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Old May 29th, 2008, 11:43 AM   #1
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Default Thunder fighter (Buck Rogers 25th)

I have decide to have a go at the Buck Rogers Thunder fighter or Starfighter
and while I am at it the quadfighter .. both designs a like a lot ..

this will be my first none BSG project since the Palomino
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Old May 29th, 2008, 11:46 AM   #2
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Nice work on that second image model! It looks so real!

And the scene for that 3rd... just totally awesome!!!!!!!!!

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Old May 29th, 2008, 11:52 AM   #3
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Experience shows very hard to get the characters right

I want to get as much detail as I can .. when I do the image I have in mind (well there are 2 images) I want a good close up .. cockpit included ... Fretslayer is kindly giving me a hand for them ..
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Old May 29th, 2008, 07:35 PM   #4
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Looks great so far, dude.
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Old May 30th, 2008, 01:12 AM   #5
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I had to redo that part .. I did not provide enough polys in the cylinder .... I have gon from 60.. to 80 .. it would never be enough for close up .. I am wondering if I should push it to a round 100 ..
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Old May 30th, 2008, 07:13 AM   #6
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update ..
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Old May 30th, 2008, 11:28 AM   #7
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Outstanding.

The more I hang around this place the worse my animation skills become.
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Old May 30th, 2008, 01:47 PM   #8
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Thanks .. I think its going ok ..

from what I saw you have no need to worry about your skills.
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Old May 30th, 2008, 07:41 PM   #9
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I had to redo that part .. I did not provide enough polys in the cylinder .... I have gon from 60.. to 80 .. it would never be enough for close up .. I am wondering if I should push it to a round 100 ..
Since this isn't a large starship with tons of modeled details and it's meant for close-ups, I'd go heavy on the polies in the curves. You won't need to budget as much with a fighter as you do a larger mesh (unless you plan scenes with large meshes, then you might want to consider it.) But 100 doesn't seem like too much to have those engines nice and smooth to me.

Looks great so far, bro.
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Old June 3rd, 2008, 12:09 AM   #10
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I found I had a few minor scale problems and had to redo it.. and it was just to sunny out to say in over the long weekend.. Er Bank Holiday weekend over here.

so I made my fixes last night. the underside is the area I worked on and I added a curve to the main frame .. it curves so that was thrown me of a little.

I a going to Spain in 2 weeks I really want to finish this by then..
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Old June 3rd, 2008, 03:56 AM   #11
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Looks like its coming along nicely T. Have fun in Spain!
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Old June 3rd, 2008, 04:42 AM   #12
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Thanks mate .. I find after a long brake even a week or 10 days .. it takes me a while to get back in to modeling in cgi
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Old June 3rd, 2008, 04:46 AM   #13
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I hear you on that one... If i take a break it can take as long as a couple of months to get back in the mood.
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Old June 3rd, 2008, 04:50 AM   #14
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Glad I not the only one that reacts the same

We're (My wife and I) are going for a wedding in Madrid .. I been through Madrid many times
but have never really had the change to look around ..
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Old June 3rd, 2008, 04:53 AM   #15
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sounds like fun. I need a vacation but can't afford to take off work...
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Old June 3rd, 2008, 04:58 AM   #16
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I still have another wedding in Madrid again is September .. I need to focus on work too .. but as I am looking for location to work from (which is now difficult cost wise) ..
I am restarting my own business which is Sport Massage ..
so I hunting down sports clubs ..
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Good luck mate! I hope you find something suitable.
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Old June 3rd, 2008, 05:09 AM   #18
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Thanks ..
and here are my latest .. every thing is just for place holding while I work out the layout
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Old June 3rd, 2008, 07:19 AM   #19
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its a good start.
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Looks like you've got it mostly all blocked in. Looks good.
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Hey T, will you be using vertibevel?
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Most Likely Vertibevel. awesome tool

I also like jettobevel .. rounder sometime I have to close modeler .
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Old June 3rd, 2008, 12:34 PM   #23
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Vertibevel and Super Size are two of my best modeling friends
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never use supersize .. I have to look as some of these LW tools again
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Super Size lets you center/move and measure/resize things numerically very nicely
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I'll have a go at with that ..
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More or less the over all shape .. I need to correct he curve of the central hull ..
that not right ,,
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To more with the offending curve
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I hate curves... unless they are on a women...
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