Aircraft W.I.Ps

Ultimatez 32

Well here's another airplane I'm working on, the hawker tempest. The shape's difficult but good thing is I have the cross sections so it becomes easier to model the shape. Here's where I am so far.

Unkr3at1v

Hey,

like you work (in progress). Will there be more polys?
And where did you get the crosssection things from?

I'm thinking about starting an aircraft myself, but have not decided which one!

Greetz, Fritz

Ultimatez 32

Hi Fritz,

No, there won't be any more polys in the main fuselage body, as I would like to keep my planes low-poly. I got those cross-sections from colacola, Just click those airplane renders and there's a download link below giving the blues and cross-sections. As for your first plane, I would recommend the spitfire, not really hard, yet not really easy too. (Sorry, don't have cross sections for that). Anyhow, here's the basic wing shape completed.

ultimatez

numbthumb

Nice work, Ultimatez - you´ve been quite busy lately
Tempest is one of my favourites, I had a scale model of Clostermann´s Le Grand Charles.
I understand this is a WIP, but I think that the fuselage could use some extra work - it is bulged inwards under the cockpit, and you should get rid of that hump towards the vertical stabilizer - the transition should be smoother.
Thanks for the link, those sections may come in handy.
Very useful link also http://richard.ferriere.free.fr/ with tons of blueprints, some of them with cross sections.
Keep the updates coming.
Cheers!

Ultimatez 32

Thanks for the link numbthumb! Anyways, a tiny update, added the cockpit and fixed that cockpit hump.

ultimatez

numbthumb

This one looks better for sure.
Now that is quite a collection you´ve got there, Ultimatez. Do you keep them low poly for a reason ( using in game maybe ) ?

tomislavm

Thanks for the links and nice work!

Ultimatez 32

Thanks for the comments guys!
Numbthumb, I keep them low-poly as I plan to sell them someday and currently all the planes I know in the market except in formfonts are high poly. Also, high poly destroys my laptop
Anyways, just to let you know, all the planes I've made so far are all under 5000 polys; actually my highest poly plane is about 3600 polys.

ultimatez

numbthumb

So your plan is to get rich?

No, seriously, if it´s about your laptop ( among other things ), then I really hope you are going to upgrade soon.

What do you mean there are no low poly models on the market except in FormFonts ? What about TurboSquid or Exchange3D for instance ?

Personally, I am still struggling with level of details, and I tend to "overload" my models.
As Antoine de Saint-Exupery said: A designer knows he has achieved perfection not when there is nothing left to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.

I hope someday I´ll know that.

Ultimatez 32

Hi numbthumb,

no, I'm not planning to get rich, scratch that post. Actually I think that I have no absolute reason why I model them low poly. Also, I'm probably wrong about that whole low poly thing too; I don't check out those websites too often. I'll probably make a new plane with more polys soon, but then again I can't stand the sight of that black gooeyness, so I'll make one with no more than 20.000 polys. Ok then, that's my limit.

ultimatez

numbthumb

That "getting rich" part was only a joke.
And please note that I am not bothered by the number of polys either.
I was just curious.
What paint scheme are you going to use on your Tepmest?

Ultimatez 32

Hi numbthumb,

Probably the paint scheme would be something like this:

ultimatez

Ultimatez 32

Tiny update, added the nose-cone, propellers and I also flipped the plane to make the full body.

ultimatez

numbthumb

Looking good.
Are those markings of No.6 RAF Squadron?

Ultimatez 32

Hi guys,

I'm not really good at texturing this tempest so if anyone here would like to texture/render it, here's the file.
AutoSave_hawker_tempest.skp

ultimatez

dolphus

Tempest is looking good but you seem to have forgotten to do the tailplane?..well done

Ultimatez 32

Oops! I haven't posted that update yet, here ya go:

(Anyways if you download the file I posted earlier there's the tail wings there)

ultimatez

Unkr3at1v

hey,

I finally stared one: http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=81&t=27219

but still have no idea, how to texture the whole thing (rivets,...)
You know how to do that?

Greetz, Fritz

Ultimatez 32

Alright, a new aircraft wip, the Heinkel He 100

Ultimatez 32

Hi Unkr3at1v,

Do you mean the texturing, or placing the rivets themselves?
If it's texturing you simply use the projection method, or if you mean placing the rivets then probably use the drop ruby; place the rivets above the aircraft itself, and then rotate the aircraft 90 degrees. Nice wip so far.

ultimatez