merge. Choose 3ds max file you want to combined into. In Merge window, click All to select all objects and click OK. When Duplicate Material Name appear, choose Use Merged Material or Use Scene Material. It doesn't matter in this case. You will create your custom Gundam texture later. You also need to modify head size using Select And Uniform Scale Tool. Head and arms also need to be moved into their proper position.

2. After you merged all files, you need to create another side of legs and arms. Select all objects tou want to mirror, for example all arms objects and use Mirror Tool (Tools>Mirror). Use Copy as Clone Selection and adjust Offset value.

3. Next, you need to create some simple cylinders to connect head to body, etc. There are 3 cylinders you need to create. For cylinder to be used as neck, I convert into Editable Poly and widen bottom area. After that, I attach each cylinder into head, left shoulder and right shoulder.

4. Finally, I also merge Rifle and Shield and position them like image below. (Note: I rotated rifle object).

5. Image below shows test render

Download Gundam RX-78-2 3D model (3DS format)

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