Sacman

I was curious about the part you have mounted on the back of the missle. It makes it look a little more like a winged torpedo so I did a quick Yahoo Search and found a great link to a sight about the Tomahawk that shows launches, flights, and impacts. One of the more siginificant features of the Tomahawk appears to be the air intake mounted on the bottom of the rear of the fuselage. Tomahawk Info When I was in the Nav we fired the old style Harpoons once in the Indian Ocean on a joint excercise with the Saudi Navy. It was an incredible experience. There is a video of a Surface to Surface launch on the site. I did not watch it but I am sure it shows how slowly the missle appears to leave the launcher before it actually accelerates. This is problably the key to getting a launch to look realistic. That is of course if this is part of what you need to animate. Good Luck. As a side note, if you ever find yourself animating Surface to Air Missles, they leave the rail at approximately Mach 2 and are usually about a mile away before you realize that you still have eardrums and that something just happened. Hell to try to take pictures of. Wade (I don't get to offer any real knowledge often so I rambled)

Are the Rivets modelled or bumped? Great Model! Wade

I like the top one better. No reason. Just looks better. If you want attention to be drawn to his/her face/eye, the less complicated body will help do that. Otherwise I am afraid peeps will be focusing on the body for too long trying to figure out why the funky shape. My 2 cents, Wade

Not much to add. I love the model. I love tall ships, even small Toonish ones. I have a pretty nice carronade modelled that you may be interested in but it's probably more complex than the ship. It was and is my first real model. My comp is pathetic and I have given up until I can update. I am running a P2 400MHz. How funny is that. I also have a simple model of a boarding pike. If you are interested let me know. Wade

Awesome animation!!. I can't wait to be half that good...

Bump... Try this link... Until a moderator tells me why I cannot upload a 59K jpg as an attachment, this crappy yahoo pic link is gonna have to do.

A 32lb carronade to be exact. As would have been found on a 17th/18th century sailing vessel. Specifically the USS Constitution. This is truly my first solid attempt at modelling, animating, skinning etc. I have played around some with 3ds max but never really gotten into it. Because of the all encompasing nature of this software, it makes it more fun. The model is not quite compete, there is an elevation screw which adjusts the elevation +/-10 degrees, and a carriage of sorts that belongs on the back which allows a limited amount of horizontal motion. Plus some small details. I need some feedback. I know my materials are horrid and the bevelling leaves a little to be desired. Beyond that what is wrong???? Blast away....no pun intended. edited by myself.....why won't the pic post. It is a simple JPG. gun.bmp