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tim THP
08-08-2002, 01:11 AM
hey guys,
first time i'm gonna try one of these - got no sketches yet but i wanna post the idea before someone else comes along in a similar vain. what i'm thinking is something along the lines of those da vinci sketches of flying machines, all wood and canvas and ropes and pulleys and just human muscle to power it! but i think i'll make it like a dragonfly shape. you lay down with it strapped to your back and flap your arms or peddle the bugger.

not sure - whadya think?:surprised

well, better get crackin':wip:
Harrad
08-08-2002, 01:24 AM
Sounds good. Do you have the pics? if i remember correctly weren't they really complex? Could be good if you can pull it off.
-matt :D
tim THP
08-08-2002, 01:49 AM
yeah. know it'd be hard slog but that's why it's called a challenge - otherwise itd be the CG Piss Easy Competition :D

found some ref as a start point - will post sketches soon
tim THP
08-08-2002, 01:50 AM
more
:p
tim THP
08-08-2002, 01:55 AM
and more, sorry some of these are pretty lame res...
tim THP
08-08-2002, 02:00 AM
then imagine one of those machines but in this sort of shape... you get where i'm coming from? :curious:
Koma
08-08-2002, 02:15 AM
da vinci skecth ,yaaaaaaah this is a really good inspiration ,i also re read all my da vinci book ,hi is my hero ,this is real genius ......
james THP
08-08-2002, 02:32 AM
:surprised

Nice idea...! what kind of scale would this contraption exist in?

Normal human scale?

Or maybe a miniature human who uses the discarded parts of insects to create a flying machine!! so that he can escape the dangers his shrunken existence!!!

look forward to watching this one grow...

james:D
tim THP
08-08-2002, 02:45 AM
thnx james, glad you like!! probably still go the woodframe way, lots of slow arcing pieces held together with wooden pegs, schtuff like that. :p

gabe - if you got any good ref, please feel free to send it my way!:bounce:

will try to make the wood nice and rough cos even tho he was a master it was still the 16th century. but here's a quick test that hasn't been ruffed up yet! better do some actual work cos the last thing i need is more distraction, will get back with updates later!
tim THP
08-08-2002, 03:03 AM
you get it -- right
erilaz
08-08-2002, 09:59 AM
Cool look. Minimal start, but good detail! Sketches are cool.:thumbsup:

Hey, apart from that chick film, what other work have you and James done?
cyroz2000
08-08-2002, 10:43 AM
Really cool!! :bounce:
At first I wanted to do a Da Vinci like flying machine, but the pics I found over the net weren't very good and the mecanism seems too much complex!!!

Hope you'll do it, will keep an eye on your thread. :)
Good luck!
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