EH101 Merlin HM1

[Ironpriest]

Hey guys,
Just registered here ^^

Wanted to post my first helicopter profile. I would have posted my first profile (Only done two so far - Spit & Merlin) but its on a laptop hard disc... with no laptop. So it'll have to wait.

Well here it is:


Hope you guys like!
Please Please comment ^^

Thanks,
BP

[Kakukk]

Welcome Iron!
Nice heli

[santynus]

welcome Ironpriest
nice profile, but I think it is too flat...
mey be you can give a better 3D effect if you use more shadows and light...

[AGNT_Matt]

see Bjorn, as i said in msn pal more shaping needed

[gamary]

Welcome Ironpriest! As Santino and Matt point out, the #1 thing you want to do to improve your profile is add shading and lighting to reinforce shape definition. There is rarely too much of that.

Keep us posted!

[JMSmith]

hi bjorn,

here is a quick and very rough illustration,

[Ironpriest]

Thanks guys for the feedback!

I will definatly look into the shading and stuff... just don't know how to do it.
The reason i didn't use it to much on this one is that its a rather square helicopter.

Well once again thanks ^^

[GrubbyFingers]

Hi Bjorn, hi Guys, I'm baaaaack!
Bjorn, nice work on the Merlin. It's good to see another Rotor Head here.
With your shading, take another look at your references. You'll find that the the fuse darkens off as it wraps over the top, as well as the bottom.

You've got your highlight running 3/4 of the way up the fuse. This makes it look quite tubular (Dude!). As the Merlin is so boxy, you might try running it up near the top and narrowing it down some.

Don't be afraid to darken off your shading, particularly on the underside of the fuse, sponsons and engine pods. Watch your sponson's cast shadow, it's showing up on the background so it'll need to be masked or removed.

Are you going to do the Canadian SAR bird as well?

Grubby.

[JMSmith]

hi grubby,

you are not confusing the one i did a rough job on, this was just to illustrate how you do it, totally wrong for this bird i know, but hey i did it in about 2 minutes

[AGNT_Matt]

He'd better i like the Cormorant