optimaforever 87 Posted December 29, 2021 Finally! the Optima House Artbook 2021 is ready. 88 pages of pure vintage marvels (cars, chassis, motors) Full color Size: 24x20cm (softcover as I wanted an old kyosho catalog feel; I could propose a hard cover option later if there are anyone interested). The book contains mostly images that weren’t published anywhere and made exclusively for this purpose. It focuses on the optima series but they are also AYKs, Hirobo, Mugen, Yokomo cars and some classy motors. A must see for vintage rc buggy lovers! Ask to your friends that actually bought it If there is interest, each image of the book can become a poster, or perhaps be featurend in a calendar (I don't know if there are still people using calendars though ) The price is 50€. DM me for shipping fee. 12 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kol__ 3377 Posted December 29, 2021 Looks awesome mate! Any plans to do a Tamiya one? 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BuggyDad 4475 Posted December 29, 2021 Looks like a labour of love. Could be a great accompaniment for my preordered Mid. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
silvertriple 3557 Posted December 29, 2021 It is a very nice piece of art , and I really liked to see some Marui pages as well 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
optimaforever 87 Posted December 29, 2021 Thanks! I only modeled a Hotshot in the Tamiya field but I'll model them eventually (most notably the Frog, Hornet, Fox, Avante, Astute, Egress, Rough Rider, SuperChamp, Boomerang, Supershot, Hotshot II, Falcon). I'm training on the Marui warriors series now. The artbook's inspiration were the Kyosho and Marui catalogs. And also some advertisings seen in old japanese rc magazines. I started modeling my first car, the optima in 2005, so it's a 16 year long job... 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kol__ 3377 Posted December 30, 2021 11 hours ago, optimaforever said: I started modeling my first car, the optima in 2005, so it's a 16 year long job... Wow, so is every image of the cars in the book a cad by you? The Optima line up on the sand for example, is that all CGI? 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
optimaforever 87 Posted December 30, 2021 Just now, Kol__ said: Wow, so is every image of the cars in the book a cad by you? The Optima line up on the sand for example, is that all CGI? Yup. There's no photography involved. All CG. At the beginning, everything was modeled in SketchUp. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kol__ 3377 Posted December 30, 2021 12 minutes ago, optimaforever said: Yup. There's no photography involved. All CG. At the beginning, everything was modeled in SketchUp. Wow mate, wow! As @BuggyDad said, looks like a true labour of love I'll check in with you in 2038 for the Tamiya one 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GeeWings 2830 Posted January 3, 2022 For anyone that is interested but hasn’t purchased yet I would say buy it now! I’m not a long time Kyosho fan and only discovered them since returning to Tamiya a few months back. But this book is beautifully done. Great work @optimaforever I’m now falling in love with Kyosho thanks in no small part to your Instagram and the book! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
optimaforever 87 Posted January 3, 2022 27 minutes ago, GeeWings said: For anyone that is interested but hasn’t purchased yet I would say buy it now! I’m not a long time Kyosho fan and only discovered them since returning to Tamiya a few months back. But this book is beautifully done. Great work @optimaforever I’m now falling in love with Kyosho thanks in no small part to your Instagram and the book! Thanks a lot! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
silvertriple 3557 Posted January 3, 2022 I love it ... The only issue is that I don't have a car for each page :-) 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GeeWings 2830 Posted January 3, 2022 57 minutes ago, silvertriple said: I love it ... The only issue is that I don't have a car for each page :-) Yet… 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
optimaforever 87 Posted January 3, 2022 1 minute ago, GeeWings said: Yet… He's on a buying spree 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
silvertriple 3557 Posted January 3, 2022 1 minute ago, GeeWings said: Yet… Well, it's not achievable anyway, unless Ryo release a certain chassis which is present in the book and only exists in his CAD :-) 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
optimaforever 87 Posted January 3, 2022 41 minutes ago, silvertriple said: Well, it's not achievable anyway, unless Ryo release a certain chassis which is present in the book and only exists in his CAD :-) Well, Devon Middleditch actually made it, but with an Ultima chassis. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
silvertriple 3557 Posted January 3, 2022 2 minutes ago, optimaforever said: Well, Devon Middleditch actually made it, but with an Ultima chassis. I was not thinking about this one :-), but the one with some Tamiya rollcage :-) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
optimaforever 87 Posted January 29, 2022 I've decided to offer them at 50€ by default. You can always order via Blurb but it's 70€ and not autographed so I guess less interesting. I initially favoured Blurb because I wasn't confident about the shipping fee but eventually found a nice affordable shipping service. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Superluminal 3750 Posted February 8, 2022 Received my signed copy through the post today - its really very nice! What a labour of love, impressive visuals and there were a couple of buggies in there that id never heared of before so was nice to see them with shells on and off to show the inner workings. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
optimaforever 87 Posted February 9, 2022 Thanks Superluminal 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
optimaforever 87 Posted February 10, 2022 On 2/8/2022 at 11:30 PM, Superluminal said: Received my signed copy through the post today - its really very nice! What a labour of love, impressive visuals and there were a couple of buggies in there that id never heared of before so was nice to see them with shells on and off to show the inner workings. Did you post pictures on the what mailman has brought me today thread? 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Superluminal 3750 Posted February 10, 2022 17 minutes ago, optimaforever said: Did you post pictures on the what mailman has brought me today thread? Ha! No not yet - will take some pics when i get home from work later! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
antre 2 Posted February 10, 2022 2 hours ago, optimaforever said: Did you post pictures on the what mailman has brought me today thread? Hello everyone, Just want to share with you my signed copy received through the post yesterday - Beautiful work from optimahouse, also for me that only recently, I started to collect vintage pieces.... 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
optimaforever 87 Posted February 10, 2022 OMG! it already looks like a vintage rc shrine!!! Thanks a lot!!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites