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Offline brandx0

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Just for the record, all of the models are being built directly off orthographic schematics for each of these ships, none are too long, short, tall, thin, wide, etc.  They're correct.

As for my take, I still think the engines are way too dark.
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looks very nice...but i think the exhaust nozzles are a LITTLE bit too small...and thus the blocky things underneath each one too thick...the laser cannons are too thick...their diameter should be slighty less than the exhaust nozzles


here you can also see that the circular paint pattern are not on all four, but only on 2 of the cannons
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Just for the record, all of the models are being built directly off orthographic schematics for each of these ships, none are too long, short, tall, thin, wide, etc.  They're correct.

As for my take, I still think the engines are way too dark.

Depends on what schematics you're using, some of the WEG drawings are notoriously inaccurate to the movie models.
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The thing that's a little bothersome, is the fact that the burn/scratch etc. marks look the same on both sides of the model since it's mirrored.

Also don't know yet whether to like the red paintjob on it - it seems like it was done on the spot, however if so it shouldn't be mirrored.
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They use astromech droids to paint.  However good the mech's painting software is is what you get, I guess.  That coupled with the quality of the paint available and the amount available...

 

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The thing that's a little bothersome, is the fact that the burn/scratch etc. marks look the same on both sides of the model since it's mirrored.

Also don't know yet whether to like the red paintjob on it - it seems like it was done on the spot, however if so it shouldn't be mirrored.


my paintjob is based exactly on the paintjob on the x-wing model used in empire strikes back.

the dirt, i just kinda did cause it looked too clean.  you don't get close enough in-game to see, and it certainly looks pretty enough in the techroom.

« Last Edit: July 13, 2007, 04:42:42 pm by Turambar »
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Jeez Turambar, that's supposed to be top secret still :P
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Never mind, it was a joke, tone of voice is tough to convey on a forum.
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its converted, working in game now. 

it has been for a while, just thought i'd put up some screens of it from the f3 techroom.
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Good news: I bought the SW original trilogy, and I didn't wait for shipping... I successfully torrented it, and can now post reference pics... probably tomorrow, I guess, perhaps tonight.  I'll have the original original, (torrented), as well as the 2004 edition, when it gets here.  Perhaps even the '97 version or whatever..

 

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You bought the 3 dvds packages that each come with the 2004 and original versions of each movie?  What I find sad is that they didn't give use the THX remastered version, all I think they did is take the laserdisc versions and copy them to DVD.  No reason to pay for it then for me, since I've already got those.
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Well, you know, FRAPS + a DVD player = reference shots...

On a different subject, I saw the B-Wings from ROTJ; they don't seem to rotate when opening their S-Foils... they were upright, like this:
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then they open to:
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So, why such a big fuss with making the cockpit rotate?  I didn't see that...

BTW, is there any particular craft that could use reference shots?  Looks like the X-Wing's done, but if you need shots of anything else, let me know, unless you've got your own way of getting them from the movie?  IDK.. :D  Let me know how I can help.

 

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if the cockpit doesn't rotate then the fire points move.

 

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Are they capable of firing from the closed position?  If not, then make the fire points set to open mode, if that's possible; IDK.

 

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Also, the only reference I know of for a rotating cockpit is from the Lucas games, but I figured it had been mentioned in the books somewhere to make it in the games.
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Also, the only reference I know of for a rotating cockpit is from the Lucas games, but I figured it had been mentioned in the books somewhere to make it in the games.

also, if you look in the theforce.net exhibition pics, the b-wing's cockpit is rotated so the main wing is nearly horizontal
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The horizontal mode is for landing, as the "attack mode" s-foils don't lend themselves to landing well