Still : F117 Fighter

[MarioRothenb.]

wow... kib.... nice.....

i like the F117 !
:buttrock:


/mario'

[KiboOst]

Thks Mario :) F117 is really a strange plane, not really beautiful, but scheming héhé

Kib

[Nosalis]

Can you post the "blue" one (in the left bottom corner) in a big resolution (max. 1600x1200)

Plane looks ok. Cannot see many detailes becouse of 3 small pictures.

[|[FXP]|]

Sweet model & renders, F117's rule. Would it be possible to have a 1600 x 1200 of the blue one? I'd love that as a wallpaper :)

[Xorion]

Dandy indeed!
Perhaps the bomb is a tad big? ;)
What's the polycount on that one?

[KiboOst]

polycount is very low, 9000polys.

Here is a wireframe : http://www.kicrea.com/design/big/03_st1_f117_01w.gif

Thks for comment

Kib

[XLNT-3d]

I heard the nick name is the "Wobbly Goblin". They say it's all over the place when mid-flight refueling.

The image with the bomb door open isn't very dynamic. It would be better with the door closed. It doesn't feel like it is about to be fired. Have the bomb just released with the exhaust going to create a image with a little excitement.

The idea may not be that original, but the composition can make it that way. Check these two artist out. They are well known for their aviation work. Their pieces are really dynamic and have a feeling of motion and speed.
http://drublair.com
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[MaxxQ]

Originally posted by XLNT 3d
The image with the bomb door open isn't very dynamic. It would be better with the door closed. It doesn't feel like it is about to be fired. Have the bomb just released with the exhaust going to create a image with a little excitement.

Just a minor correction: the bomb IS dropping from the bay. If it wasn't, you wouldn't be able to see it. Also, this particular bomb (GBU-24) isn't powered, so there wouldn't be any exhaust to see. I loaded those things on F-111's for 7 years while in the Air Force.

As for the picture itself, it's a cool render...very nice. Just a couple of minor nitpicks: I noticed you have blue bands on the bomb. Blue means it's a dummy bomb - concrete-filled - usually used for practice, or weapons dynamics testing, and the entire bomb body would be blue. A yellow band just behind the guidance unit (the cylindrical section at the front) would designate a live weapon. Also, the guidance fins on the front should have trailing edges perpendicular to the guidance unit - yours have swept trailing edges.

[XLNT-3d]

MaxxQ; was "Wobbly Goblin" a slang nick name? My Father-In-Law was a chief mechanic on the B-29 then the B-1. He told me that, but it might have been something his crew called it.

I put blue stripes on rockets for a model once. I saw them at an airshow. My co-worker, ex-Airforce, was quick to point out that they were dummies for training.

Good to have "Expert Consultants" around here.:thumbsup:

[DerPapa]

Hey kib, I was viewer 1000!!!

Nice pic, btw ;)

[MaxxQ]

Not sure about the nickname, XLNT. It sounds right, considering it's totally unstable without the flight control computers, and I can imagine the turbulence caused by flying behind a refueling aircraft would play havoc with it.

The 117 is one aircraft I always wanted to work with when I was in the AF. Never got the chance, but the other two guys on my first weapons load crew did. When they got their orders to go to a new base, they couldn't tell ANYONE where they were going, other than Nellis AFB in Nevada. About a year later, I went on a temporary assignment to Nellis and looked them up. I asked what they did and they said they loaded AIM-9's (Sidewinder missiles) on Key Air. Key Air was the small airline contracted by the Air Force to fly them out to an undisclosed location on Monday mornings, and fly them back on Thursday nights. Other than the joke about loading missiles on civilian aircraft, they couldn't tell us anything.

A couple years after that, the Air Force finally revealed the existence of the 117, and I was like, "A-Ha!! Now I know what they were doing."

Finally got to see one up close and personal, as well as get close enough to touch, during a visit to the Air Force Museum in Dayton, Ohio a few years ago. Being a weapons guy, I even poked my head up inside the weapons bay (it was open). Kinda made me laugh a bit when I saw how NORMAL it was inside there, rather than looking as oddball as the rest of the aircraft.

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