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[Mr. C]

I'm modeling the fighter from the toturial, i have all the pictures in and locked, but I can't seem to make splines... is there a button I need to press?

[Dhar]

You're probably in shaded mode. Change to wire mode (number 7 on your keyboard)

[Rodney]

Mr. C,

Don't forget to review the video tutorials!

Hopefully you've see those.

 

http://www.hash.com/vm/

 

 

The A key is the shortcut key that'll start a spline.

Or you can use the icon designated for that on the right.

 

Congrats on taking the plunge into the world of A:M.

Once you use the basic tools of stitching, lathing and extruding you'll see everything start to fit.

 

The video tutorial for modeling the fighter starts here:

 

part1 (25MB) part2 (22MB) part3 (20MB) part4 (30MB)

But you may want to download them all first:

zip (93MB)

[Mr. C]

ahhhh, I was in the wrong mode I think. Thanks you guys, helpful as always!

[AJS007]

Hi Mr C,

The video tutorial is an excellent source, watch out for scaling in more than one axis as you will narrow the fuselage in top view (keypad 5) and see it squashed in side view (keypad 4).

There is a forum for this exercise @ http://www.hash.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=13215

The wheels get everyone confused but I've made a short tutorial that can be used to do this.

Follow my web link at http://www.cwazywabbit.co.uk/animation/fw190.htm and download the wheel images and use the video link.

Good luck - I enjoyed this exercise the most.