Kamikaze

Jim, Thanks for reporting this, I'd been scratching my head on this one for some time, that's as far as I took it those, scratching that is... Mike

How in the He.. did I miss this thread.....absolutly love the character/model.... nice to watch this develope... Mike

I thought the eye movement may have had the effect on me that the creator intended? It made me tense up, and feel great anticipation for what might happen next....great choice in my view.... Mike

Good to have you aboard Lori..........hope ypu get a chance to show us your handy work once started... Mike

Thanks so much for taking the time anf posting the info I asked about, boy I sure hope this can becomes a full length feature ..I can tell you I''d defineatly take my family to see it, at full price too (we rarely do that) and not just because it was done in AM , but because of the whole package, story, animation and all, this is what I'd call the whole enchilada. Mike

Sense you rendered on one machine may I ask if you used AA or multi pass x?, sky light rigs?.........and what would you estimate was your time to render one frame ,on average? Thanks a bunch Once again amazing work... Mike

I'll be watching and thanks for doing this ,these are very enjoyable to follow and I always learn something durring the process... Mike

That was absolutly Mind Blowing!!!!!!......this is an excellent piece of animation and story telling. such detail !!! Mike

Yes !! sweeper, it's fun to use once use to it.....nice job... Mike

Love your style, models and modeling Russel..... Mike

That's looking good.....good to see things progressing well. Mike

Thanks for showing the animation.....you can refine when and if you truely want to....I like it as it stands and would like to see more from you and I bet it will show improvement in your skills that will come naturally as you progress through Animation Master......There's alot to grasp, but that's half the fun... Mike

So nice !!! I'll have to admit that professional texturing like this makes a great model stand up and hit you upside the head and take notice................ Mike

Yes !! had me dancin like the white boy me is............ Mike

Looks like Arnold and Leno have mated.....Great model!!! Mike

I use scotch brite pads cut to fit and velcrod to the case air inlets (this varies from case to case.) To captute most of the dust, then I just remove the pads "often" and knock the dust off, this obviously helpskeep dust off most of the inner workings of the computer, I also use sheat sinks on my memory modeules, and additionl fans in andon the case wth ducting /air baffles to dirrect the air flow, alo I run temperature monitors reading built in monitors and my case moitors inside tepts as well as fan speeds, Overboard? not to me, Ive burnt up one motherboard, not ever ain I hope....I also rum most of my A:M on a laptop, the one I have now has excellent self cooling, still have to use compressed air at times to dust internal vents, I also have a cooler attached to the bottom, but make sure if you use a laptop cooler that it doesnot interfer with the air flow of the specific laptop you use, if you use one........ Good Luck Mike

Thanks All...... Hey I get side tracked at times too.... Pick any seat Rodney, it's yours..how about in the crew cabin, there is a bed uo there too.... David, Yep, a few low patch count stuff there (seats too), trying to occupy space until I get to a more detailed mind set, and then there's texturing too....pretty much light weight so far. Well it's bedy bye time, thans for the look see and comments.. Hey !! I beefed up those hangers...smile... Mike[attachmentid=19377]

Oh!! your coming along nicely.....Love to see a fly around animation..have you posted one? Good Job Mike

This sound so great ! I've always enjoyed those space fly throughs, will keep an eye on this... Mike

Long time no update, Yes I have been working on the model and have made tons of improvements, many of which are hardly noticeable, lately I've been working on the cargo/troop area adding seating and some overhead ducting etc..........have also done some decaling on the fuselage, I'm not happy with the bump decal of the panel lines, to jaggedy, will have to work at getting it to look smoother, so much more I want to do to add detail inside and out, I realise I'll never get done, thanks again Rodney for those pitures, I used some of them to make decals of. Ive also been busy setting up a web site, and I've also been getting back into music/audio thanks to my sister for help me get my interest back in music...... I have also been inspired by many of the mechanical models posted lately, this is helping be keep my interest in my own mech projects, so thanks to you AM mechers So onward with a pic or two, Mike[attachmentid=19243][attachmentid=19244]

Another super duper A:M mechanical model....and modeler........WOW !!! I mean WOWwwww!! Mike

So Sweet..can I play american football there too? Mike

I do love those mech models......superb work there.. Mike

Looking good there, I really like the way the beard and hair are. Keep it up... Mike

That is a mighty fine guitar model, owned one for about a week, Mike