Abandoned and Long Forgotten...

[Lazerbeak]

Felt like making a sort of sad edit today. This pic features a once-proud and mighty MiG-19, now obsolete, forgotten, and left to rust in the sun.



Comments appreciated!

[Helms]

Wow! thats pretty good! Could use a bit more weathering around the front though.

[flyboy 28]

The contrast between the middleground and background is kind of dull. I'd suggest putting sky in or something.

Other than that, looks great.

[Lazerbeak]

After reading the critiques, I went ahead and made a few improvements. I've added a sky, upped the contrast a bit, added some more weathering and shadows, and a few other details to make it a bit more realistic. Also, look closely and you'll see that the MiG is not so abandoned anymore.



As always, comments appreciated.

[an-225]

Ah thats looking good Lazer! I like the birdy and he's... giving me the bird... Well apart from that rude bird I like it! The original didn't seem like it was actually resting on the ground... but you nailed it in the 2nd!  ;)

[Ivan]

That still looks flyable...

Abandoned wrecks are
1: parked in the sand and not on the tarmac
2: in need of wooden blocks to keep the gear from collapsing
3: missing some or all interesting parts (cockpit hatch)

[Tchkinjiu]

That still looks flyable...

Abandoned wrecks are
1: parked in the sand and not on the tarmac
2: in need of wooden blocks to keep the gear from collapsing
3: missing some or all interesting parts (cockpit hatch)

*cough*

Anyways, compared to the first one, you're second edit looks completely different, much much better

[an-225]

You could, extend *ng-hey!* the engine cover and cut it *glavin!* off the MiG leaving it on the ground beside it.  ::)

[flymo]

i like it but my suggestions

1.more ageing e.g. rust
2.get rid of a part of the plane as suggested above

thats it,

good work

john

[Helms]

Second looks even better than the first.

[Tweek]

Very nice, although I would agree with the sentiments of others.

Going by these pics...

http://www.airliners.net/open.file/0888257/L/
http://www.airliners.net/open.file/0625504/L/
http://www.airliners.net/open.file/0909664/L/

...I'd say:

1. More sand
2. More weathering
3. Less shine

If you can, you could also remove the canopy.

Nice work so far though, I especially like what you've done with the shadows. They can be very tricky to get right.

[Sytse]

Great improvement in #2! I like the bird too!  :)