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    • J Offline
      JHuman
      last edited by

      I love these models. Could you explain a little on how you modeled the body and the wings, thats what I am stumped on from looking at the wireframes. Great job, thanks!

      • Doweth!
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      • boofredlayB Offline
        boofredlay
        last edited by

        Thanks. Those shapes were simple really. Just a cylinder for the body, using the scale tool on segments about the cylinder. And for the wings I made a profile and pushed the shape, scaled one side, pushed again, scaled or rotated...

        Hope this helps.


        One.jpg


        Two.jpg

        http://www.coroflot.com/boofredlay

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        • J Offline
          JHuman
          last edited by

          OK, that makes sense, I guess I was confused from the amount of triangles in the wireframes. I thought you used the sandbox tool. I have never used the sandbox tool to create that clean of shapes, only landscape. Thanks for the reply.

          • Doweth!
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          • boofredlayB Offline
            boofredlay
            last edited by

            Ok, here is a first run at rendering this "Big Bird".

            Shiny out of the box...


            Space1.jpg


            Space2.jpg


            Space3.jpg


            Space4.jpg

            http://www.coroflot.com/boofredlay

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            • D Offline
              Dantheman
              last edited by

              the third one is epic

              A SU user in train land... to see my work go here

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              • boofredlayB Offline
                boofredlay
                last edited by

                Thanks Bruce.
                Well the original author called it "Big Bird" so I think I will stick with that.

                Edit: Thanks Dan.

                http://www.coroflot.com/boofredlay

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                • soloS Offline
                  solo
                  last edited by

                  Spud?

                  http://www.solos-art.com

                  If you see a toilet in your dreams do not use it.

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                  • L Offline
                    liam887
                    last edited by

                    yeah that third image in the clouds is good, is it finished yet?

                    VISIT MY ONLINE GALLERY
                    http://www.robotsvdinosaurs.com/

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                    • boofredlayB Offline
                      boofredlay
                      last edited by

                      No, this was just a first try. I may even do multiple color schemes and what not.

                      http://www.coroflot.com/boofredlay

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                      • L Offline
                        liam887
                        last edited by

                        A sharks teeth WW2 paint scheme would look pretty good you up for that?

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                        http://www.robotsvdinosaurs.com/

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                        • M Offline
                          mike d
                          last edited by

                          eric
                          that really looks good.

                          The grass is always GREENER on the roof.

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                          • soloS Offline
                            solo
                            last edited by

                            Big Bird flies!

                            I did a few short animations, compiled it quickly with basic 'ol Windows movie maker, slapped on an audio track and we have the Big Bird music video.

                            If I had more time I'd have done better clean up and editing.

                            Sit back, crank up the sound (earphones would be best) and see Erics baby go.

                            [flash=640,480:3vf4cxn1]http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=4755201&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1[/flash:3vf4cxn1]

                            Modeled in SU by Boofredlay, textured and animated with Vue 7 infinite.

                            http://www.solos-art.com

                            If you see a toilet in your dreams do not use it.

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                              museummaker
                              last edited by

                              Watch out Pixar!!!

                              Sincere congratulation on a fantastic piece o' work.

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                              • pilouP Offline
                                pilou
                                last edited by

                                Very pleasant to see! ☀
                                It's a little pity that we can't listen the motor roar! 😉

                                Frenchy Pilou
                                Is beautiful that please without concept!
                                My Little site :)

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                                  Dantheman
                                  last edited by

                                  I am NOT interested is staring that thing down

                                  Grate work Erik and Solo

                                  A SU user in train land... to see my work go here

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                                  • boofredlayB Offline
                                    boofredlay
                                    last edited by

                                    Wow Pete, that was great!

                                    http://www.coroflot.com/boofredlay

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                                    • FrederikF Offline
                                      Frederik
                                      last edited by

                                      Fantastic, Pete...!! 👍
                                      Great to see some of the capabilities of Vue... 😄
                                      In particular I liked the shot from inside the cockpit and out, where the plane is turning...
                                      That actually looked real...!

                                      Cheers
                                      Kim Frederik

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                                        sepo
                                        last edited by

                                        Solo this looks fantastic... very impressive. I need to look at Vue again.
                                        Question..was it time consuming to set up animation?

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                                        • FrederikF Offline
                                          Frederik
                                          last edited by

                                          @sepo said:

                                          Question..was it time consuming to set up animation?

                                          It must have taken time, cause most of the transitions in views are edited matches the beat in the music... 👍

                                          Cheers
                                          Kim Frederik

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                                          • MarianM Offline
                                            Marian
                                            last edited by

                                            http://emoticons4u.com/cool/049.gif
                                            AWESOME!!

                                            http://marian87.deviantart.com/

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