Now I have time...
 

.....I'm returning ti finish these monkeys as well.

http://www.f-nine.co.uk/xfer/Blade_Test_51.jpg

http://www.f-nine.co.uk/xfer/Blade_Test_52.jpg

http://www.f-nine.co.uk/xfer/Blade_Test_53.jpg

So here is no.1

Comment, input etc as you see fit dudes.

Cheers!

Very very nice, but why didn't you angle the flaps on the trailing edge of the wing to make the in line with the body and wind?

Beautiful as ever. I agree with Leovenous however that the flaps do look a little odd not being in line with the craft itself - especially when the elevators on the tail are square.

i like it allot :D especialy the tail light

Odd design but nice work as usual, Craig!

Okay, I have reowrked those control surfaces:

http://www.f-nine.co.uk/xfer/Blade_Test_59.jpg

http://www.f-nine.co.uk/xfer/Blade_Test_60.jpg

I'll post a cockpit render in a while too.

Cheers!

http://www.f-nine.co.uk/xfer/Blade_Test_62.jpg

Clearer view of the revised control surfaces. Some cockpit mods too, but they aren't so clear here.

Cheers!

Those control surfaces look much better now...

Latest update folks, I've added panel lines (not going anywhere near LW's nasty bump mapping!)... props changed as well.



http://www.firedragon.com/~lwg3d/upl...-580893_tn.jpg



http://www.firedragon.com/~lwg3d/upl...-580923_tn.jpg



Cheers!

just sooo damn good.. great work mate!

I'm assuming that you've modelled the panel lines in there then Craig. I'm curious - how did you go about adding them into the model - simply knifing along the panels or manually splitting polys or what?

Yep, I did indeed. All I did was to make some boxes (mostly) laid out to form the latticework of panel lines (and a couple of tubular ones also for the rounded panels). The stencilled them in to the model assigning a temporary surface name. I then selected all those polys, and placed them in a seperate layer. As I had made all the panel lines to be a uniform width, I then vertibevelled in & down by HALF of that width (subsequently deleting the polys that remained selected).

Then it's a matter of cleaning up, welding all the points at the bottoms of the panel lines created, and other misc errors created by LW's sometimes disastrous boolean & stencil abilities!).

Hope that makes sense! :)

Cheers!

Certainly does. Many thanks. :D

:mad: I asked him the same question in his other thread and he didn't answer. I see how it is <sniff> rosebud gathering and all that. You'll tell Mark <sniffle>. Well, <sigh, sniff>. Woe is me, the nobody waver anyway. <honk> :o

;)

*Awwww* ... there there ....

/me pats JD on the back :D