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chrisken
26th January 2008, 02:05 PM
Another aircraft I have had sitting uncompleted ! ,so now in paint shop.Started in Lightwave and converted to modo. A small amount of internal work and it will be ready to do battle.
bmckain
26th January 2008, 02:08 PM
Looks good so far, the maps are a little flat but I imagine you're still working on those. This is one of my all time favorite planes.
Slechtvalk
26th January 2008, 02:15 PM
Nicely done! http://www.foundation3d.com/forums/images/icons/icon14.gif
Ethangar, is sure too be here soon...
BillS
26th January 2008, 03:08 PM
Ethangar, is sure too be here soon...
How do you people know that!? :)
One of the toughest birds in the war. Can't wait to see where you take it!
Matt
27th January 2008, 09:51 PM
Apart from the issues Bob noted, looks great to me as well :)
doug
30th January 2008, 04:16 PM
Love the modeling, can't wait to see where you go with the texturing.
mrys
1st February 2008, 03:45 AM
Hi Chrisken! Literaly great model ;) Good modelling, wait for final scene. You have any idea what you will bombing?
Rob
2nd February 2008, 07:13 AM
Nice mesh of a beautiful plane you have there.. the B-17 is my favorate ww2 bomber, if not aircraft all over.. the only major problems I can see are as mentioned that the textures are 'flat' it really needs bump, spec work on the main stuff.. the paint chipped up and dirty and the glass needs a major tweek i'd actually suggest custom maps on them...
The reason for that is the nose gun especially on a B-17 got extreamly dirty, both from take off and from flak this is really visable in the 'spec' and transperancy part of the window.. what is there.. just looks..... I don't know wrong.
Please don't take me as picking I do understand that your still working on the textures, I'm just offering suggestions.. and comments :-)
chrisken
5th February 2008, 07:41 AM
I have completed a little more work on textures.:p Still need to beat it up a bit.
bmckain
5th February 2008, 07:58 AM
Looking very respectable. The bump maps need some tweaking too, they are just a tad too obvious. But it's comming along very nicely.
BillS
5th February 2008, 06:43 PM
A nice trick is to use your panel line bump maps as an alpha to your "dirt" layer and if you put it over a nice procedural bump as an alpha again, it will make the skin ripple for you but hold it steady where the riveted panels are ;)
[SHOCKWAVE]
5th February 2008, 07:11 PM
Thats a really good idea!
NW5586
6th February 2008, 01:28 PM
Great work, gotta love those B-17's.