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Some times you just "doodle" around a bit
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I sort of do the same thing, except my "doodling" is making low-poly models (ostensibly for AI). Since I really don't have the time I used to have to build full-resolution models, I can get the urge to build airplanes out that way. I see it as a challenge: at a moderate distance, how much detail can we get out of fewer than 10,000 polygons, while maintaining dimensional accuracy and a sense of scale? They're also useful in terms of subjects that I may want to pursue further later. I can build a simple model that could later be used as a template for a not-so-simple model (template as in a guide to build a new model - I avoid subdivision modelling like the plague). This is great, because even a simple model takes me more time than a complex one did way back when I used to build models with any real frequency.
Here's a DA20 that I'm using to test out some ideas I had for future models (it's made from the incomplete full-resolution model and was intended to rig up the landing gear and contact points). For an "AI" model, it's rather high-polygon (~8000), but AI use is really a secondary purpose. Note the brand-new low-poly figures I built to replace the crappy ones I jacked from the default Cherokee:
This little L-083 is for another idea I want to test. It's sitting around 2300 polys at the moment.
There is a lot of visual trickery in this model. The burner petals are animated (I actually have an F-104G FCOM, so I animated them according to the schedule - it's a non-linear movement), but it only cost 96 triangles. The textures will have to carry the weight of suspension of disbelief. Because I'll be fading the inside of the burner duct to black, I could afford to reduce the number of sides inside of it from 20-ish on the outer rim to 8 at the turbine face. The nose probe uses a similar process to reduce the number of sides to 4 at its smallest point.
I see every AI model I attack as a puzzle that will ultimately help me build full-resolution models that are both more detailed and more efficient.
Here's a DA20 that I'm using to test out some ideas I had for future models (it's made from the incomplete full-resolution model and was intended to rig up the landing gear and contact points). For an "AI" model, it's rather high-polygon (~8000), but AI use is really a secondary purpose. Note the brand-new low-poly figures I built to replace the crappy ones I jacked from the default Cherokee:
This little L-083 is for another idea I want to test. It's sitting around 2300 polys at the moment.
There is a lot of visual trickery in this model. The burner petals are animated (I actually have an F-104G FCOM, so I animated them according to the schedule - it's a non-linear movement), but it only cost 96 triangles. The textures will have to carry the weight of suspension of disbelief. Because I'll be fading the inside of the burner duct to black, I could afford to reduce the number of sides inside of it from 20-ish on the outer rim to 8 at the turbine face. The nose probe uses a similar process to reduce the number of sides to 4 at its smallest point.
I see every AI model I attack as a puzzle that will ultimately help me build full-resolution models that are both more detailed and more efficient.
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Dont know if I am right here, so let me know. Just wanted to show to towers I created some days ago. Second one isnt finished yet.
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Please do! Simply beautiful; great modeling job my friend.
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Very nice mate, keep this going!
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Great!
There's some shading artifact at the inlet sideplate though.. Probably welded vertices where not needed? I wouldn't know how to solve these complex geometries though.
There's some shading artifact at the inlet sideplate though.. Probably welded vertices where not needed? I wouldn't know how to solve these complex geometries though.
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Turned out to be a vert that went astray... Well I never claimed I was a good modeler
I hope I can find the time to actually import it to the sim today...
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