Thunder fighter (Buck Rogers 25th) - Page 5

evil_genius_180 · August 6th, 2008, 10:43 AM

That new canopy rules.

And model that new cockpit, motivation or not.

ulimann644 · August 13th, 2008, 06:35 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Taranis

Quadfighter Canopy done ... apart from some detailing and such ..

I need to remodel the cockpit detail if I can bring myself to it .. found some new images to use as Reference

Interesting new design - but now it looks more like a "family-fighter" IMO ( like a VW Beetle in space - children only on the backseats please

) I´m more a fan of the original design...

gmd3d · August 13th, 2008, 09:25 AM

yeah its the family fighter .. I think it was just a plot device in the show ... by Gil Gerard request

August 13th, 2008, 04:38 PM

Great detail on your model. Nice work!!!

gmd3d · August 14th, 2008, 03:14 PM

thanks Darthdan .. and welcome to 3DG

I have just nearly completed the quadfighter and need to redo the starfighter cockpit .. at the some time I'll add the additional wings for the Thunder-fighter model .. which was only seen in one episode ....

evil_genius_180 · August 14th, 2008, 10:37 PM

Dude, those double images are hot. Both ships look awesome.

gmd3d · August 15th, 2008, 12:18 AM

Thank you my friend

The end is in sight

gmd3d · August 20th, 2008, 03:01 PM

I am calling these finished .. they only have textures for the Aft colour strip and Badge.

I have started a hanger bay that can (I Hope) be used for either an Earth based location or ship board location .. perhaps the Searcher ..

apart from that I want to make a helmet ..

The controls in the cockpit is modelled but I have no texture there

August 20th, 2008, 08:21 PM

Looks fantastic.
I really like what you've done with the inside of the engines.

I see this and I can't help but wonder why there aren't more Buck Rogers animations/fan fillms out there.

evil_genius_180 · August 20th, 2008, 09:16 PM

I agree, the engines are friggin' fantastic. Everything looks great.

gmd3d · August 21st, 2008, 03:42 AM

Thanks

I have started the hanger deck ....

I like to see a Buck Rogers FAN FILM.. It would be interesting to see ..

food for thought

Lee · August 21st, 2008, 05:35 AM

this is freaking cool. Nice work T.

August 21st, 2008, 10:23 AM

Are you using a 'starsphere' for the space or is that a textured sphere?
I like the way your stars look.
The ships... Well, they're awesome.
Do they haven any sort of landing gear?

As for the Buck Rogers fan film... Sounds like fun to me.

gmd3d · August 21st, 2008, 12:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Fretslayer

Are you using a 'starsphere' for the space or is that a textured sphere?
I like the way your stars look.
The ships... Well, they're awesome.
Do they haven any sort of landing gear?

No Star texture its a plugin for lightwave ..
Yes .. there is Landing Gear

August 21st, 2008, 02:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Taranis

No Star texture its a plugin for lightwave ..
Yes .. there is Landing Gear

Can you point me in the direction of the plug-in?

As for the landing gear - Cool deal - In Carrara I can take an object like that and give it morph points so that it can be animated in Poser and D|S.

gmd3d · August 22nd, 2008, 02:16 AM

SEARCHER Hanger WIP ...or a Possible one .. as Starship is building one we are now going to work on this together .... I am focusing on the Hanger Bay..

evil_genius_180 · August 22nd, 2008, 09:36 AM

Nice start on the bay. It's good to hear you and Starship are teaming up.

gmd3d · August 22nd, 2008, 09:44 AM

Its still very much a WIP .. the I know more when starship send me his present mesh .. I also know better the scale .. so this is my great experiment

Starship · August 22nd, 2008, 10:32 PM

The present mesh was sent today. You have a PM at 3dscifi.

gmd3d · August 23rd, 2008, 02:33 AM

Got it .. great work on it mate .. just had to flip a few polys and its ready to go ....

Expect a update in a few days