The Original Cobywan Posted December 15, 2023 Author Posted December 15, 2023 I took a break from this for a few weeks. I think I'm satisfied with the proportions on this one. For now anyway. Here are some quick panel line breaks.
Urashiman Posted December 15, 2023 Posted December 15, 2023 5 hours ago, The Original Cobywan said: I took a break from this for a few weeks. I think I'm satisfied with the proportions on this one. For now anyway. Here are some quick panel line breaks. Hey! good job! Panel lines are a PITA. How do you carve them? I manually cut them by hand in 3DS Max.
The Original Cobywan Posted December 15, 2023 Author Posted December 15, 2023 I've been using a non-destructive boolean modifier stack on the paneling until I feel it looks good enough for me.
The Original Cobywan Posted December 18, 2023 Author Posted December 18, 2023 I'm not quite ready to get into texture mapping this mesh yet. So I compromised and made virtual decals that are warped onto the surface.
jenius Posted December 20, 2023 Posted December 20, 2023 Looking amazing. What scale are you printing it at?
The Original Cobywan Posted December 20, 2023 Author Posted December 20, 2023 4 hours ago, jenius said: Looking amazing. What scale are you printing it at? 1/32nd.
The Original Cobywan Posted January 2, 2024 Author Posted January 2, 2024 I got super frustrated trying to sort out how the canopy shield can deploy during transformation. I decided to do something simpler and attach the aircraft to the ground in my renders. If I didn't decide to learn mechanical rigging it would have been easy as pie. but...... Ouch my brain hurts.
Knight26 Posted January 2, 2024 Posted January 2, 2024 Yeah the canopy shield is a serious engineeing pain in the ass. Great undercarriage though.
Urashiman Posted January 11, 2024 Posted January 11, 2024 On 12/15/2023 at 4:08 PM, The Original Cobywan said: I've been using a non-destructive boolean modifier stack on the paneling until I feel it looks good enough for me. Ah - only saw this now. Boolean works a lot better in Blender than it does in 3DS. When I use boolean in 3DS it usually kills my meshes in some way or another, so I have to be super careful when going that route. And look at that print! Nice one - I bet the walls are a bit too thin. I had that with my VF-9 and had to redo the wall thickness on my meshes.
The Original Cobywan Posted January 11, 2024 Author Posted January 11, 2024 I went ahead and collapsed the modifiers into a medium resolution mesh to play with rigging and bones. I feel like there are some proportion issues I should address soon.
jenius Posted January 11, 2024 Posted January 11, 2024 Really positive so far. You have the 1/48 Yamato long nosecone issue which comes with the territory. Are you going to be engineering all the joints and transformation mechanisms? I have lots of thoughts on engineering I've been wanting to work on in Fusion 360 but I never have any time
The Original Cobywan Posted February 20, 2024 Author Posted February 20, 2024 I haven't stopped working on this. It's just most of the progress I've made isn't anything that shows up in renders. I have come close to wrapping up the tail block/back pack.
the white drew carey Posted March 14, 2024 Posted March 14, 2024 This is all looking so stellar! I've done some minor faffing around in Blender, but I'm not experienced at all. But it does give me a greater appreciation for how awesome this is and the work that is going into it!
The Original Cobywan Posted March 14, 2024 Author Posted March 14, 2024 Yeah. It's not a quick set of skills to pick up. I've been using Blender for 4 years now. I only just recently become confident enough to try this subject.
the white drew carey Posted March 15, 2024 Posted March 15, 2024 8 hours ago, The Original Cobywan said: Yeah. It's not a quick set of skills to pick up. I've been using Blender for 4 years now. I only just recently become confident enough to try this subject. I mean, it looks so good! Especially the modeling skill progression from the first pics to now... but you're now getting a granular level of detail that is just... wow! That VF-1J head was a double-take I couldn't believe how fine it was.
The Original Cobywan Posted April 10, 2024 Author Posted April 10, 2024 I started adding panel labels and markings from the Master Files books.
Olitech Industries Posted April 11, 2024 Posted April 11, 2024 On 3/13/2024 at 4:02 PM, The Original Cobywan said: Oh hell yeah. That’s the right stuff!!!!
Olitech Industries Posted April 12, 2024 Posted April 12, 2024 Stellar work sir. You had me at ‘non-destructive boolean’. Now i’ve seen everything. Lol! Love what’s going thru your mind in these.
The Original Cobywan Posted April 30, 2024 Author Posted April 30, 2024 (edited) I'm really struggling with my render settings and setup. In an attempt to get a better sense of realism in the image I found a free Aircraft Carrier on Sketchfab to plant my model on. https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/ofs-kestrel-d40d8d249ed94cb5a7c5c48a668f5e6b p.s. The cockpit interior is by Pablo Roldan. Found for free online. I will me building a TV version for this when I feel good about the rest. Edited April 30, 2024 by The Original Cobywan
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