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Re: The mini of the skies?

PostPosted: Tue Dec 06, 2011 4:45 pm
by Xpand
Not much has been done but:
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Re: The mini of the skies?

PostPosted: Wed Dec 07, 2011 9:36 pm
by Xpand
Why no love for the little plane?

Re: The mini of the skies?

PostPosted: Wed Dec 07, 2011 10:01 pm
by andy190
How long will it take to finish? So far it looks pretty cool. ;)

Re: The mini of the skies?

PostPosted: Fri Dec 16, 2011 10:03 am
by Xpand
I have no idea! I was intending to finish it on the christmas break but that won't be possible anymore because I have finals in early january!!!  :o

Re: The mini of the skies?

PostPosted: Fri Dec 23, 2011 8:19 am
by Xpand
Mapped some more stuff:
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Re: The mini of the skies?

PostPosted: Sat Dec 24, 2011 6:02 am
by Xpand
A few more renders and Merry Christmas y'all!
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Re: The mini of the skies?

PostPosted: Sat Dec 24, 2011 2:49 pm
by andy190
Looks great. I can't wait. :D
Merry Christmas two you to. :)

Re: The mini of the skies?

PostPosted: Tue Dec 27, 2011 11:47 am
by Xpand
Thanks!
I've been making some flight dynamics tests... The plane flyes pretty well, though, if you make a hard landing it will scrape its nose on the ground by pitching down REALLY slowly after touchdown... :o

Re: The mini of the skies?

PostPosted: Wed Dec 28, 2011 7:09 am
by Mitch.
Wow, such quick progress and its coming along very nicely. The best thing about creating your own aircraft is pure artistic license in its design. With that said any ideas for a cokpit layout?

8-)

Re: The mini of the skies?

PostPosted: Wed Dec 28, 2011 9:25 am
by Xpand
Hey! Yeah, you can believe that! But I also make the mechanics in order for them to make sense when animating. The landing gear took me about 1 day of thinking how was I going to retract and fit the wheels inside such a small space...
I haven't thought of the cockpit yet... I made some sketches in the corner of my linear algebra book, but nothing more...  ;D

Re: The mini of the skies?

PostPosted: Fri Jan 06, 2012 7:02 pm
by Xpand

Re: The mini of the skies?

PostPosted: Sat Jan 07, 2012 10:04 am
by Jayhawk Jake

Re: The mini of the skies?

PostPosted: Sat Jan 07, 2012 2:33 pm
by hyperpep111
I do hope you will finish this one :P ;).
But it looks great. It reminds me of a fiat 500 (the new one) :o.

Re: The mini of the skies?

PostPosted: Sat Jan 07, 2012 3:04 pm
by Xpand

Reminds me of ships from WipEout, I like it!


LOL, wipeout is my second middle name!  ;D
I love the goddamn game. Been playing it since 1999 'till today.
I actually have a few renders of wipeout ships models I made in my deviant art gallery:
http://threedmaniak.deviantart.com/

But, yeah, it kinda looks like them!   ;)
And hyperpep, don't worry, I'll finish this one. I'm only moving slower because of the final exams in college.

Re: The mini of the skies?

PostPosted: Thu Jan 12, 2012 10:20 am
by Daube
I'm just discovering this topic !!
What a great little Sci-Fi aircraft, I love those. That exterior model is excellent, and the textures are producing a nice metallic/military impression. Do you plan to add a VC to it ?