Silvershadows eye candy 2 : BLACK HAWK

rsw · 10 Sept 2008, 11:48

Excellent model and renders

Looking forward to seeing eye-candy 3!!!

dolphus · 10 Sept 2008, 13:46

I can only endorse all of the positive comments and add my own admiration fot you work By the way I believe that "if you got it FLAUNT it!" don,t be shy you are good keep it up looking forward to eye candy 3 with great anticipation

juanjo06 · 10 Sept 2008, 14:59

i love detail!!! sos un monstruo! buenisimo! awsome! fabulosos! mortal! indescriptible! barbaro!

troyhome · 10 Sept 2008, 15:57

Big deal! I could do that... if i had a million years, a bunch of talent, a crazy skills... oh wait, this IS a big deal

Simply incredible how you have push/pulled the bar!

monsterzero · 10 Sept 2008, 17:36

Nice stuff! Thanks for posting the images showing each step in building the fuselage. Very informative. I probably would have extruded the fuselage lengthwise rather than from the profile. Can you share your thinking on that?

dylan · 10 Sept 2008, 18:54

These are just mind blowing.
The modelling is exceptional and that level of detail takes a special talent.

Those last three renders and PS compositions are just sublime!

Great work Jacques

Sekta · 11 Sept 2008, 05:13

Jacques,

Absolutely superb work. The guys in my office are Revit converts and look down their noses at Sketchup as a bit of a play thing. When I called them all over to my computer to take a look at your great work, there was stunned silence and and a collective shuffle back to their seat with their collective tails between their legs

I love the renders as well, fantastic.

Stan

silver_shadow · 11 Sept 2008, 05:21

@monsterzero said:

Nice stuff! Thanks for posting the images showing each step in building the fuselage. Very informative. I probably would have extruded the fuselage lengthwise rather than from the profile. Can you share your thinking on that?

i have extruded the fuselage from the side and bottom, and there they intersected i sort of got the idea of shape. (btw, its my first attempt to build something else than buildings lol )

I have updated the first page includin the raw maxwell renders as requested.

thanx for the support guys

Ross Macintosh · 11 Sept 2008, 08:38

Stunning Silvershadow! The images highlight not only your skill but your love of crafting such a detailed model. You are justifiable in your pride of accomplishment. A big thanks for posting all the progress series. They really do inspire by showing that when you craft such a complex model you break it down into many, more manageable, smaller projects.

For EyeCandy3: I'd suggest this landmark .

Regards, Ross

watkins · 11 Sept 2008, 08:53

Dear Jacque,

I am curious as to where you found the detail for the rotor assembly. Did you find that on the web or did you use another source?

Regards,
Bob

mister moon · 11 Sept 2008, 09:44

wow man, it's really awsome what you did up there! congrats!
i saw you posted an image with the icons of the tools you used, but are these plugins or just tools 'cause i've been lookin' for them and i just can't find them, exept for the skin bubble...
in one of the steps you drew the different sections of the blackhawk, a succession of planes; how did you manage to convert them in the skin of the chopper?

roadkill · 11 Sept 2008, 20:55

silver_shadow

Would you mind listing the scripts, plug ins and extra goodies you have installed with SU?
It is hard for a basic user to understand how such complex models can be made, any tips much appreciate.
Cheers

remus · 11 Sept 2008, 21:46

I tihnk he gave a list of them in the first post.

Just to give them their names:
tools on surface
soap skin bubble
skin
projections
3d shapes
sandbox tools (native SU, enabled through window->preferences->extensions)
subdivide and smooth

Tekelwriter · 12 Sept 2008, 01:35

wow

sketchy · 12 Sept 2008, 02:21

much props. can't believe those images and your model. inspiring

silver_shadow · 12 Sept 2008, 05:10

these were my sources for building my rotors. (form the internet)

top

and the back

i used the tool skin for connecting the faces. the tool connects 2 faces and fill in the missing geometry between it.Bit of a time saver

eter · 12 Sept 2008, 13:01

Well played silver_shadow

Out of interest, how many polygons is the model?

kwistenbiebel · 12 Sept 2008, 13:52

He he ...Silver,
It seems someone posted about your BlackHawk modeling/rendering in the 'off topic' section of the Maxwell forum.
Things like 'this can't be Sketchup' etc... pop up. You might want to check it.

silver_shadow · 12 Sept 2008, 13:57

lol i have no idea
listen guys... i want to ask something off topic here...
What programs are best to use and easy too, that can do a lot, to me i still think SU are the best to pump out models quickly.

i was talking to a guy and said its like working with an dinosaur and there is much easier programs to have build this. (using nurbs) Isnt it taking longer to pull points around? just a thought, i havent build many things with nurbs before...so its just curiosity thats getting to me.
Wow i would tear my head of if SU 7 introduces particles, man !!

silver_shadow · 12 Sept 2008, 14:07

yea we were talking about that so he suggested other apps to build more complex models...
to me...building a box is easier like doing 3 clicks and you have it...than building this in nurbs..
so it got me tickled...