Hi everyone!

A short introdution since this is my first post here Reddit. My name is Mike (or Mikael here in Sweden) and I'm a swede who rally loves cool hardsurface design, industrial design and that sort of stuff. I'm kinda a old-timer in those fields with around 20 years experience from a number of industries, right now I'm at Embark Studios working on THE FINALS togheter with the most amazing and devoted crew.

I have a real weak-spot for mechas and cool robots. Like really. Think Mech Prawn/Biosuit from District 9 and Moose from Chappie. That really fires me up!

So this summer I decide to start sketching on a big cool character myself and spent most of the summer nights creating BRUTE BOY. Wonderful process and very fun!

Once the concept was set and locked in I got an urge to turn it into a model-kit. So I got a A1 mini, felt like a good place to start at, since I've never done any 3D printing.
But now I'm so hooked. This is just so exciting and fulfilling. CAD-to-part in just a few hours. A really awesome way to develop a design in no-time. To be able to iterate on a design this fast is a real game-changer for me.
I CAD a detail, print it, sketch on the part with a white prismacolor pencil, make changes, print again, evaluate, cad, print, cad until I really like it and it feels "right".

So I thought, since I've learned so much by reading here, that I would share my process here and give some behind-the-scenes on my workflow, mistakes and design-process to a finished design.

My goal is to launch a Kickstarter-campaign and spred my passion for advanced model-kits with both STLs and a complete, printed kits.

The first images are from from my design process.

First 3D-print project!