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Desert strom Tornado IDS
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Will J 215 posts29 May 2007Hey guys,
Though it murdered my laptop, here are some renders of a Tornado GR1 in desert storm livery. Critiques welcome
. Oh, cockpit will follow when I have time.
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29 May 2007Very nice man i like it alot
the textures look really nice but maybe just a bit low rez
and unless its coming right off the production line and even then
it would probably have some scuffs and what not. if you know what i mean
little beat up on the edges.
other than that it looks spot on.
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Will J 215 posts29 May 2007Thanks for that. I didn't have time to do a long post earlier, I'll elaborate now. It's made in Maya, and is going to be used in a short animation of mine. Basically I saw top gun again (one of my fav films, I know I know it's corny as heck, but I love thge arial cinematography,) I thought to myself "hey, I could probably do that now!" So I did
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The model was fun to make, but the texturing was hard labour, very hard. Making them in Photoshop was fine, not difficult. But the UV mapping was mind boggling, I'm still not 100% happy with it. As for dings and dirt, you're right, I'll add some. Maybe lots!
Next on the list is an Iraqi Mig-23 Flogger, which should be slightly easier to make.
Esentially the animation will be a dogfight between two Tornado's and a couple of Migs. I have lots of gorgeous sound FX to go with it, and if I get thge anim looking nice it will be great.
It'll be a long time coming though as I've said to myself that I have to finish working through all the books I bought for maya first! -
29 May 2007Hi Will,
Great model and textures! Having recently completed a space shuttle model I can sympathise with you regarding UV mapping!
A few observations:
1) I'd smooth the nose cone a bit along its length - it looks like it only has three subdivisions (unless this is how it's supposed to look!)
2) Where the cockpit canopy meets the fuselage (on the forth pic) it looks like it disappears under the fuselage geometry. If this would normally raise up to allow the pilot entry it might be a good idea to remodel this slightly to give the impression it's a separate piece.
3) The air intakes look like they've no texture inside (second pic).
For final rendering, do an occlusion render, which will help with the realism and grimyness.
Can't wait to see the animated version!
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Will J 215 posts30 May 2007
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30 May 2007
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Will J 215 posts01 Jun 2007Right, most of the issues you guys pointed out have been fixed. It's been dirtied up a bit with a few fractals, and the wings now swing using an expression. It's pretty much ready for animation I think! Here's a pic, any more comments would help alot.
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