HARDCORE MODELING!: QOTRM: Airship Carrier

#77

So then I repeated the whole model since I was not satisfied with the first one. I couldn’t get the cockpit area properly so I deced to use a cube instead and add several edges to make it look like a cylinder like what I did with one of my school projects of a wristwatch

If you guys have any suggestions on how to approach the model it would really help because to be honest, I suck when modeling planes. I’ve tried modeling an F-16 before and a Spitfire and it didn’t go too well

#78

Hey Raz, that’s not bad really. That’s more or less how I make my plane bodies and I used to model them at a previous place of employment. If you are lucky, your blueprints will have a few cross sections of the fuselage labeled A,B,C, etc and you can line yoru vertices up with that. Here’s a screenshot of my biplane mesh I am using for my challenge. It’s quick and dirty, but gets the job done. I just plan on throwing on a turbosmooth mostly and it’s good to go.

#79

Thanks japetus. I was a bit nervous of how I was modeling the plane since the previous ones I’ve tried before were failures and unsatisfactory :argh:

#80

That’s what it’s all about! As long as you improve each time… :beer:

How’d this come out above you?

#81

hhmm yahoo must’ve notified me late about another post you made. Anyway what did you mean by:

“How’d this come out above you?”

#82

some updates:

here’s my source for the spitfire:

http://www.deroeck.co.uk/planes/Spitfire-Mk-XIX-PS890.html

as the for the circles those are some troubles I’m trying to solve

  1. the cockpit: it looks too plain. Whenever I add edges to make it look better it starts giving me weird shapes

  2. the rotor as seen from one of the link’s picture which is this one:

the rotor cover has this hole inside which I’m still working on. Whew more updates to come later I’ve gotta do a drawing homework for tomorrow

:arteest::wip:

#83

ok I couldn’t help myself I wanted to finish at least one of those things I indicated awhile ago :smiley: so here’s the update:

Man after this challenge I’d love to texture this and hopefully get it right since im terrible at texturing:argh:

#84

Raz, i would try modeling the cockpit windshield as a seperate piece. Try just detaching the polygons you have there and go from there.

#85

@Japetus: ahh I see I’ll try that out. Thanks for the tip :smiley:

I know I’m annoying. I said I’d start drawing my homework and yes I am doing it but I just can’t get this thing off my head because it’s been awhile since I updated. So here’s how it looks like when they are combined with the zep:

Now it’s got me thinking whether to detail out the spitfire some more since I remember what Rage said about not necessarily detailing out the model if it won’t be up close.

#86

Wow, that is looking really cool!! Great sense of scale :slight_smile:

#87

Man, that thing is huge. I’d say start with the low rez version and try and get your project finished. After you’re done if you have time left you can detail the Spitfire and have a close up.

#88

Looking good, and Big!

#89

Thanks guys :slight_smile: and thanks Wyatt I think I’ll do that since I haven’t thoroughly finished up the supporting Zep yet after I’m done with one of the supporting zeps it’l be justa a matter of duplicating it to the other side :slight_smile:

#90

Just a small update, it so happens I brought my usb and I was able to get my hands on one of the computers awhile ago but then a class was about to start

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Still haven’t decided what to use yet. I’ll try to update some more when I get home

#91

Happy day for me. Our professor sent as a text saying project was extended till next week and I seriously suck at web design especially dreamweaver. Anyway as a happy hour I updated my work :smiley:

#92

So I’m pretty much done with mine I just need to fix the interior of the airship and if I have time fix up the spitfire and come up with a flight scene

#93

Hi James!

nice model man! Will you texture it?

uptades! updates! haha

#94

thanks Hugo. Hopefully I can, that is one thing I do not know how to do:sad: i’ll try to update some more. Schedule of classes are tight right now that’s why I can’t :smiley:

#95

Nice long post man … Huge entry ,.
nice going …
keep it up !!

#96

Thanks sanketpro3d. I just realized I kept asking a lot here and posting small bits of updates, no wonder my thread is long. Embarrassing, perhaps I should lessen the small updates like what I’m about to do now :smiley:

didn’t get to work on this much yet. Maybe later when I get back from school. Does anyone know how to do claymation? Man does it take long.:eek: