Jet racer

[nf1nk]

This is my latest model, of course I am looking of critisism and the usual

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here is a wireframe of another angle

[Zaryin]

Looking pretty good so far. I think the cockpit shell is a little to round though.

[nf1nk]

I does seem a little round but the cockpit is smaller than it looks and the roundness gives space for elbows on a tallish human model

[nf1nk]

Is there a good way to delete a pose slider? I seem to be having problems relating to some that I have added, but when I try to delete them the program crashes.

[williamgaylord]

I'm not sure how to avoid the crashing, but I find that some times adding or changing something in one of the poses makes the crash go away.

 

What I can help you with is how to properly delete poses. The confusing thing is that you have to delete a pose in two places to completely remove it. First delete the pose listed in the Project Work Space under Relationships and then click on the model and delete the same pose under User Properties in the Properties window.

 

 

Bill Gaylord

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thanks Bill

I knew there had to be a method that didn't invole using my text editor

Nate

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I'm tryng for an afterburner effect (and play v11 hair) and I feel like my fter burner looks like fiber optic fur any thoughts

[Zaryin]

If you're going to useing anything I would use ambiance with glow. And some spritacles. THat looks "all right", but I think you can make that better.

[nf1nk]

This is what happens whn you try to make an afterburner effect without taking the aircrafts speed into consideration

no24flyby1.avi

[Malaclypse235]

Maybe not the best afterburner effect, but it looks like smoke trailing, and with a little tweaking you might be able to have a nice smoke effect to put on in addition to the afterburner

 

Mal

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A little rework on my afterburners and smoke and now I am pretty happy with the effect next to creat more racers

no24loop1.avi

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here is a similar view to the my preivious afterburner shot

[Zaryin]

That looks ALOT better. Great job.

[nf1nk]

Here is another one of the racers I plan on using, Still debating on what color the number should be.

[lazz]

That's pretty cool! But, how'd you do it? That last animation test, its not hair, is it?

[nf1nk]

The afterburner is a streak emitter with a particle size of .6m with a transparancy that changes over time to 0% after 3 frames. Glow is set to on

the smoke trail is a different streak emitter with a 1.2m particle that fades in after 4 frames and fades out after 5 seconds

[hypnomike]

Hi Nathan!

 

Great racers, the black one is my favourite so far.

 

Here is another one of the racers I plan on using, Still debating on what color the number should be.

 

You should get away with more or less any colour with a black background.

 

Personally I'd go for a metallic colour like gold/silver/bronze or a bright red if I really wanted it to stand out.

 

Keep up the good work.

 

Cheers

 

Mike

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Its funny, but everyone I have shown the two planes to has liked the black one better, they say it is more space age. I still like the orange one (so much that I have rigged poses for all the control surfaces and corresponding controls), but it shocks me how much people prefer the black. On that thought does any one have any ideas as to how to have a black model that still can show shadows on itself? do I need to increase specular size to something ludicrous? or should I change it to grey?

[hypnomike]

does any one have any ideas as to how to have a black model that still can show shadows on itself?

 

A lighter shade of black! Very dark gray I guess.

[agep]

It looks great... I started to Imagine a fast race in a gran canyon landscape.... that would be cool...

[nf1nk]

here is another test render of the planes including front and center my newest.

no26swoop1.zip

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Here is three of the racers in one shot, three more are planned

[Mr. Jaqe]

cool! (I root for the red one!)

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Here is the newest aircraft, it was supposed to be white, but it looks more silver, I like it though so it stays silver.

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5 planes down 1 to go (at least according to plan)

[Mr. Jaqe]

the green one looks really cool. Could be get a closeup of it?

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The green one, soon to be no 55. the one with the spline problems. THis model has some ugly internal splines that I can't delete ot AM crashes. but their are only two ugly splines and they are internals so they get to stay. also the ugly patch behind the cockpit is from another problematic spot where the software would not let me put a 5 point patch, period

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and another one

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ths should be the view with all the wasted cockpit detail

[Mr. Jaqe]

You should be really pleased with your work and NO details are wasted details! that's for sure.

[nf1nk]

Here is the last plane and so far my favorite, I call it eh electric blue anteater. The cockpit section is far from finished and the engine isn't installed, but I love its funky shape.

[Mr. Jaqe]

funky indeed